Sandra Dolby papers, 1960-2010 , bulk 1990-2009
A Guide to her Papers at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Jessie Riddle
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Dolby, Sandra K., 1946-
TitleSandra Dolby papers, 1960-2010 , bulk 1990-2009
Collection No.
C695
Extent
2.6 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
Sandra Dolby is an alumni and faculty member of the department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana
University. She taught Folklore courses at IU from 1979 to 2010, during which time she also taught American Studies at Norway
as a Fulbright Traveling
Scholar. The collection reflects her interests in pedagogy, American Studies, and the application of literary theory to the
study of folklore and personal
narrative. It contains syllabi and teaching materials, manuscripts and presentations about her research, and documents from
her service in and out of the
university, as well as biographical materials.
Access Restrictions
Select files closed to researchers due to the presence of confidential student and employment information; these are indicated
in the folder list.
Advance notice required for access to collection.
Biographical Note
Sandra K. Dolby was born in 1946 and received a BA in English from Manchester College in 1969. After a period of teaching
high school English, she received
her master’s degree (1973) and PhD (1975) from the Folklore and Ethnomusicology Department at Indiana University. As a doctoral
student, she studied her
family’s folklore and how literary scholarship could help explain the genre of personal experience narratives, which led to
her first book, Literary
Folkloristics and the Personal Narrative (1989).
After graduating, Dolby worked briefly in the English department at the University of Houston before returning to IU as an
Assistant Professor in 1979.
During her tenure at IU, she was Acting Director of American Studies from 1994 to 1995 and Director of the Folklore Institute
from 2007 to 2008. She spent
several years doing research internationally, receiving a fellowship from the National Libraries in Australia in 1985 and
spending 2001 to 2002 as a
Fulbright Roving Scholar of American Studies in Norway. In a service capacity, she was the Director of Undergraduate Studies
in the Folklore and
Ethnomusicology Department, taught folklore pedagogy, was on the advisory committee for the School of Teaching and Learning,
and co-chaired the AI
Committee as part of her work on the Bloomington Faculty Committee. After retiring from IU in 2010, she worked in the Department
of English at the
University of Houston. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Dolby also maintained a love of music: she sang, recorded, and
composed folksongs, jazz, and
choral works, and produced several albums.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series:
- Biographical materials
- Conference presentations and manuscripts
- Teaching
- Grant applications and related materials
- Service
Scope and Content Note
This collection spans the years 1960-2009 and documents folklist and professor Sandra K. Dolby's scholarly activities including
research,
publications, and presentations on tall tales, proverbs, and other folklore topics; grant activities; teaching and student
advising;
and professional service. The bulk of the collection originates from Dolby's time as a faculty member in the Indiana University
Folklore Institute and
later the Department of Folklore.
Types of material held in the collection include notes, publications and drafts, correspondence, grant applications, syllabi
and lesson plans, committee
files, letters of recommendation, and audiovisual material.
The collection is arranged into five series: Biographical materials; Publications, presentations, and workshops; Teaching;
Grant applications and related research materials; and Service.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU
Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these
terms.
Related Material
Additional publications and research materials may be accessed in
IUScholarworks.
Related photographs may be available in the
University Archives Photographs
Database
.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accessions 2012/021 and 2015/033
Usage RestrictionsThe donor(s) of this collection have transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University.
For more information, please
contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for
non-university records,
materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility for the determination
of the copyright status of
these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials. Researchers are responsible for securing permission
from copyright owners and
any other rights holders for any reuse of these materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational
and research purposes
only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its inclusion on our site,
please contact the
Indiana University Archives staff.
Preferred Citation
[item], Sandra Dolby papers, Collection C695, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Collection was donated by Sandra Dolby in 2012 and 2015.
Appraisal
Article printouts that didn’t include annotations; graded student assignments; and unmarked chapters of dissertations submitted
for Dolby’s review were
removed and destroyed.
Processing InformationProcessed by Jessie Riddle.
