Collection Summary
Vance Randolph collection
1941-1972
1941-1943
1941-1972
1941-1943
AFC
1941/001
Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980
18,216 items
25 boxes
273 folders
255 sound discs : analog ;
various sizes, 16 in. and smaller
1 sound tape reel ; 5
in.
167 photographic
prints
8 photographic
negatives
English
Collection material in English
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Field recordings, photographs, and
manuscripts documenting Ozark Mountains folksong, folklife, and local history from 1941
to 1972, collected by Vance Randolph.
Provenance
Sound recordings: Accessioned, 1941-1942.
Manuscripts and photographs: Vance Randolph; Donation; 1972.
Accrual: Rayna Green; Donation; 2021.
The Vance Randolph collection began with the field recordings that the Archive of
American Folk Song commissioned Randolph to make in 1941 and 1942. Randolph donated his
personal papers to the Library of Congress in 1972; the two accessions have been
combined. A 2021 accrual has been added.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
After the 1972 donation, Beverly W. Brannan prepared an inventory in 1977, and an
evaluation of the Vance Randolph collection. The collection was then preliminarily
rehoused by Judith Gray. In 1996, Camila Bryce-Laporte and Norbert Sarsfield prepared a
more detailed inventory. The 1977 and 1996 inventories are located in the Corporate
Subject files in the Folklife Reading Room under "Randolph, Vance." In 1999, Clare
Norcio began organizing and continued the rehousing of the collection. Katie Lyn Peebles
finished organizing and housing the collection in the summer of 2000. Ann Hoog processed
the 2021 accrual.
Transfers
Materials in the Prints and Photographs Division collection [Photographs of Folk Musicians in Arkansas and Missouri (Lot 5580)]
may have been transferred from the present collection (AFC 1941/001) in 1948.
Related Material
The Manuscript Division has a collection entitled [Vance Randolph Book Typescripts,
1947-1953 (MMC-3244)], which contains the typescripts of
Ozark Superstitions
,
We Always Lie to Strangers
,
Who Blowed Up the Church House?
, and
Down in the Holler
with handwritten corrections.
The Music Division has a 1949 manuscript and microfilm copy of [
"Unprintable" Songs and
Other Folklore Materials from the Ozarks
[M1629.R23 U5
(Case)]] by Vance Randolph.
The Prints and Photographs Division holds 40 photographs in the collection [Photographs of Folk Musicians in Arkansas and Missouri (Lot 5580)] from the 1941-1942
field trips.
Copyright Status
Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other
restrictions.
Access and Restrictions
The Vance Randolph collection is open to research. To request materials, please contact
the Folklife Reading Room at [https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact]
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
[item, date, container number], Vance Randolph collection (AFC 1941/001), American
Folklife Center, Library of Congress Washington D.C.
Biographical Note
Vance Randolph was a self-educated folklorist who made a living as a professional
writer. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1892, he was educated as a scientist: as an
undergraduate, he studied biology, and then in graduate school at Clark University, in
psychology. As a graduate student, Randolph began to earn money by coaching students and
ghostwriting. He then moved to the Ozark Mountains, where he lived for the remainder of
his life. He was married twice, the first marriage lasting through the 1930s. In 1962 he
married Mary Celestia Parler, a professor of English at the University of Arkansas and
an active member of the folklore community, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
In the 1920s, Randolph began writing about the Ozark folklore he was collecting. He
published several articles on dialect, folk belief, and recreation. His first books of
folklore scholarship,
The Ozarks
and
Ozark Mountain Folks
, were published in the 1930s. He went on to publish
Ozark Folksongs
(4 vols., 1946-50) and
Ozark Superstitions
(1947). In the 1950s, he published four collections of folktales and a book
about language in the Ozarks. His other major publications include
Ozark Folklores: A Bibliography
(1972),
Pissing in the Snow and other Ozark Folktales
(1976), and
Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore
(1992). In 1978 Randolph was elected as a Fellow of the American Folklore
Society, crowning a distinguished career with this formal professional honor.
Scope and Content
The Vance Randolph collection had its beginnings in the early 1940s with fieldwork
conducted by the well-known amateur Ozark folklorist Vance Randolph. In February 1941,
Alan Lomax, then head of the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress,
wrote to Vance Randolph, asking if he would consider making field recordings in the
Ozarks. Randolph accepted the request and began to conduct fieldwork with recording
equipment and film supplied by the Archive. By the end of 1942, he had collected more
than 870 selections on 198 discs (either aluminum or glass-based and lacquer) for the
Library of Congress and photographs of people he recorded. Randolph used much of the
material he collected in his book
Ozark Folksongs
, while the Archive included selections from these field recordings on the
following releases: L-12,
Anglo-American Songs and Ballads
; L-14,
Anglo-American Songs and Ballads
; L-20,
Anglo-American Songs and Ballads
; L-30,
Songs of the Mormons and Songs of the West
(this release includes Randolph himself singing
Starving to Death on a Government Claim
); L-61,
Railroad Songs and Ballads
; and L-62,
American Fiddle Tunes.
In addition to the field recordings mentioned above, the Vance Randolph collection
contains the author's personal papers, which he donated to the Library of Congress in
1972. The papers consist of newspaper clippings, bibliographic notes, field notes,
research notes, photographic prints, manuscripts, maps, typescripts, telegrams and
correspondence, dating from the first decade of the twentieth century to the 1960s.
Arrangement
The Vance Randolph collection has been organized into four series:
-
[Series 1: Manuscript
Materials](series1)
-
[Series 2: Sound
Recordings](series2)
-
[Series 3: Graphic
Materials](series3)
-
[Series 4: 2021
Accrual](ref_id10001)
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC
Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and
by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Bilyeu, Willie, 1902-1973
Campbell, Booth
Carlisle, Irene Jones
Denoon, Jimmy, 1921-1978
Hammontree, Doney
Ingenthron, Charles
Jordan, Lon
McCord, May K.
Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980
Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980--Correspondence.
Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980--Ethnomusicological collections.
Read, Lessie Stringfellow, 1891-1971
Starr, Belle, 1848-1889.
Tuttle, Mildred
Organizations
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)
Subjects
Ballads, English--Ozark Mountains Region.
Children's songs, English--Ozark Mountains Region.
English language--Dialects--Ozark Mountains Region.
Fiddle tunes--Ozark Mountains Region.
Folk dance music--Ozark Mountains Region.
Folk festivals--Ozark Mountains Region.
Folk literature--Ozark Mountains Region.
Folk music--Ozark Mountains Region.
Folk songs, English--Ozark Mountains Region.
Folklore--Ozark Mountains Region.
Folklorists--Ozark Mountains Region.
