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Journal of Folklore Research records, 1934-2006, bulk 1972-2006

A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives

Finding aid prepared by Paul McNeil

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
Indiana University, Bloomington. Folklore Institute.

Title
Journal of Folklore Research records,1934-2006, bulk 1972-2006

Collection No.
C57

Extent
6.2 cubic feet (7 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Originally published as the Journal of the Folklore Institute in 1964 by the Folklore Institute, the Journal of Folklore Research was established in 1982 to incorporate more international and expansive coverage. The goal of the journal is to link similar social sciences such as anthropology, communication, history, linguistics, literature, oral history, psychology and sociology. The collection consists of administrative files, including various advertisements, correspondence, editorial board meeting papers, as well as accepted and rejected articles which were retained to document the selection and edit processes. There are also miscellaneous copies of JFR and some other printed materials.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.

Electronic materials require additional processing before they can be accessed. Please contact the Archives staff for further information.

Administrative History

The publication of the Journal of Folklore Research developed out of Indiana University's folklore curriculum. The study of folklore at the University began as early as 1920s. From 1940-1960s, IU hosted summer folklore institutes, organized primarily by Professor Stith Thompson. Due to the efforts of Professor Thompson and Professor Richard Dorson, the Folklore Institute became an academic department in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1962. Today the institute is known as the Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, which is made up of both the Folklore and the Ethnomusicology Institutes.

The Folklore Institute began publishing the Journal of the Folklore Institute in 1964 under the direction of Richard M. Dorson. In 1982 the name was changed to the Journal of Folklore Research to incorporate the more international and expansive coverage. Indiana University Press assumed responsibility for publishing and distributing the journal beginning in July 2002. Issues are published three times a year and are designed to provide an international forum for current theory and research among scholars of folklore and related fields. In addition to articles, authors contribute timely reports on new books, assess the current state of folklore research, and address the fieldwork experience.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into three series: Administrative files, Articles, and Publications.

Scope and Content Note

The Journal of Folklore Research records spans 6.2 cubic feet and are organized into three series Administrative files, Articles, and Publications.

The Administrative files are comprised primarily of advertisements, correspondence, editorial board meeting papers, and various files on special subjects. The series spans the period from 1972-2002.

Articles are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by author's last name. A vast percentage of the files within the original collection were article submissions, and Archives staff sampled these, retaining approximately 1.5 cubic feet to illustrate the Journal's editorial process. As such, the retained articles consist of both accepted and rejected submissions from the years 1983-2006.

The Publications series consists of three publications - Indiana Folklore, Journal of Folklore Institute, and Journal of Folklore Research - arranged chronologically by issue. The series spans the years 1934-1997.

Separated Material

Richard M. Dorson documents previously pulled during processing in 2007 and processed into the Richard M. Dorson papers, Collection C289.

Materials removed include: accepted and rejected articles and associated correspondence, consent to publish forms, copyright and royalty documents, correspondence with vendors, drafts/proofs/galleys/photo-ready prints of published issues of JFR, duplicate items, financial documents, invoices, and photocopies of known duplicates.

Related Material

Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications may be accessed in the Archives of Institutional Memory

Archived web sites for the Journal may be included in Archive-It

Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
98/057, 2005/085, 2009/019

Additional materials were added to the collection from accession 2003/055 in 2017.

Usage Restrictions
Copyrights for records originating with Indiana University administrative units, departments, and other offices are held by 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 Archivist.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Journal of Folklore Research records, Collection C57, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Transferred from the Journal in various increments to the University Archives, 1998, 2005, and 2009.
Appraisal
15.3 of the original 20 cubic feet were removed from the JFR collection. The majority of the items pulled were: accepted and rejected articles with correspondence, consent forms, drafts and edit copies of the journal, duplicates, and financial documents such as invoices. Archives staff sampled these files and retained 1.5 cubic feet of articles to document the selection and editing processes for the journal.
Processing Information
Processed by Paul McNeil.

Completed in 2012.

Finding aid and processing updated by Katie Martin and Laura Bell.

Completed in 2017.