Completed in May 2019
Container List
Series:
Biographical materials, 1964-2008
Scope and Content Note
This series includes liner notes and CDs Sandra Dolby collected and produced, as well as
departmental folklore event programs.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 1
Fine Times Notes, 1964
Event Programs, 1965-2003
Letter from a student, 1981
Dolby Genealogy, 2000
Personal papers, 2000-2001
London Trip – Easter 2002, 2002
When I Wanted Warm Liner Notes, 2005
Paul Jackson Sermons, undated
Musical Recordings,
Box 4
"Tunes from My Father’s Radio"
by Sandy Dolby, undated
(compact disc)
"First Time Ever"
by Sandy Dolby, undated
(compact disc)
"Those Were the Days – Christmas ‘13"
by Sandy Dolby and Ilze Akerbergs, undated
(compact disc)
"Wedding Song"
by Sandy Dolby, undated
(compact disc)
"Souvenirs – Songs from my Mother’s Attic"
by Sandy Dolby; Ilze Akerbergs piano and CD
production, undated
(compact disc)
"We Learned a Lot of Songs Along the Way – W.D. Collins 1892-1976"
parts 1 and 2 by W.D. Collins,
undated
(2 compact discs)
Series:
Publications, presentations, and workshops, 1975-2009
Box 1
Sandra Dolby offprints, 1975-2005
George Webbe Dasent, 1980-1987
Pack Carnes articles, 1981-1992
"Stories of a Safe Adventure: Americans Living in Australia, "
American Folklore Society, circa 1982
American Folklore Society, 1990-1991
"Personal Proverbs, Slogans, and Life Stories, "
CFS,
1990-1991
"Proverbs, Slogans, and Worldview in Popular Nonfiction, "
American Folklore Society, 1993
Disney Paper, 1994
Johnny Appleseed, 1998
Scope and Content Note
File includes a 1964 Classics Illustrated Junior “Johnny Appleseed” comic.
Personal Folklore book, 1998
"American Folklore in Norwegian Schools"
, Hoosier Folklore Society, 2001-2002
"What’s this Story About the Boyfriend’s Death Doing in My American History Textbook?: Contemporary Legends,
American History, and Secondary Education, "
American Folklore Society, 2002
Berea, Kentucky, project/workshop, 2003
(2 folders)
"East o’ the Sun: Constant, Variable, and the Cultural Frame of Reference"
, American Folklore
Society, 2003
(2 folders)
"East o’ the Sun"
/overheads, Hoosier Folklore Society,
2003
"What Arnold Lobel Knew and Admired about Fables---and What He Didn’t"
, American Folklore Society, 2004
Cultural Plagiarism, 2005
Personal Narrative book use, 2005
Tall Tale draft, 2005
Who is Your Guru?, 2005
"An Annie Oakley Video, Folklore, and American Worldview"
, American Folklore Society, 2006
"Self-Help Books: Why Americans Keep Reading Them, "
IU Mini-University,
2007
Tall Tale and Legend Notes, 2007
"What Would Dorson Do? And Why Should We Care?"
(Old Stormalong paper),
2007
Course Development Institute, 2008
(2 folders)
"From Paul Bunyan to Mrs. Knowsit: the Creation and Use of Pedagogical Hero Tales, "
American
Folklore Society, 2008
"Mose, Popular Sources, and Calling it Folklore"
, Western States Folklore Society, 2008
Self-Help Book Lecture, 2008
"Folktales as Self-Help Narratives, "
American Folklore Society,
2009
Copyright workshop info, undated
Series:
Grant applications and related research materials, 1990-2006
Scope and Content Note
This series is arranged into three subseries: General, Fulbright lectures and presentation materials,
and Traveling scholar visits. The general subseries is arranged chronologically according to when each project began, and
includes applications and
orientation materials for several scholarships. The second and third subseries primarily consist of documents related to Dolby’s
two years in Norway as a
Fulbright traveling scholar, where she worked with secondary school teachers on how to use folklore as a tool when teaching
American studies and history.
The lectures subseries is arranged alphabetically and includes her specific lesson plans for this subject, while the Traveling
scholar visit files are
arranged chronologically and include correspondence with teachers and travel documentation for each school she visited.
