Manuscripts
Summary of the Fife collection of western American folk songs and folklore
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Manuscripts
Supplemental catalog of Mormon folk songs recorded by Austin E. Fife and Alta S. Fife in St. George, Washington, Orderville, and Kanab, Utah, from March-April 1947. The catalog contains a brief description and local information for each song recorded in the following categories : 1) prose accounts of Mormon folk songs and folk singing; 2) songs of specific Mormon regional setting or inspiration; 3) songs of the Mormon migration; 4) songs of Mormon theological or sociological inspiration; 5) local songs, including those of Utah's dixie; 6) songs by Utah folk composers; 7) songs of general American folk interest, including ballad and narrative types, cowboy songs and ballads, and Indian themes and Western locale; 8) miscellaneous American folk songs; 9) American folk songs, war theme; 10) Germanic folk songs collected in Utah; 11) prose accounts of Mormon folklore; and 12) Mormon folk poetry. Supplement #1 for the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song.
mssHM 72351
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of the literary and personal papers of American novelist, essayist and political activist Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1943), best known for her portrayals of life in California and New Mexico. It includes correspondence and literary manuscripts by both Austin and numerous other authors, editors and friends, as well as ephemera and photographs. Literary manuscripts include Austin's personal journals, short stories, poems, essays, and numerous drafts of novels. The correspondence deals with Austin's personal life and business dealings as well as her activities with Indian rights and the water right controversies in California's Owens Valley and in the Southwest. There are also materials related to Austin's interests in folklore and religion in New Mexico and the Southwest. The more than 1,200 photographs in the collection date from 1869 to the 1920s and include personal and family photographs of Mary Austin, her friends, relatives, homes, and various topics related to her interests.
(AU 766)
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