Container List


Series: Box 1 Administrative files, 1972-2002,  undated 

Advertisements,

Camera - Ready Ads (+ Dorson Prize), 1962-1987,  undated 

Lares, 1988,  undated 

Repicrocal, 1978-1982,  undated 

American Folklore Society panels for JFR, 1998 

American Folklore Society – Women's Folklore Panels & Special Issue, 1988-1989 

Arbiters, 1993-1994 

Article Solicitation - Sample Letters, 1989-1992,  undated 

Articles on file for 1989  and Weekly meeting notes for 1991 - 1989-1991 

Assorted correspondence,

1981-2002 

1989-1991 

Ballad Issue, 1993 

Board meeting at AFS 10-28-1997, 

Board of corresponding editors, 1998 

Book Review – Solicitation, 1991-1993 

Books On Order – Editors, 1990-1993 

Books Out, 1990-1993,  undated 

Brown, Mary Ellen, 1993-1994 

Catholic Panel, 1991 

Christensen Lindquist, Danille letter, undated 

Comparative Method,

1985 

1985-1986 

Comparative Method - Transcript of Discussion, 1985 September 25-28 

Conference - NEH Editing Con., 1982 

Consent to publish forms, blank, undated 

Copyright Clearance Center,

Contract and agreements, 1991-1993 

Course packets, update on policy, 1992-08-19  and 1992-09-23 

Reports, 1982-1992 

Royalties breakdown, 1992-07 to 1992-09 

Corresponding Editors,

1985-1986 

1990-1991 

Cover Design Materials - JFI/JFR, 1975-1976,  1983,  undated 

Donations – Ongoing for JFR, 1991-1992 

Dorson – Assorted, 1989 

Dorson Sessions: Special Issue – from 1987  American Folklore Society meeting in Albuquerque

Editorial Assistant – Procedures, 1972-1989 

Editorial Board,

1984-1986 

1987-1988 

1988-1989 

Meetings, agendas, inventories & minutes,

Meeting Agendas 1985-1987 

Meeting Agendas 1987-1989 

Meeting Inventories 1987-1989 

Meeting Inventories 1983-1984 

Meeting Inventories and Minutes 1984-1985 

Meeting Minutes 1987-1989 

1990-1991 

Policy, agenda for JFR, 1987-1997 

Standards & Special publication series, 1997 

Ask Staff Electronic files,

Chirambo, Reuben – Wambali Milandavoire, undated 

(3.5" floppy disk)


De Wolf, J. J. – Manuscript, undated 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Program, undated 

(zip disk)


JFR Index

(3.5" floppy disk)


Word Files

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #1, 1998-01-27 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #1, 1999-06-30 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #1, 1999-11-19 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #2, 1998-01-27 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #2, 1999-11-19 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #3, undated 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #3, 1999-11-19 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #4, undated 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR Backup #4, 1999-11-19 

(3.5" floppy disk)


JFR – Main.fox version 2.2, Millennium bug fix

(3.5" floppy disk)


Box 1 Folklore & Semiotics, 1983 

Hetherton, Maria letter, undated 

Histiography Issue,

Editorial Correspondence, 1984 

Referees, 1985-1986 

Indiana Folklore and Oral History,

Complimentary copies, 1984-1985 

Copyright forms, 1983-1988 

General information and subscribers, 1984-1985 

New journal announcement, 1984 

News releases, 1984 

Table of Contents vol. 14, 1985 

Inquiries Regarding Indiana Folklore Publications, 1981-1982 

Journal Publication Printing Bids, 1979-1983 

Indiana Folklore Specifications, 1982 

Indiana Folklore Subspription Information, 1983 

Journal Publication Plans, 1984-1985 

Vol. 15 Plans and Agendas, 1985 

Journal Publication Projects, 1983-1987 

Notice of Last Publication, undated 

Editorial Board Meeting: Final Issue 1986-1987 

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences: Journal donation project, 1999-2000 

International Editorial Board,

1984-1985,  1994 

Letters, 1993-1997 

Box 2 Inventory Information, 2001 

Inventory - Schedule, and contents, 1992-1994,  undated 

IU Printing Plant, 1990-1994 

"Jack and the Varmits," Herbert Halpert biography, 2000 

JFR/FIU (Folklore in Use), Special cross-referenced issue on applied folklore, 1997-1998 

