West Virginia and Regional History Center
Milspaw Folklore Collection, Typescripts, Tapes, and Films
Milspaw, Yvonne
A&M 2335
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3.88 Linear Feet
3 ft. 10.5 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.)
0.534 Gigabytes
3 .wav files
1972-1974
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Milspaw Folklore Collection, Typescripts, Tapes, and Films, A&M 2335, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
A collection of student term papers, submitted to a class in American Folklore, taught by Yvonne Milspaw of West Virginia University. The papers relate to legends, ghost stories, ballads, folk medicine, recipes, crafts, social customs, and games. A card file indicating the subject matter of each paper is included with the collection. Also includes folk music and oral history recordings.
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Marriage customs and rites -- United States
Ballads
Blacksmiths
Chinese-Americans - Marriage Customs.
Colloquialisms.
Crafts.
Folk art
Folk medicine.
Folk music. SEE ALSO Music and musicians.
Folklore - Hungarian-Americans.
Folklore - Italian-Americans.
Folklore
French-Americans - Marriage Customs.
Games
Ghost stories
Greek-Americans - Marriage customs.
Handicrafts.
Hungarian-Americans -- Folklore
Italian-Americans -- Folklore
Italian-Americans - Marriage Customs.
Jewish marriage customs and rites
Jokes.
Legends
Marriage customs and rites -- Chinese-Americans
Marriage customs - French-Americans.
Marriage customs - Greek-Americans.
Marriage customs - Italian-Americans.
Jewish marriage customs and rites
Marriage customs - Polish-Americans.
Marriage customs - Russian-Americans.
Marriage customs - Spanish-Americans.
Poetry.
Polish-Americans - Marriage Customs.
Proverbs
Recipes
Remedies.
Rhymes.
Riddles
Russian-Americans - Marriage customs.
Spanish-Americans - Marriage customs.
Supernatural
Superstition
Tombstones -- styles
Toys
Folklore -- West Virginia
Witches
West Virginia University
Milspaw, Yvonne