Folklorists--United States--Correspondence.
Games--Ozark Mountains Region.
Hymns, English--Ozark Mountains Region.
Material culture--Ozark Mountains Region.
Old-time music--Ozark Mountains Region.
Rites and ceremonies--Ozark Mountains Region.
Shape-note singing--Ozark Mountains Region.
Singing games--Ozark Mountains Region.
Storytelling--Ozark Mountains Region.
Superstition--Ozark Mountains Region.
Tales--Ozark Mountains Region.
Tall tales.
Traditional medicine--Ozark Mountains Region.
Places
Arkansas--Folklore.
Missouri--Folklore.
Oklahoma--Folklore.
Ozark Mountains--History, Local.
Ozark Mountains--Religious life and customs.
Ozark Mountains--Social life and customs.
Form/Genre
Clippings.
Correspondence.
Field recordings.
Lecture notes.
Manuscripts.
Photographic prints.
Sound recordings.
Collection Concordance by Format
Quantity
Physical Description/Version
Location/I.D. Numbers
Manuscript Materials
261
folders
Boxes 1-20, 23-24
Sound Recordings
191
12-inch glass-based acetate discs
AFS 5236-5425 in M/B/RS. AFS 5270, 5320, 5341, 5425
missing; 5300 broken (Preservation tapes LWO 3493, reels 14-26)
56
16-inch, 12-inch, 10-inch glass-based acetate discs, 8-inch
aluminum-based acetate discs
AFS 6397-6464 in M/B/RS. AFS 6398 missing; 6400 scratched;
6463 badly broken. AFS 6397 = Preservation tapes LWO 3493, reel 42B; AFS
6399 = Preservation tapes LWO 4872 reel 412A; AFS 6400-6463 = Preservtion
tapes LWO 3493, reel 42B-46A; AFS 6464 = Preservation tapes LWO 4872 reel
412A
8
12-inch glass-based acetate discs
AFS 6897-6904 in M/B/RS. AFS 6897 damaged; 6900 broken =
Preservation tapes LWO 3493, reels 56-57
1
5-inch reel-to-reel tape
"Some Talk About Belle Starr" in Box 21
Graphic Materials
213
photographs, including 164 prints, 8 negatives, and 41
photocopied reproductions
In folders 263-79, Boxes 21-22; also in subject file
folders 35, 53, 74, 168, 173
Electronic Media
2
3.5-inch computer diskettes
Folder 1a in Box 1 contains this collection guide,
attachments, finding aid tagged with EAD, and 2 diskettes
Container List
Container
Contents
Series 1: Manuscript Materials
Administrative Files
1
1a
Collection guide.
Contains the collection guide and three appendices listing reprinted
articles and book reviews.
1
1b
Log of visual images.
Table A describes the photoprints and negatives housed in the AFC
1941/001 collection; Table B describes the photographs housed in the Prints
and Photographs Division as Lot 5580. Descriptions include the photograph
number, subject, location, setting, and related photographs.
1
1c
The Vance Randolph collection: Ozark Folk Music.
Contains photocopies of the Archive's card catalog entries, and the
song lists, performer, place, and recording information for the field
recordings made by Randolph for the Library of Congress. It includes
photocopies of catalog cards for 5236 A-5270 B3, an annotated manuscript of
catalog entries for 5271 A1-5425 B3, an annotated list of fiddle tunes
played by Lon Jordan (5314-5317, 5319-5326, 5376-5379, 5401-5402,
5404-5405), and two lists of fiddle tunes played by Bill Bilyeu (6897
A1-6904 B3).
Subject Files
1
2
Ancestors.
Contains typed and handwritten notes about Vance Randolph's family
history.
1
3
Arthur Aull.
Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes concerning the
Ozark newspaperman Arthur Aull.
1
4
Beat Texas.
Contains newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to
football.
1
5
Thomas Hart Benton.
Contains newspaper clippings concerning artist Thomas Hart
Benton.
1
6
Bibliography (Photocopy).
Contains a chronological bibliography of Vance Randolph's published
articles, compiled by Randolph.
1
7
Bibliography (Original).
1
8
Booze, etc. H-V stuff.
Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten and typed notes dealing
with alcoholism, homosexuality, insomnia, and smoking.
1
9
"The Butterfly Still Lives."
Contains a 2-page typed manuscript dealing with Vance Randolph's
childhood.
1
10
Cavemen of the Ozarks.
Contains newspaper clippings and a typed manuscript dealing with
prehistoric settlements in the Ozarks.
1
11
Children's games. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, handwritten and typed
notes, and a reprint of "Ozark Mountain Party-Games" ( Journal of American Folklore 1936).
1
12
Children's games. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains handwritten notes.
1
13
Children's rhymes. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains a reprint of "Children's Rhymes from Missouri" ( Journal of American Folklore 1950), newspaper
clippings, correspondence, and typed and handwritten notes.
1
14
Children's rhymes. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains typed notes.
1
15
College such as it was.
Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes dealing with the
Kansas State College of Pittsburgh.
1
16
The Concrete Cadillac.
Contains typed and handwritten notes, and a copy of The Oregon Folklore Bulletin dealing with the
urban tale known as "The Concrete Cadillac." Also contains a Günther Grass
passage, translation, and notes.
2
17
Covered wagon.
Contains typed and handwritten notes dealing with Vance Randolph's
trip through the Ozarks in a covered wagon.
2
18
Cuss words.
Contains newspaper clippings, typed and handwritten notes dealing
with Ozark profanities.
2
19
Dance calls. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings; typed and handwritten notes dealing
with folk dancing.
2
20
Dance calls. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes.
2
21
Dances and fiddle tunes. Folder 1 of 1.
Contains newspaper clippings; typed and handwritten notes dealing
with folk dancing and fiddle playing.
2
22
Dances and fiddle tunes. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes.
2
23
"Pea Ridge" Day.
Contains newspaper clippings; typed and handwritten notes dealing
with the professional baseball player Henry Clyde "Pea Ridge" Day.
2
24
Dialect.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes.
Includes the following subjects: advertisements, disputes, word
list.
2
25
Dialect articles.
Contains newspaper clippings and notes on articles about
dialect.
2
26
Dialect correspondence.
Contains correspondence dealing with Ozark dialect, including letters
from E.H. Criswell, Elsie and Louis Freund, Herbert Halpert, Louise Pound,
Rose Spaulding, and George P. Wilson.
2
27
Dialect notes. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains index cards and typed notes in sequential order.
2
28
Dialect notes. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes.
2
29
J. Frank Dobie.
Contains a newspaper clipping and index card dealing with the author
J. Frank Dobie.
2
30
Dulcimer, banjo, guitar.