Advertisements

Advertisements, Correspondence, Flyers, & Ideas, 1986-2002 

Advertisements, Publishers' List, 1986 

Back Issue Information

Requests, Forms, and Model Letters– All on WP 5.0 Under "Backorders," 1990-1991 

JFR Back Issue Inventory 1991 

Publications Available for Sale – Folklore Institute, undated 

Bids and Requisition: Printing and Typesetting, 1990 

Correspondence

Cushing-Malloy Printing, 1994-2003 

General Correspondence, 1998-1999 

Mary Ellen Brown Correspondence Re: Solicitations, 1993-1996 

Mary Ellen Brown Correspondence Re: Solicitations: AFS [American Folklore Society], 1994 

Mary Ellen Brown Correspondence Re: Solicitations: Letters sent to AFS [American Folklore Society], 1997

Ed. Intro, 37:1, 2000 

Format and Cover Ideas, 1999 

Front/Back Matter JFR 35:3, 1998 

Journal of Folklore Research

Volume 35, No. 3, September-December Proof with Edits, 1998 

Volume 37, Number 2/3 May-Dec Proof, 2000 

Volume 40, Number 2, Consent to Publish Forms, 2003 

Volume 40, 2, First Page Proofs, 2003 

Volume 40, Number 2, Final Lasers, 2003 

Volume 40, Number 3, Edits, 2003 

Volume 40, Number 3, Proof-Covers 1-4, (Includes one floppy disk), 2003 

Volume 40, Number 3, Proof-Covers 1-4, (Includes one floppy disk), 2003 

Lawless, Elaine, Responses to Mullen, 1998-2000 

Outdated Procedures, undated 

Point Park/Applied Folklore JFR 35:3; Also 433, Summer I, 1979 

Printer Bids, 1994-1997 

Printing/Computer Information (contains one floppy disk), 1999 

Promotion – AFS, and Promo Models, 1987 

Questia Info, 2001 

Society for Ethnomusicology Interim Membership List and Editing Proofreaders’ Marks, 1985 

Student Subscription Offer, undated 

Subscriptions, Promotions, Advertising, Etc.

Conference Classica Et Folklorica (List of Scholars), 1990 

Subscription Drive, 2000 

Subscription Price List, 1992 

USIA Book Fairs, 1990 

Various Promotional Materials, 1995 

Web Page Ideas, 1999-2002 

Journals of Folklore – North America (N.A.), 1980 

Journals wishing to exchange with JFI, 1982-1983 

Kalevala,

Abstracts, undated 

Log of discussion, undated 

Unpublished conference papers, undated 

Mailing Lists, 1984-1985 

Marketing - Information & examples, 1982-1986 

Materials sent to Pam about JFR, 1994,  2001-2002 

Minutes, 19 August 1991 

Offprints and correspondence, 1983-1990 

Permissions granted for duplication and complimentary copies given, 1990-1994 

Box 3 Promotion – Marketing strategy survey, alumni, 1983 

Printer, 1983-1987 

Promotion, 1979,  1988,  undated 

Rate Cards, 1991 

Reminder Letters, 1990 

Reprints, 1983-1987 

Review Books Received – Lists, old, 1983-1989 

Reviews (and book notes), 1983-1984 

Royalty – Permission Fee for JFR, 1989 

Semiotics Issue,

Authors, 1984-1985 

Editors, 1983-1986 

Planning/Policy, 1983-1984 

Referees, 1984-1985 

Specifications and Bids,

1977-1983 

1984-1989 

Subscription Information (Including Complimentary/Exchange), 1975-1987,  undated 

Western Newspaper Pub. Co., Inc., George W. Gard, President, 1984-1987 

Series: Articles, 1983-2006,  undated 

Cadaval, Olivia, "e Taking of the Renwick," 1983-1986 

Barber, Paul, "The Origin of the Vampires," 1984-1985 

Dugan, Dianne, "Structural Analysis of the Female Warrior Ballads," 1984-1986 

Wachsler, Arthur A., "Parricide and Treason for Love: A Study of a Motif Complex," 1985-1986 

Handoo, Jawaharlal, "South Indian Folklore Studies," 1986-1987 

Klaniczay, Gabor, "Legends as Life Strategies for Aspirant Saints in the Later Middle Ages," 1987-1989 

