Collectors, Miscellaneous A-E:, 1954
File — Box: 12, Folder: 33
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Ernest Warren Baughman collection contains six boxes of folktales (boxes 1-5 and 12) and six boxes of index cards recording folk cures, proverbs, rhymes and games, riddles, superstitions, customs, jokes, and weather lore (boxes 6-11), all collected by his students, mostly at the University of New Mexico. Many of the stories were collected from New Mexican villages and towns, containing local content. The collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the collector. Most of the index cards also contain the name of the informant. Box 18 contains folklore audio recordings (analog - one cassette tape, eight reel-to-reel tapes, seven non-commercial records). No digital files available.
Many of the students who collected the proverbs etc. in the index cards also collected the folktales. The most prominent of these students is Leslie Marmon Silko, now known as the author of Laguna Woman: Poems, Ceremony, Storyteller, Almanac of the Dead and others. In the original inventory she is listed under the name Leslie M. Chapman.
Many of the students who collected the proverbs etc. in the index cards also collected the folktales. The most prominent of these students is Leslie Marmon Silko, now known as the author of Laguna Woman: Poems, Ceremony, Storyteller, Almanac of the Dead and others. In the original inventory she is listed under the name Leslie M. Chapman.
Dates
- 1954
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Boxes 6-11 contain loose index cards, please handle carefully.
Extent
From the Collection: 18 Linear Feet
General
- Nene Ackerman: The Coyote and the Fox
- Jane Alexander: Mr. Smith is Here
- Don W. Anderson: The West Wind Courting
- Lorraine L. Andrews: Andreas Hofer
- Peggy Arnot: The Clever Signalman
- Esther Bailey: All in a Day's Work
- Joanna Beeken: The Big Bears
- Elena Bernal: The Silver Eagle
- S. Bickel: untitled story about protective crosses on doors
- Katharine Bjorklund: Motor the Bore Worm
- Betty Blackiston: The Swinging Arm
- Janet P. Bloom: The Inn
- Jack Bobroff: James Boys Take Pity
- Bill Bowen: A Folk Tale
- Betty Broden: The Apparition in the Storm
- Beverly Brown: The Run-Away
- Frank Browning: Tall Tales
- John E. Burke: untitled
- K. Burke: Folk Cure
- Beth Bussey: [untitled ghost story of Socorro, NM]
- Benjamin T. Caine: Mental Telepathy
- J. Campbell: Judd Cameron and the Rattlesnake; The Two Bulls; Logging Camp Terms
- Virginia Charlton: The Return
- Ramona Cheatwood: Tijeras Treasure
- Lela Criswell: Starvation Peak
- Rosemond Dallas: A Horror Story
- Danna: untitled occult story
- Jerry Dawson: Via Airmail, Special Delivery
- G.B. Ester: untitled Scottish story about rings around the moon
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu