Stith Thompson Correspondence, 1942-1982
File — Box: 13, Folder: 5
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
- 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
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, June 7, 1951. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, April 14, 1952. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, October 23, 1952. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Ernest Baughman to Stith Thompson, Albuquerque, October 29, 1952. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, November 20, 1952. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, March 2, 1953. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Ernest Baughman to Stith Thompson, Albuquerque, March 11, 1953. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Ernest Baughman to Stith Thompson, Albuquerque, March 31, 1953. Regarding Baughman's thesis and changes to his Committee.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, April 5, 1953. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, April 14, 1953. Regarding Baughman's thesis.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, June 29, 1954. Regarding thesis revision.
- Ernest Baughman to Stith Thompson, Albuquerque, July 8, 1954. Regarding thesis revision, New Mexican gestures, and work on Randolph's Ozark Tales.
- Archer Taylor to Stith Thompson, Berkeley, August 4, 1954. Regarding Type-Index, copy forwarded by Taylor to Baughman.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, October 13, 1955. Regarding separation of type-index from motif-index for publication.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, November 16, 1955. Regarding revision of Baughman's thesis for publication.
- Ernest Baughman to Stith Thompson, [Albuquerque], August 29, 1958. Regarding folk tale index.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, February 3, 1959. Regarding correspondence with Miss Briggs.
- Ernest Baughman to Stith Thompson, Albuquerque, May 29, 1961. Regarding separation of type-index from motif-index.
- Ernest Baughman to Stith Thompson, Albuquerque, November 29, 1961. Regarding separation of type-index from motif-index for publication; Baughman's vision trouble.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, December 13, 1961. Regarding publication of Type and Motif-Index of the Folk Tales of England and North America.
- Stith Thompson to Ernest Baughman, Bloomington, November 11, 1963. Regarding publication of Type and Motif-Index of the Folk Tales of England and North Americat.
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
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