Contains newspaper clippings, articles, and typed notes dealing with
folk instruments.
2
31
Maude Duncan.
Contains newspaper clippings dealing with newspaperwoman Maude
Duncan.
3
32
Fake antiques.
Contains typed and handwritten notes; articles.
3
33
Fiddle. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes and newspaper clippings about
tuning and the manner of playing.
3
34
Fiddle. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes about the differences between
violin and fiddle playing. Includes a paginated manuscript.
3
35
Fiddle construction.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with the construction of fiddles. Also contains an annotated
photoprint of a man playing a "mussel-shell" fiddle, along with the
corresponding negative. Includes notes on snake rattles, the three-string
fiddle, and the gourd fiddle.
3
36
Ozark fiddle tunes.
Contains correspondence, articles, and typed and handwritten notes.
Also contains a reprint copy of Vance Randolph's article "The Names of Ozark
Fiddle Tunes" ( Midwest Folklore
1954).
3
37
John Gould Fletcher.
Contains handwritten and typed notes, correspondence, newspaper
clippings dealing with the poet John Gould Fletcher and the Ozark Folklore
Society.
3
38
Folk belief and superstition. Folder 1 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings and typed and handwritten notes.
Includes articles by Vance Randolph.
3
39
Folk belief and superstition. Folder 2 of 6.
Contains typed and handwritten notes, newspaper clippings,
correspondence, and a term paper. Topics included: fishing and folk
medicine.
3
40
Folk belief and superstition. Folder 3 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings and a term paper. Topics included: lead
miners and miscellaneous articles.
3
41
Folk belief and superstition. Folder 4 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence. Includes: miscellaneous notes and "Our Town"
column.
3
42
Folk belief and superstition. Folder 5 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, brochures, and typed and handwritten
notes. Includes: pamphlets, and advertisements.
3
43
Folk belief and superstition. Folder 6 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence. Topics include: weatherlore.
3
44
Folk belief and superstition: Correspondence.
Contains letters and newspaper clippings. Includes correspondence
with Charles M. Bogert, William Edward Cox, Wayland D. Hand, Mrs. Mahnkey,
May Kennedy McCord, in re. Albert Pike, Rose Spaulding, Barre Toelken, and
Ruth Tyler; also includes miscellaneous correspondence.
4
45
Folk festivals. Folder 1 of 5.
Contains newspaper clippings, festival programs, correspondence, and
typed and handwritten notes. Includes: Arkansas Folklore Society, American
Folklore Society, American Anthropology Associations, Florida Folk Festival,
National Folk Camp, and other associations.
4
46
Folk festivals. Folder 2 of 5.
Contains newspaper clippings, festival programs, correspondence, and
typed and handwritten notes. Includes: National Folk Festival in Cleveland
(1946), St. Louis (1948-54).
4
47
Folk festivals. Folder 3 of 5.
Contains newspaper clippings, festival programs, correspondence, and
typed and handwritten notes. Includes: National Folk Festival in Oklahoma
City (1957), Ozark Folk Festival in Rolla, MO (1935), Eureka Springs
(1949-53).
4
48
Folk festivals. Folder 4 of 5.
Contains newspaper clippings, festival programs, correspondence, and
typed and handwritten notes. Includes: Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs
(1954-65).
4
49
Folk festivals. Folder 5 of 5.
Contains assorted newspaper clippings.
4
50
Folklore and history.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with folklore studies in academia and the relationship between
folklore and history.
4
51
Folksong. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains correspondence, typed and handwritten notes, and song
transcriptions.
4
52
Folksong. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes.
4
53
Folksong articles.
Contains assorted newspaper clippings about folksong, articles by
Vance Randolph, John Gould Fletcher, and Sidney Robertson Cowell and Henry
Cowell, and a 1939 photograph of Sidney Robertson Cowell.
4
54
Folksong letters. Folder 1 of 3. 1927-40.
Contains correspondence to and from Vance Randolph dealing with his
experiences collecting folksongs in the Ozarks. Correspondents include:
Louise Pound, Franz Boas, Harvard University Press, George Lyman Kittredge,
Dororthy Scarborough, "The Twelve Apostles," and "The Mermaid."
4
55
Folksong letters. Folder 2 of 3. 1941-42 (June).
Correspondents include: The Library of Congress, Alan Lomax, Edward
Water, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Thomas Benton, John Stilley, John Robert
Moore (re. the integrity of Child 218), and the Music Library
Association.
5
56
Folksong letters. Folder 3 of 3. 1942 (August)-57.
Correspondents includs: The Library of Congress, B.A. Botkin, Wayland
D. Hand, Mildred McMullen Green, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Evelyn K.
Wells.
5
57
Folksong: "Songs Collected in the Ozark Mountains."
Contains a list of folksongs compiled by Vance Randolph.
5
58
Fox hunting. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and typed and
handwritten notes.
5
59
Fox hunting. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings.
5
60
Connie Franklin.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing the alleged murder of Connie Franklin.
5
61
Girard Airship.
Contains a newspaper clipping dealing with the first airplane
factory and flying school in Kansas.
5
62
Gone Are the Days.
Contains one copy of Gone Are the Days: A Book
of Boyhood Memories , written by L.J. Hedgecock.
5
63
"A Green Fork Turns to Water."
Contains a newspaper clipping entitled "A Green Fork Turns to Water,"
which deals with water witches.
5
64
Groundhog.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with groundhogs and woodchucks.
5
65
Guns and gunplay.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence.
5
66
Louis Hanecke.
Contains typed and handwritten notes dealing with Louis Hanecke,
owner of the Allred Hotel in Carroll County.
5
67
The healing waters.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with mineral water and spring water in the Ozarks.
5
68
Hidden treasure. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains correspondence, Exciting Adventures
Along the Indian Frontier by W.R. Draper, and typed and
handwritten notes.
5
69
Hidden treasure. Folder 2 of 3.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten
notes.
5
70
Hidden treasure. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains newspaper clippings.
6
71
Hog calling.
Contains two typewritten pages of notes.
6
72
Hollywood.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings dealing with Hollywood's
treatment of writers.
6
73
Introduction.
Contains a typescript of a title page and notes for the preface of
Ozark Folklore: Selected Papers of Vance
Randolph, arranged and edited by Mary Celestia Parler.
6
74
Jacob's Cavern. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains manuscript articles by Vance Randolph and Vernon C. Allison
and photographs of Jacob's Cavern, Missouri.
6
75
Jacob's Cavern. Folder 2 of 3.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, a
drawing, and correspondence dealing with Jacob's Cavern and the history of
elephants.