Subseries:
Box 2
General, 1997-2006
Fulbright,
Norway, 2000-2001
Fulbright Information, Mike's Calendar, 2001
Office Expense Receipts, 2001
Oslo Living Information, 2001
2002 Fulbright Seminar, 2001-2002
Norway,
School Seminar Schedule, 1997-2001
Human Subjects Info, 2000-2001
Dasent,
Dasent Project, 2001
NEH Dasent, 2005
NEH Application, 2005-2006
Trip to Germany, March 9-13, 2002
Tall Tale Project, 2006
Subseries:
Fulbright lecture and presentation materials, 1990-2002
Box 2
American Studies Association of Norway (ASANOR) - Folklore Paper, 2001
Self-Help Paper, 2001
Big Map of Nations, circa 2001
Children’s Folklore, circa 2001
Diversity, 2001
Extra Handouts - Various, circa 2001
Gender, 2001
General Concepts, Themes/Outlines, circa 2001
Immigration, Settlement, Slavery, 2001
Native Americans, 1990-2001
Religion/Belief, 2001
Talk on Self Help (U of Oslo, )2002
Values and Worldviews, 2001
Violence, 2001-2002
Subseries:
Traveling scholar visits, 2001-2002
Box 2
Expense Forms, 2001
Bergen (Lynghaug skole) C: Rimmereide, 2001
Oslo (As skole) C: Aspelund, 2001
Oslo (Skoyenasen skole) C: Hansen, 2001
Hjartdal (Telemark) [Sauland] C: Granlund, 2001
Osen – near Namsos (Trondheim) C: Sundet, 2001
Oslo (Tonsberg) Byskogen Sk. C: Godaker, 2001
Stavanger (International School) C: Duevel, 2001
Alta C: Bang, 2001
Malselv (south of Tromso) C: Oygarden, 2001
Bodo (Hunstad Ungdomskole) C: Stein, 2001
Trondheim – Trondsk, Laerarstemne C: Tanem, October 3-4,
2001
Rissa (near Trondheim) C: Lillevik, October 8-10,
2001
Oslo (Hosletoppen skole) C: Johansen, October 15, 2001
Kristiansand – Sorlandsk Laerersterne C: Estensen, October 19, 2001
Lodingen (Tromso) C: Olsen/Ytterstad, October 22, 2001
Oslo (Teachers Conf.) C: Olsnes, October 26, 2001
Oslo (Bjornhoff) C: Wroldsen, October 29, 2001
Svalbard (Longyearbyon Sk) C: Misje, October 31 – November 3,
2001
Bergen (West Norway T Conf.) C: Nagel, November 9, 2001
Stavanger (Sandnes) C: Engseth, November 15, 2001
Stavanger (Teachers Conf.) C: Rullestad, November 15-16,
2001
Hatlestand (near Bergen) C: Nerhus, 19 November, 2001
Tofte (near Drammen) C: Nederhoed, November 26, 2001
Kristiansand (Grim Skole) C: Knatsen, November 28, 2001
Trondheim (Blussvoll) C: Solberg, December 4-5,
2001
Steinkjer (no. of Trondheim) C: Nielsen, December 6-7,
2001
Risor (between Oslo/Kvitesied) C: Naess, February 5, 2002
Stjordal (Stokkan skole) C: Moa, February 18-19,
2002
Namas (Nord-Trondelag) C: Roset, 2001-2002
Hitre (near Trondheim) C: Gjolmesli, February 21, 2002
Harstad (Tromso) C: Lyngfoss, February 25-26, 2002
Trysil (near Swedish border) C: Martinsen, February 28, 2002
Rodsberg (Halden) C: Fleitscher, March 5, 2002
Porsgrunn (near Skien) C: Lyons, March 6, 2002
Kristiansand (Pedag. Ctr.) C: Osthassel, March 14-15,
2002
Buskerud – [Honefoss] C: Coldevin, April 12, 2002
Lyngseidet (near Tromso) C: Figenschou, April 18-19,
2002
Hammerfest (North) C: Lager, April 22, 2002
Kristiansund, C: Dahl, April 24-25, 2002
Brattvag (near Alesund) C: Sandnes, April 26, 2002
Midtstuen skole (Oslo) C: Mo, April 29, 2002
Oslo (Gorudel) C: Olsnes, May 2, 2002
Oslo (Tonsberg) [HoFSkole] C: Arntzen/Nilsen, 2002
Series:
Teaching, 1988-2009
Scope and Content Note
The Teaching series includes syllabi, overheads, lecture notes, student assignments, and other materials
Dolby used in her courses. Of particular interest are the consent forms, writing assignments, personal journals, and VHS recordings
of a class discussion
collected while teaching F420/F545. This was a course on folk narrative and the materials produced were used as part of a
research project conducted
through the School of Teaching and Learning.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically by folklore course number.
