BOX

Box 2

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Identifier
NFAI.O.00001266
Date
1945 - 1967 (Inclusive dates)
Summary
Box 2 contains four archival containers numbered 4-7, each container filled with index cards describing proverbs and folk medicine collected in Western Maryland by Howard's students. Contents are organized by collector (container 4), or by category then by collector (containers 5-7).
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,Container 2 includes the following headings:
  • Betty Miller - Proverbs, Beliefs - Westernport 1954
  • Ann Sherman - Proverbs - Cumberland 1950
  • Bonnie Blue Loughrie - Proverbs - Cumberland, 1950
  • Amy G. Meek - Proverbs, 1950
  • Christine Smith - Proverbs - Piney Plaine - 1950
  • Jane Harrison - Proverbs - 1950
  • Richard L. Holler - Proverbs - Allegany Co.
  • Elaine Miller - Proverbs - Cumberland 1950
  • Charlotte Barringer - Proverbs - Cumberland 1950
  • Augustine Diaz - Proverbs - W. MD 1950
  • James G. Nielson - Proverbs - 1950
  • Mary Susan Passarelli - Proverbs - Frostburg 1950
  • William Kildow - Proverb - Frostburg 1950
  • Jim Steele - Proverbs 1950
  • Wilma Robertson - Proverbs 1950
  • Roy E. Pepper - Proverbs - WV, Allegany Co. 1950
  • Charlotte Barringer - Proverbs - Cumberland 1950
  • Jas. W. Spiznas - Proverbs - Frostburg 1950
  • Lois Mackay - Proverbs - Frostburg 1953
  • Rose Ann Willison - Proverbs - Twiggtown, MD 1950
  • Billie S. Hauschell [?] Proverb 1950
  • Bertha Creek - Proverbs - Hancock 1950
  • Rosemary Eimer - Proverbs - Frostburg, Mt. Savage
  • Patricia Warehime - Proverbs - Frostburg 1950
  • Lois Mackay - Old Sayings - Lonaconing, Midland MD
  • Price
  • Unknown - Proverb - Lonaconing 1953
  • Allen Williams - Proverb - Cumberland
  • Misc. Proverbs
  • Charles McCormick - Proverbs - Frostburg, Cumberland 1950
  • Billie S. Haunschell - Proverbs - Frostburg 1950
  • Alice Baker - Proverbs 1950
  • Price
  • Josh Carter - Proverbs 1950
  • G.A. Hanna - Proverbs - Martinsburg WV, Allegany Co., Franklin
  • Unknown - Rhyme - Christiansburg, VA
  • Josh Carter - Proverbs
  • Mary Campbell - Proverbs
  • Josh Carter - Weather
  • Wilma Robertson - Proverbs - Grantsville 1950
  • William L. Fazenbaker - Proverbs 1950
  • Jordan Hovatter - Sayings, Omens - Frostburg, Cumberland 1952
  • George A. Hanna - Proverbs - Allegany Co.
,Container 3 includes the following headings:
  • Wynn C. Thomas - Letter to Dorothy Howard/Bib. [Journal of American Folklore] Descriptions of Games]
  • Children's Rhymes/Letter to Dorothy Howard
  • Barbara Flinn - Proverbs - Red House, MD 1950
  • Jane Rickard - Proverbs - Oakland, MD 1950
  • Peggy Carter - Proverbs - Brusnwick, MD 1950
  • Misc.
  • Jane Rickard - Proverbs - Oakland, MD 1950
  • Martha Leese - Proverbs - Accident, MD
  • Misc.
  • Misc.
,Container 4 includes the following headings:
  • Hilleary Rockwell [?] - the Legend of Louise L./Sarah Slick - Morbids of F.S.T.C.
  • Autograph - Frostburg
  • Riddles, Wisdom, Taunts, Counting Out - Frsotburg/Letters to Dorothy Howard
  • Folklore Archives - Frostburg State College - Superstitions
  • Folk Medicine
  • Domestic Pursuits
  • Plants and Flowers
  • Visitors
  • Misc.
  • Animals
  • Games/Rhymes
  • Good & Bad Luck
  • Weather
  • Plant Husbandry
  • Miscellaneous
  • Trades and Professions
  • Human Body
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Deaths and Funerals [Empty]
  • Human Behavior
  • Social Relationships
  • Holidays
  • Definitions
  • Untitled - Weather
  • Folk Advice
  • Signs of Good and Bad Luck
  • Dreams and Wishes
,Container 5 includes the following headings:
  • Children's Games - American [Also contains rhymes from Europe, Japan, India, Peru]
  • Folklore: Maryland All Sections
  • Children's Rhymes
  • Letter to D.H., Rhymes, Bib.
  • Letter to D.H., Children's Rhymes
  • Maryland Miscellaneous
  • Autograph Verses
  • Rhymes collected in 1952, recalled from childhood in W. MD, WV. Divided by collector: Norma Hicks, John Lizer, Tom Downs, John Kesner, Jr., William R. Williams, James Goldsworthy, Allen Myers, George A. Hanna, John C. Metzger, John Bryan, John C. Harvey, John R. Snyder, John Diggs, L.H. Chambers, R. Poffenberger, John Lynch, William Birmingham, Raymond Chaney, Thomas Funlaw, Thomas Moran, John H. Biggs, Joseph McDaniel, Elaine Weimer, Jo Ann Fisher, Phyllis Folk, Juanita Arburgast, Glen Harvey Jones, Betty Arbogast, Dorothy Kuhn, Nina Lohr, Sam Lisanti, Dorothy Brown, Anna Nelson, Roberta Elias, Dolores Bean, Tracy Riggins, Jr., Joe Spearman, Frances Ruffo, Jim Hess
,Container 6 includes the following headings:
  • Tricks and Games: Etta Lashley, Phyllis Folk, Bertha Graham, Elmer Durr, A. Logsdon, Hazel S. Bottenfield
  • Games & Rhymes: Ann Riggleman, R. Ruffo, Barbara Henry, Norma Nelson, Thomas Faherty, Joann Farrell, Eleanor L. Whitehall, Gladys Wensel, Wilda Winterberg, Eleanor Smith
  • Sayings: Josh Carter 1950, E.S. 1967
,Container 7 includes the following headings:
  • Autograph Rhymes through the Ages [Bound with following]
  • American Folk Literature: June Busk
  • Games, Rhymes: Charlotte Barringer, Bertha Creek, Frances Hanson, Dolores Ross, Gladys Wensel, Phyllis Campbell, Thomas Faherty, Jean Kreissig, Carol Conrad, Helen Borror, Mary Lee Pence, Barbara Henry, Robert Gray
  • Catches/Trick: Rhymes, Rope-Skipping, counting-out
  • Action Rhymes [grouped with string]
  • Counting Out Rhymes/ Rope Oracle
  • Wisdom/Auto
  • Vowels/Auto
  • Remembrance/Autograph
  • Taunts
  • Riddles
  • Tricks
  • Untitled: Tricks, Riddles, Narrative, Lullabye, Chant
  • Josh Carter 1949
  • Misc.
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Language
Dialects)
Materials Designation
audio