6
76
Jacob's Cavern. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains journal articles about Jacob's Cavern.
6
77
Jacob's Cavern: Bone Correspondence.
Contains letters about the decorated bone found in Jacob's Cavern and
the resulting controversy.
6
78
Joke book letters. Contains correspondence to and from Vance
Randolph related to Randolph's book
Hot Springs and Hell
.
Correspondents include: Robert Yoder, Woman's Day, Richard Dorson,
Columbia University Press, Herbert Halpert, Kenneth Goldstein (Folklore
Associates), Carl Withers, and Gershon Legman.
6
79
Sam Leath.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes about
Sam Leath, an Ozarks collector and explorer.
6
80
Lecture notes taken by Vance Randolph (Photocopy).
Contains the photocopy of a notebook with Vance Randolph's
handwritten notes on G. Stanley Hall's 1914-15 lectures at Clark University
in Worcester, Massachusetts, on "The Psychology of Christianity."
6
81
Lecture notes taken by Vance Randolph (Original).
Contains the original notebook photocopied in Folder 80.
6
82
Locusts from the city.
Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes dealing with the
impact of tourists from the city on the Ozarks.
6
83
Walter Clare Martin.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with the bow hunter Walter Clare Martin.
7
84
The Master's desk.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with the poet
Edgar Lee Masters.
7
85
Medicine show.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with medicine
shows.
7
86
The Menace
.
Contains newspaper clippings and reprints of journal articles, and
typed notes dealing with the Aurora, Missouri, newspaper The Menace.
7
87
The Mollyjoggers.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with fraternal
organizations.
7
88
Moonshine liquor.
Contains a newspaper clipping, and a handwritten note dealing with
moonshiners.
7
89
Tom P. Morgan. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and handwritten and
typed notes, dealing with humorist and newspaper columnist Tom P.
Morgan.
7
90
Tom P. Morgan. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains typed notes.
7
91
Mysterious lights.
Contains a typescript about the sightings of unexplained lights in
northeastern Oklahoma.
7
92
Names and nicknames. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with distinctive names and nicknames of the Ozarks.
7
93
Names and nicknames. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains index cards.
7
94
"The Nobility of the Mountaineer."
Contains typed notes about the character and nature of people living
in the rural Ozarks.
7
95
Nonsense speeches.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with nonsense speeches and illiterate elocutionists.
7
96
Old customs. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes and typescripts dealing with
traditional Ozark social customs.
7
97
Old customs. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings, articles, and
correspondence.
7
98
Old Man Burgess.
Contains correspondence and a handwritten note dealing with the faith
healer J.W. Burgess.
8
99
Outlawry.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
brochure about the Eureka Springs 1922 bank robbery and famous male and
female outlaws.
8
100
Ozark eccentrics.
Contains newspaper clippings, brochure, and typed and handwritten
notes about interesting Americans and Ozark eccentrics.
8
101
Ozark life.
Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and typed and
handwritten notes about returning to the land. Also includes two
typescripts, "Christmas in the Ozarks" and "The Lure of the
Ozarks."
8
102
"Ozarks, Where Are You?" Folder 1 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings and typed and handwritten notes
concerning the size of the Ozarks.
8
103
"Ozarks, Where Are You?" Folder 2 of 2.
Contains correspondence and a typescript for an article entitled
"Ozarks, Where Are You?"
8
104
Place names. Folder 1 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: A-L;
M-Z; Correspondence. Guide for Students; History and Origin; Listing;
Mountains.
8
105
Place names. Folder 2 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes.
Includes: Guide for Students; History and Origin.
8
106
Place names. Folder 3 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes.
Included: Listing; Pronunciation; Mountains; Waterways.
8
107
Place names. Folder 4 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence. Includes: Missouri Barry County; Missouri MacDonald County
(photocopy).
8
108
Place names. Folder 5 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes.
Includes: Missouri MacDonald County (original).
8
109
Place names. Folder 6 of 6.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence. Includes notes and index cards.
8
110
Politics.
Contains newspaper clippings about politics.
9
111
Randolph, Vance. Biographical Material.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings dealing with the life and
work of Vance Randolph.
9
112
Randolph, Vance. Book Reviews. Folder 1 of 4.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence dealing
with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. Includes: Correspondence; The Devil's Pretty Daughter.
9
113
Randolph, Vance. Book Reviews. Folder 2 of 4.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence dealing
with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. Includes: Down
in the Holler; Hot Springs and Hell;
Lists; Ozark Folksongs.
9
114
Randolph, Vance. Book reviews. Folder 3 of 4.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence dealing
with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. Includes: Ozark Superstitions; Sticks in the
Knapsack; The Talking
Turtle.
9
115
Randolph, Vance. Book Reviews. Folder 4 of 4.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings and correspondence dealing
with reviews of Vance Randolph's books. Includes: The
Talking Turtle; We Always Lie to
Strangers; Who Blowed Up the Church
House?
9
116
Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 1 of 8. Photocopy
A.
9
117
Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 2 of 8. Original A.
Contains scrapbook pages with mounted newspaper clippings, dealing
primarily with reviews of Vance Randolph's books.
9
118
Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 3 of 8. Photocopy
B.
9
119
Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 4 of 8. Original B.
Contains scrapbook pages with mounted newspaper clippings, dealing
primarily with reviews of Vance Randolph's books.
10
120
Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 5 of 8. Photocopy
C.
10
121
Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 6 of 8. Original C.
books.
Contains scrapbook pages with mounted newspaper clippings, dealing
primarily with reviews of Vance Randolph's books.
10
122
Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 7 of 8. Photocopy
D.
10
123
Randolph, Vance. Scrapbook pages. Folder 8 of 8. Original D.
Contains scrapbook pages with mounted newspaper clippings, dealing
primarily with reviews of Vance Randolph's books.
10
124
Reading lists, annotated. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains annotated notebooks kept by Vance Randolph listing books he
read. The folder is subdivided into the following groups: 1/1/1916 -
9/?/1919; 5/25/1919 - 11/29/1919.
10
125
Reading lists, annotated. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains annotated notebooks kept by Vance Randolph listing books he
read. The folder is subdivided into the following groups: 2/1/1920 -
12/30/1920; 1/1/1921 - 9/8/1921.
11
126
Religion. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence dealing with religious expression in the Ozarks. Includes:
Articles; bibliographic notes; sect name list. Correspondence; notes; sect
name list; stories.
11
127
Religion. Folder 2 of 3.
Includes: Correspondence; stories. Contains a two-page typescript
entitled "Relative to Religion."
11
128
Religion. Folder 3 of 3.