Box 1
F101 Introduction to Folklore,
Overheads, 2003
Rhonda Dass F101, 2003-2004
Jenn Horn F101, 2003-2004
Paul Schauert F101, 2003-2004
AI Meetings, 2004
Unit – F101, 2004-2010
2003-2005
Intro to Folklore, 2003-2005
2003-2005
Printer’s Hat, circa 2005
Introduction to Folklore, 2010
F320 Australian Folklore, 2006
F420/F545 Survey of Folk Narrative and School of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Project,
2003
SOTL – 2003 Human Subject, 2003-2005
Human Subject, 2003
Consent Forms, 2003
Storytelling Assignment #1, 2003
Storytelling Assignment #2, 2003
Storytelling Assignment #3, 2003
Reflexive Essay, 2003
SOTL – Final Statement, 2003
Student Journals, 2003
(2 folders)
Box 2
Student Journals, 2003
Box 4
Video of a class discussion, parts 1-3, 2003
(3 VHS tapes)
Box 2
2006
2009
F497 Advanced Seminar,
Seminar for Majors, 1998
2001
Course Prep Materials, 2003-2005
F501/512 Colloquy,
Readings, 1984-2001
2004
2006
2005-2009
F625/G620 Folklore in American Studies, 2002
F734: Storytelling, Cultural framing, and Reading Folklore, Spring 2008
F740: The Personal and the Everyday in Folklore, 1998-1999
F801: Teaching Folklore and Ethnomusicology, 2006-2009
Genre List/Lecture, 2003-2009
Teaching Overheads, circa 1998
Series:
Service, 1981-2009
Scope and Content Note
This aeries is further organized into five subseries which are arranged chronologically. The five subseries are A.I. training
and
teaching observations, Folklore and ethnomusicology faculty affairs, IU committees and service, Mentoring, and the Tall Tales
project. The first three
subseries include teaching observations, dissertation proposals with comments from Dr. Dolby, correspondence related to letters
of recommendation, and
official meeting notes for committees within the Folklore department and the university as a whole. The last subseries includes
articles and programs she
reviewed for groups outside of the campus and the scripts she reviewed for a children’s television show based on tall tales.
Subseries:
Folklore and Ethnomusicology faculty affairs, 1981-2008
Box 2
1981 Journal of Folklore Institute (JFI) schedule, 1981
Faculty Meetings, 2004-2006
Faculty Affairs, 2005
(Restricted material removed and stored separately)
Box 4
Faculty Affairs, 2005
(RESTRICTED)
Box 2
Folklore Institute Faculty, 2007-2008
Scope and Content Note
This notebook includes faculty and one-on-one meeting notes
Notebook, 2008
Scope and Content Note
This notebook contains notes about faculty affairs for Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Linda Dégh Bio, 2008
Dick and Henry Retirement, 2008
Subseries:
IU Committees and Service, 1999-2007
Box 2
IUPUI Master of Library Science (MLS), 1999
A.I. Affairs Committee, 2004-2005
Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC) – A.I. Affairs, 2004-2005
Community Outreach and Partnerships in Service-Learning (COPSL), 2005-2006
Box 4
Individualized Major Program (IMP), 2005
(RESTRICTED)
Box 2
Policy Committee, 2005
College Policy Committee (CPC) – Non-Tenure Faculty Policy, 2006
Faculty Library Use Survey, 2006
Box 3
Budget meetings, 2007
Subseries:
Mentoring, A.I. training, and teaching observations, 1993-2009
Box 4
Matt Bradley - AI, 1998-1999
(RESTRICTED)
Melinda Collins - AI F131, 1998-1999
(RESTRICTED)
Terry Parker, 1993-2004
(RESTRICTED)
Box 3
Sheryl Narahara, 1999
A.I. Workshop 2004, 2004
Midori’s Chapter, 2004
Box 4
2004/5/6 Teaching Observations, 2004
(RESTRICTED)
Box 3
Letters of Reference, 2005
A.I. Training, 2007
Box 4
David McDonald, 2009
(RESTRICTED)
Subseries:
Tall Tale Project, 2004-2005
Box 3
Tall Tale Project, 2004
Pecos Bill – TD Media, 2004
Paul Bunyan Script, 2004
Old Stormalong Script, 2004
John Henry Script, 2004
Davy Crockett Script, 2004
Johnny Appleseed, 2004
Mose Script, 2004
Annie Oakley Script, 2004
Regional Tales – Script, 2005
Mrs. Knowsit – Final Script, 2005
