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Letters from Archer Taylor, 1942-1982

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 4

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.

Dates

  • 1942-1982

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

  1. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, April 27, 1953. Regarding motife-index.
  2. J. Frank Dobie to Archer Taylor, Austin, May 8, 1954. Copy of letter regarding frontier stories, forwarded to Baughman.
  3. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, June 8, 1954. Discussing work of Kurt Ranke, and Stith THompson's revision of Aarne List.
  4. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, September 9, 1954. Regarding the "Dryden Almanac-Story.
  5. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, March 19, 1957. Regarding the journal Fabula, and ongoing work of Stith Thompson.
  6. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, May 18, 1957. Regarding The Raven's Almanack.
  7. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, June 23, 1957. Containing citations.
  8. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, July 29, 1957. Regarding quote, "one foot in Ireland, the other in Scotland".
  9. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, March 19, 1958. Regarding the Eulenspiegel tale, and ongoing work of Stith Thompson.
  10. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, April 5, 1958. Regarding a poem by Tennyson.
  11. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, February 7, 1964. Regarding the term "neck-riddle".
  12. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, September 26, 1965. Regarding publication date of Type and Motif-Index of the Folk Tales of England and North America..
  13. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, April 27, 1967. Regarding Type and Motif-Index of the Folk Tales of England and North America, and creation of a supplement to Aarne-Thompson List.
  14. Archer Taylor to Ernest Baughman, Berkeley, February 8, 1968. Regarding scholars wanting to use Baugman's Type and Motif-Index of the Folk Tales of England and North America

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