Includes typed and handwritten notes.
11
129
Will Rice.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with the newspaper columnist Will Rice.
11
130
Ted Richmond.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence dealing with writer and "Wilderness Librarian" James T.
"Twilight Ted" Richmond.
11
131
Riddles. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes and correspondence.
11
132
Riddles. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains typed and handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, and
reprints of journal articles by Vance Randolph, Archer Taylor, and Isabel
Spradley, dealing with riddles.
11
133
Ritual planting.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with agricultural superstitions.
11
134
Roaring River.
Contains a nine-page typescript entitled "Roaring River," which
describes the Roaring River in Missouri.
11
135
Spider Rowland.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with newspaper
columnist and Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Hardy "Spider"
Rowland.
11
136
"The Honorable" Salts (J.D. Salts).
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed notes dealing with author and
presidential candidate James D. "The Honorable" Salts.
11
137
Buck Saunders.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with gun collector Col. C. B. "Buck" Saunders.
11
138
Shape notes (Modal tunes, gapped scales).
Contains typed and handwritten notes dealing with shape note
singing.
11
139
The Shibboleths.
Contains typed and handwritten notes and newspaper clippings dealing
the proper pronunciation of the word Arkansas.
11
140
Leonard Short.
Contains newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes dealing with the
outlaw Leonard Short.
11
141
Short change.
Contains newspaper clippings, and handwritten notes dealing with con
artists.
11
142
Show business.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings about the intersection of
show business and the Ozarks.
12
143
Skipping games.
Contains newspaper clippings, reprints of journal articles,
handwritten and typed notes, and correspondence dealing with jump rope
rhymes and skipping games.
12
144
"Some Call it Guts."
Contains a five page typescript recounting a shooting incident that
Vance Randolph was involved in as a young man.
12
145
Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains correspondence on the subject of Belle Starr: 3/24/1930 -
3/18/1937; 1/22/1939 - 3/3/1939; 3/10/1939 - 5/26/1939.
Belle Starr was born on Feb. 3, 1848, in Medoc, Missouri, under the name
Myra Belle Shirley, to Mr. and Mrs. John Shirley after the family moved from
Virginia to Missouri about 1842. She had two older brothers; one was a
confederate solder. Belle was described to be rather small, pretty,
vivacious and of fiery temper. She later became the head of her own gang of
outlaws. The name Belle Starr was derived from one of her husbands, Sam
Starr, also an outlaw, who died before Belle died. She was murdered by her
own son, Ed Reed, when she beat him. Her daughter Pearl, supposedly also a
"bad woman," died in Arizona. Her granddaughter showed a writer some poetry
clippings and pressed flowers collected by Belle. According to a taped
interview, Starr always got away, leaving men behind to be hung. See Folders
145 through 154, 257, and 262 for more information about Belle Starr.
12
146
Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3.
Contains correspondence: 6/10/1939 - 10/(n.d.)/1939; 4/3/1940 -
4/25/1941; 5/17/1941 - 5/23/1941.
12
147
Belle Starr: Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains correspondence: 5/27/1941 - 7/2/1941; 7/7/1941 - 3/23/1948;
5/6/1952 - 9/3/1963.
12
148
Belle Starr. Folder 1 of 7.
Contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and handwritten and
typed notes. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects:
Appearance; Charles Cummins; Ed Reed; Pearl Starr; Hugh Harp; Riley
Robertson.
12
149
Belle Starr. Folder 2 of 7.
Contains index cards, and handwritten and typed notes. The folder is
subdivided into the following subjects: Index cards; assorted
notes.
12
150
Belle Starr. Folder 3 of 7.
Contains newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, and
handwritten and typed notes. The folder is subdivided into the following
subjects: Charles Shirley; Hands Up!; B. Babcock; Verses; Hell on the
Border; Raymond Hatfield Gardner; The True Story of Belle Starr.
12
151
Belle Starr. Folder 4 of 7.
Contains newspaper clippings, and handwritten and typed notes. The
folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Calamity Jane and the Lady
Wildcats; The Story of Belle Starr; pictures; references; selected
bibliography.
12
152
Belle Starr. Folder 5 of 7.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings, and handwritten and typed
notes. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Interviews;
assorted newspaper clippings; assorted magazine articles.
12
153
Belle Starr. Folder 6 of 7.
Contains a numbered manuscript.
13
154
Belle Starr. Folder 7 of 7.
Contains the Shackleford Manuscript.
13
155
Gabby Street.
Contains newspaper clippings dealing with baseball player, manager,
and radio commentator Charles E. "Gabby" Street.
13
156
Tall tales. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains articles, manuscript, and newspaper clippings. The folder is
subdivided into the following subjects: "Aged in the Woods"; Tall Tales from
the Ozarks; articles.
13
157
Tall tales. Folder 2 of 3.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects:
Correspondence; notes.
13
158
Tall tales. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes, and
correspondence. The folder is subdivided into the following subjects: Jokes;
natural occurrences; song.
13
159
Tall tales: Animals. Folder 1 of 3. Contains typed and handwritten
notes.
Topics include: Bees, bugs, birds, game, fowl, cats, cows, and
dogs.
13
160
Tall tales: Animals. Folder 2 of 3.
Contains typed and handwritten notes and newspaper clippings.
Includes: Fish, frogs, horses, small mammals, squirrels, turtles.
13
161
Tall tales: Animals. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains newspaper clippings about animals and typed notes about
people.
13
162
This Writing Racket. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with ghost writing and other aspects of the writing business.
Includes: Book ideas; writers (miscellaneous).
13
163
This Writing Racket. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten
notes.
13
164
"Titanic Slim" Thompson.
Contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes dealing with the
gambler Alvin Clarence "Titanic Slim" Thompson.
13
165
Travel and travelogues. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains newspaper and magazine clippings dealing with various travel
destinations and tourist attractions. Includes photocopies dated
1909-39.
14
166
Travel and travelogues. Folder 2 of 3.
Includes photocopies dated 1949-57.
14
167
Travel and travelogues. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains originals.
14
168
Typescripts. Folder 1 of 4.
Contains student projects and a typescript of the article "Folklore
of the Smackover Oil Field," including photographs.
14
169
Typescripts. Folder 2 of 4.
Contains the following typescripts of articles: "H.H. Dalhoff,
1/19/56"; "How to Tell an Ozark Hillbilly Today"; "Folklore and Folkways of
the Ozark Region"; "The Missouri Ozarks."
14
170
Typescripts. Folder 3 of 4.
Contains typescripts of the following articles: "Ozark
Superstitions"; "Racial Elements and Folklore."
14
171
Typescripts. Folder 4 of 4.
Contains typescripts of the following articles: "Snap-Shots for
Sportsmen"; "The Sport of Gigging Suckers"; "Way Back in the
Hills."
14
172
Two Gentlemen from Verona (Harry and Jim Browning).
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
correspondence, and pamphlets dealing with the wrestler Jim Browning and his
cousin Harry Browning, a poet.
14
173
Jean Wallace.
Contains newspaper clippings and an annotated photoprint dealing with
Jean Wallace, "The Mystery Maid of Roaring River."
14
174
The White River Monster.
Contains newspaper clippings dealing with a legendary monster in the
White River of Arkansas.
14
175
Wild Men hermits.
Contains newspaper clippings, and typed and handwritten notes,
dealing with hermits and recluses.
14
176
Thomas Williamson.
Contains typed and handwritten notes about the novelist Thomas
Williamson and his time in the Ozarks.
14
177
Witchcraft.
Contains correspondence, a copy of "A Witch Trial in Carroll County,"
handwritten notes, and a typescript of "The Hills are Full of
Witches."
14
178
World War I.
Contains four typed pages of notes dealing with Vance Randolph's
experiences during World War I.
14
179
Writers' Project. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains newspaper clippings and correspondence dealing with the WPA
Federal Writers' Project.
14
180
Writers' Project. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains correspondence 1936-37 about the WPA Federal Writers'
Project.
Correspondence Files
15
181
"A" Correspondence.
Contains letters to and/or from: The Arkansas
Gazette; The American Legion; Russell Ames; and others.
15
182
"B" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains letters to and/or from: H.M. Belden, University of Missouri;
Thomas Hart Benton; Walter Blair, University of Chicago; Boston University;
Benjamin Botkin.
15
183
"B" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Carroll Bowen, University of Chicago
Press; Bertrand Bronson, University of California; and others.
15
184
"C" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Irene Carlisle; Cyril Clemens; Dean
Coffin Press; Columbia University; Jack Conroy; Josiah Combs.
15
185
"C" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Henry Cowell; Sidney Robertson Cowell;
and others.
15
186
"D" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Clarence Decker; J. Frank Dobie; Dover
Publications; and others.
15
187
"D" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Richard Dorson, 1952-67.
15
188
"E" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Albert Einstein; Duncan Emrich; Robert
Erwin; and others.
15
189
"F" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Clifton Fadiman; Orval Faubus; Charlie
May Fletcher; Isabel France; and others.
15
190
"G" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Henry Glassie; Kenneth Goldstein; Rayna
Green; Edith Greenburg; and others.
15
191
"H" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Leonard Hall; Herbert Halpert; Wayland
Hand; A.M. Haswell; Marion Hardgrove.
15
192
"H" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Lee Hays; Jack Henle, Vanguard Press;
Wayman Hogue; Mary D. Hudgins; John Huff.
15
193
"H" Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Betty Hughes; Tom Hurley, Channel 9
KETC; and others.
16
194
"J" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Moritz Jagendorf; Katherine Jarrell;
LeRoi Jones; Louis Jones, New York State Historical Association; Louis
Webster Jones, University of Kansas.
16
195
"K" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Helen Keller; Reamer Keller; Alfred
Knopf, the American Mercury; Sarah Gertrude Knott; George Korson; and
others.
16
196
"L" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Rose Wilder Lane; Ray Lawless; MacEdward
Leach, the American Folklore Society; Sam Leath; Walt Lemke, University of
Arkansas; Lawrence Levin; Homer and Wilbur Leveret.
16
197
"L" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with H.H. Lewis; Alan Lomax; George Dewey
Lorey; and others.
16
198
"Mc" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with May Kennedy McCord; Judith McCulloh; and
others.
16
199
"M" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Mrs. Mahnkey; James Masterson; H.L.
Mencken; George Milburn.
16
200
"M" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Nellie Mills; Mirandy; Merlin P.
Mitchell; Ethel Moore; Ruth Ann Musick; and others.
16
201
"N" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with N.C. Nelson; Marion Neville; Peter Nemo
(pseudonym of Vance Randolph).
16
202
"O" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains the Ozarks Folklore Newsletter.
16
203
"O" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains correspondence with O'Bryant; University of Oklahoma Press;
Jim Owens Enterprises; Clay Anderson, of the Ozark Mountaineers; Arkansas
Folklore Society (originally the Ozark Folklore Society).
16
204
"P" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Russell Holman, Paramount Pictures;
Louise Pound, Department of English, University of Nebraska; Gerry Parker;
and others.
16
205
"R" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Gould Randolph; John Randolph (Sr. and
Jr.); and others. Also contains reviews for Richard Dorson's American Folklore and Kenneth Lynn's Mark Twain and Southwestern Humor.
17
206
"R" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 2.
Contains correspondence with Otto Ernest Rayburn, notes, newspaper
clippings, and an inscribed copy of Forty Years in the
Ozarks.
17
207
"S" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Carl Sandburg; Dore Schary.
17
208
"S" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Howard Shapley; Floyd Shoemaker; Rose
Spaulding.
17
209
"S" Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Harold Spivacke; Isabel Spradley; Edward
G. Stoy; and others.
17
210
"T" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Jean Thomas; Shelby Thompson; Stith
Thompson; and others.
17
211
"U" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Lucile M. Upton; Francis Lee
Utley.
17
212
"V" Correspondence.
Contains correspondence with Vanguard Press; John M.
Virden.
17
213
"W" Correspondence. Folder 1 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Leila Wade; Therese Westermeier,
Arkansas Folklore Society; John Turner White.
17
214
"W" Correspondence. Folder 2 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Henry H. Wiggins; Thames Williamson;
Charles Morrow Wilson.
17
215
"W" Correspondence. Folder 3 of 3.
Contains correspondence with Carl Withers; Ray Wood; and
others.
Reprints of Journal Articles and Reviews
18 (oversize)
216
"Autograph Albums in the Ozarks," by Vance Randolph and May Kennedy
McCord.
18 (oversize)
217
"Bedtime Stories from Missouri," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from
Western Folklore
(January 1951).
18 (oversize)
218
"A Calendar of Kansas Butterflies," by Vance Randolph, from
Entomological News
(March 1929).
18 (oversize)
219
"Children's Rhymes from Missouri," by Ruth Ann Musick and Vance
Randolph, reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(October-December 1950).
18 (oversize)
220
"The Collection of Folk Music in the Ozarks," by Vance Randolph and
Frances Emberson, reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(April-June 1947).
18 (oversize)
221
"Folksong Hunters in Missouri," by Vance Randolph and Ruth Ann
Musick, reprinted from
Midwest Folklore
(1951).
18 (oversize)
222
"Further Studies of the Reliability of the Maze with Rats and
Humans," by Vance Randolph and Walter S. Hunter, reprinted from
Journal of Comparative Psychology
(August 1924).
18 (oversize)
223
"Jump Rope Rhymes from Arkansas," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from
Midwest Folklore
(III:2)
18 (oversize)
224
"Nakedness in Ozark Folk Belief," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(October-December 1953).
18 (oversize)
225
"The Names of Ozark Fiddle Tunes," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from
Midwest Folklore
(IV:2).
18 (oversize)
226
New York Times book reviews by Vance Randolph:
Tales From the Past, Some Tall, Some True
(1960);
A Treasury to Draw Upon
(1960);
The Roots Go Deep
(1963).
19 (oversize)
227
"A Note on the Reliability of the Maze as a Method of Learning in
the Angora Goat," by Vance Randolph and Walter S. Hunter, reprinted from
Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic Psychology
(March 1926).
19 (oversize)
228
"On the Seasonal Migrations of Dione vanillae in Kansas," by Vance
Randolph, reprinted from
Annals of the Entomological Society of America
(June 1927).
19 (oversize)
229
Ozark Ghost Stories: Gruesome and Humorous Tales of the
Supernatural in the Backwoods of the South
, by Vance Randolph, Haldeman-Julius Publications
(1944).
19 (oversize)
230
"Ozark Mountain Party Games," by Vance Randolph and Nancy Clemens,
reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(January-March 1933).
19 (oversize)
231
"Ozark Mountain Riddles," by Vance Randolph and Isabel Spradley,
reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(January-March 1934).
19 (oversize)
232
"Ozark Superstitions," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(January-March 1933).
19 (oversize)
233
"Prehistoric Inhabitants of Crawford County, Kansas," by Vernon C.
Allison and Vance Randolph, reprinted from
The American Anthropologist
(July-September 1927).
19 (oversize)
234
Reviews of Frank Brown's The Frank Brown Collection of North
Carolina Folklore, by Vance Randolph, reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(April-June 1953) and
Mississippi Valley Historical Review
(June 1953).
19 (oversize)
235
Review of John A. Lomax's Adventures of a Ballad Hunter, by Vance
Randolph, reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(January-March 1948).
19 (oversize)
236
"Riddles from Arkansas," by Vance Randolph and Mary Celestia Parler,
reprinted from
Journal of American Folklore
(July-September 1954).
19 (oversize)
237
"Tales from the Ozarks," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from
Western Folklore
(January 1955).
19 (oversize)
238
"A Witch Trial in Carroll County," by Vance Randolph, reprinted from
Arkansas Historical Quarterly
(Spring 1957).
19 (oversize)
239
Other authors. Contains journal articles and reviews not authored in
whole or in part by Vance Randolph. Includes the authors Mary Celestia
Parler, B.B. Ashcom, J. Frank Dobie, and H.C. Woodbridge.
Newspaper Clippings
Note: Originals are contained in oversized Box 23 (Folder 240 to Folder
250) and in oversized Box 24 (Folder 251 to Folder 261); photocopies of these
originals are located in Box 20.
20
240
Map of Kansas and Missouri, American Automobile Association,
1996.
20
241
Alcohol
20
242
Character sketches
20
243
Dialect
20
244
Folk belief and superstition
20
245
Guns and gunplay
20
246
Hidden treasure (1 of 2)
20
247
Hidden treasure (2 of 2)
20
248
Legend
20
249
Literature
20
250
Music (as subject)
20
251
Place-names
20
252
Politics
20
253
Prehistoric Ozarks
20
254
Randolph, Vance. Book reviews and articles authored by
him.
20
255
Randolph, Vance (as subject)
20
256
Religion
20
257
Starr, Belle
20
258
Tall tales
20
259
Miscellaneous: neighborliness, death, sorghum making
20
260
Weather
20
261
Writing: Habits and methods of professional writers
Series 2: Sound Recordings
Note: For song titles, see Archive of Folk Culture card catalog; photocopy
in Folder 1c in this collection contains photocopies of catalog cards for 5236
A-5270 B3, an annotated manuscript of catalog entries for 5271 A1-5425 B3, an
annotated list of fiddle tunes played by Lon Jordan (5314-5317, 5319-5326,
5376-5379, 5401-5402, 5404-5405), and two lists of fiddle tunes played by Bill
Bilyeu (6897 A1-6904 B3).
The originals and preservation masters are located in Motion Picture,
Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound (M/B/RS) at the Library of Congress. See
Collection Concordance by Format.
5236-5425
191 12-inch glass-based acetate records of original field recordings in
the Ozarks, 1941-42; 5270, 5320, 5341, 5425 missing; 5300 broken. Duplicated on
LWO 3493, reels 14-26.
6397-6464
4 16-inch, 45 12-inch, 2 10-inch, 5 8-inch glass and aluminum-based
records of "Dear Mr. President," January and February 1942. 6398 missing; 6400
n/g; 6463 badly broken. Duplicated on LWO 3493, reel 42.
6897-6904
8 12-inch glass-based acetate records of original field recordings in
the Ozarks, 1943; 6897 damaged; 6900 broken. Duplicated on LWO 3493, reels
56-57.
21
262
"Some talk about Belle Starr." Contains the 5-inch reel-to-reel
original master and a reference copy on a 60-minute audio cassette of an
interview with Florence Watts.
Series 3: Graphic Materials
Note: For a complete description of images, see Folder 1b: Log of Visual
Images.
21
263
"Photos in Folksong MS, Dec., 1944."
Contains a list of photographs selected for inclusion in Ozark Folksongs (1946-50), including the name of the
subject and the place of the photograph. Also contains front-and-back album
covers entitled "Photographs of Singers."
21
264
Photographs 1-10.
Contains 12 photoprints identified by subject and place, corresponding
to the list in Folder 262.
21
265
Photographs 11-23.
Contains 11 photoprints and 1 negative, identified by subject and
place, corresponding to the list in Folder 262.
21
266
Photographs 24-35.
Contains 12 photoprints and 1 negative, identified by subject and place,
corresponding to the list in Folder 262.
21
267
Photographs 36-50.
Contains 9 photoprints and 1 negative, identified by subject and place,
corresponding to the list in Folder 262.
21
268
Photographs 51-60.
Contains 11 photoprints and 1 negative, identified by subject and/or
annotated.
21
269
Photographs 61-69. .
Contains 11 photoprints, of which P61-64 are annotated and P65-67 are
identified by subject
21
270
Photographs 70-83.
Contains 14 photoprints, all unidentified.
22
271
Photographs 84-96.
Contains 13 photoprints, of which P84-86 are unidentified, P87-92 are
annotated, and P93-96 are identified by subject.
22
272
Photographs 97-102.
Contains 6 photoprints, all unidentified.
22
273
Photographs 103-12.
Contains 10 photoprints, all annotated.
22
274
Photographs 113-22.
Contains 10 photoprints, of which only P121 is not annotated but
identified by place.
22
275
Photographs 123-34.
Contains 12 photoprints, all annotated.
22
276
Photographs 135-43.
Contains 9 photoprints with annotations and 1 negative.
22
277
Photographs 144-47.
Contains 4 photoprints and 2 negatives, all unidentified.
22
278
Photographs 148-58.
Contains 9 photoprints, of which P148-51 are annotated and P154-56 are
identified. Also contains 1 negative with a note from Ruth Tyler, a photocopy
of the 1958 Folklore Institute photograph, and the annotated captions for 2
photographs.
22
279
Prints and Photographs Division, Lot 5580.
Contains photographs 1-39 (photocopies of originals), most of which are
tentatively identified. Described by subject, place, and visual image in Table
B of the Log of Visual Images (Folder 1b).
23 (oversize)
Original Newspaper Clippings: A to N
Photocopies of these originals are in Box 20.
24 (oversize)
Original Newspaper Clippings: O to Z
Photocopies of these originals are in Box 20.
Series 4: 2021 Accrual
25/1
Introduction (1 of
4)
1 folder of manuscripts
25/2
Introduction (2 of
4)
1 folder of manuscripts
25/3
Introduction (3 of
4)
1 folder of manuscripts
25/4
Introduction (4 of
4)
1 folder of manuscripts
25/5
Correspondence: Columbia Univ.
Press
1 folder of manuscripts
25/6
Correspondence: Halpert,
Herbert
1 folder of manuscripts
25/7
Correspondence:
Other
1 folder of manuscripts
25/8
More jokes and
head-notes
1 folder of manuscripts
25/9
The Man from Pyatt, Spring 1964
Spring 1964
1 folder of manuscripts
25/10
Life among the Dragonflies,
Little Blue Book #818
1 folder of manuscripts
25/11
Headnote material
1 folder of manuscripts
25/12
Photo prints of Vance
Randolph
3 photographic prints, black and white, various
sizes
Publications
Cochran, Robert.
"Randolph, Vance."
In
American Folklore: An Encyclopedia.
ed. Jan Harold Brunvand. 1996.
Cochran, Robert.
Vance Randolph: An Ozark Life.
1985.
Articles by Vance Randolph
"Bedtime Stories from Missouri."
Western Folklore
X:1 (January 1951). Folder 217
"Book Review: Adventures of a Ballad Hunter."
Journal of American Folklore
(January-March 1948). Folder 235
"Book Review: The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore."
Journal of American Folklore
66:260 (April-June 1953). Folder 234
"Book Review: The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore."
The Mississippi Valley Historical Review
(June 1953). Folder 235
"A Calendar of Kansas Butterflies."
Entomological News,
XL (March 1929). Folder 218
"Jump Rope Rhymes From Arkansas."
Midwest Folklore
III:2. (1953?) Folder 223
"Nakedness in Ozark Folk Belief."
Journal of American Folklore
66:262 (October-December 1953). Folder 224
"The Names of Ozark Fiddle Tunes."
Midwest Folklore
IV:2 (1954). Folder 225
"On the Seasonal Migrations of Dione Vanillae in Kansas."
Annals of the Entomological Society of America
XX:2 (June 1927). Folder 228
Ozark Ghost Stories: Gruesome and Humorous Tales of the Supernatural in the
Backwoods of the South.
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1944. Folder 229
"Ozark Superstitions."
Journal of American Folklore
46:179 (January-March 1933). Folder 232
"The Roots Go Deep."
New York Times Book Review
(November 17, 1963). Folder 226
"Tales from the Ozarks."
Western Folklore
XIV:1 (January 1955). Folder 237
"Tales From the Past, Some Tall, Some True."
New York Times Book Review
(January 3, 1960). Folder 226
"A Treasury to Draw Upon."
New York Times Book Review
(February 26, 1960). Folder 226
"A Witch Trial in Carroll County."
Arkansas Historical Quarterly
(Spring 1957). Folder 238
Co-Written Articles
Allison, Vernon C., and Vance Randoph. "Prehistoric Inhabitants of Crawford County,
Kansas."
American Anthropologist
29:3 (July-September 1927). Folder 233
Clemens, Nancy, and Vance Randolph. "Ozark Mountain Party-Games."
Journal of American Folklore
(January-March 1933) Folder 230
Emberson, Frances, and Vance Randolph. "The Collection of Folk Music in the
Ozarks."
Journal of American Folklore
(April-June 1947). Folder 220
Hunter, Walter S., and Vance Randolph. "Further Studies of the Reliability of the
Maze with Rants and Humans."
Journal of Comparative Psychology
IV:4 (August 1924). Folder 222
Hunter, Walter S., and Vance Randolph. "A Note on the Reliability of the Maze as a
Method of Learning in the Angora Goat."
The Pedagogical Seminary and Journal of Genetic Psychology
XXXIII.I (March 1926). Folder 227
McCord, May Kennedy, and Vance Randolph. "Autograph Alhums in the Ozarks."
Journal of American Folklore
(April-June 1948). Folder 216
Musick, Ruth Ann, and Vance Randolph. "Children's Rhymes from Missouri."
Journal of American Folklore
(October-December 1950). Folder 219
Musick, Ruth Ann, and Vance Randolph. "Folksong Hunters in Missouri."
Midwest Folklore
(1951). Folder 221
Parler, Mary Celestia, and Vance Randolph. "Riddles from Arkansas."
Journal of American Folklore
67:265 (July-September 1954). Folder 236
Spradley, Isabel, and Vance Randolph. "Ozark Mountain Riddle."
Journal of American Folklore
47:183 (January-March 1934). Folder 231
Articles by Other Authors
Ashcom, B. B. "Notes on the Language of the Bedford, Pennsylvania, Suarea."
American Speech
XXVIII:4 (December 1953). Folder 239
Dobie, J. Frank.
The Mezcla Man.
El Paso, Texas: El Paso del Norte, 1954. Folder 239
Parler, Mary Celestia. "The Forty-Mile Jumper."
Journal of American Folklore
64:254 (422-23) (October-December 1951). Folder 239
Woodbridge, Hensley C. "Folklore in the Works of Janice Holt Giles."
The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
(October 1957). Folder 239