Oring, Elliott, "Generating Lives: The Construction of an Autobiography," 1987-1988 

Assayag, Jackie, "Folklore and Great Tradition: Yellamma Goddess’ Devotees in South India (Karnataka)," 1989-1990 

Flores, Richard, "Revolution, Folklore, and the Political Unconsciousness: "Los Sediciosos" as a Socially Symbolic Text," 1989-1990 

Hymes, Dell, "Haa Shuka, Our Ancestors," 1989-1990 

Ice, Joyce, "Women's Talk: Verbal Interaction and Quilting," 1989-1990 

Kanaana, Sharif, "Humor of the Palestinian Intifada," 1990-1991  and undated 

Light, Nathan, "Liuben Karavelov's Nationalist Science of Folklore," 1991 

Bernard, Shane & Julia Girarard, "Colinda': Mysterious Origin of a Cajun Folksong," 1992 

Haring, Lee, "Parody and Imitation in West Indian Ocean Oral Tradition," 1992 

O’Dell, Thomas, "Chevrolet … That's a Real Raggarbil," 1993  and undated 

Porter, Gerald, "Work the Old Lady Out of the Ditches," 1993-1995  and undated 

Hamel, Lynne, "Making History Local," 1994 

Goodwin, Joseph P., "If Ignorance is Bliss, His Folly to be Wise," 1995 

Thornburg, Barbara E., "Folklorism and Japan's Folk Performing Arts," 1995 

Walle, Alf H., "Public Folklore and Circumstance: Adjusting to a Changing World," 1995 

Crowley, Daniel J. & Magdalene L., "Religion and Politics in the John Frum Festival, Tanna Island, Vanuatu," 1996 

Hansen, William, "Review: The Poetics of Colonization: from City to Text in Archaic Greece, " 1996 

Sommers, Laurie, "Definitions of Folk and Love in the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife," 1996 

Atkinson, David, "Magical Corpses: Ballads, Intersexuality, and the Discovery of Murder," 1997-1999 

Payne, Jessica, "The Politicization of Culture in Applied Folklore," 1997-1998 

Rudy, Jill Terry, "Wayward Child," 1997 

True, Gala, "Introducing the Patient’s Voice: An Applied Folklore Approach to Autonomy in Adolescent Health," 1997 

Zumwalt, Rosemary Levy, "Issues in Fieldwork and Ethnography," 1997 

Abrahams, Roger, "Mr. Lomax, Professor Kittredge, and the Songs of Real Men," 1998-2000 

Higham, C.L., "The Impact of Protestant Missionaries on Nineteenth-Century Folklore Scholarship," 1998 

Mullen, Patrick B., "The Dilemma of Representation in Folklore Studies: The Case of Henry Truvillion and John Lomax," 1998-2000 

Box 4 Van Ginkel, Rob, "The Dangers of Dancing," 1998 

Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara, "Folklorists in Public: Reflections on Cultural Brokerage in the United States and Germany, " 1999-2000 

Thomas, Jeannie, "Blue Grass and White Trash," 1999-2000 

Fialkova, Larisa, "Chornobyl's Nuclear Folklore," 2000 

McArthur, Philip, "Enacting Narrative: The Sociology of Folklore in the Marshall Islands," 2000-2001 

Brook, Vincent, "Striking a Polemical Note: Politics and Folklorists in Harlan County, U.S.A and The High Lonesome Sound, " 2001 

Jeggle, Utz, "A Lost Track: On the Unconscious in Folklore," 2001-2003 

Campion-Vincent, Veronique, "Organ Theft Narratives as Medical and Social Critique," 2002 

Salamon, Hagar, "Blackness in Transition: Decoding Racial Constructs through Stories of Ethiopian Jews," 2002 

Bell, Claudia, "Travels in Hyper Rurality: Nostalgia Mythologies in New Zealand," 2003-2005 

Cody, Cornelia, "What's so Funny about New York?: The NY City Personal Experience Narrative," 2003-2004 

Tatira, Liveson, "Beyond the Dog's Name: A Silent Dialogue among the Shona People," 2003 

Workman, Mark E., "Flawed Narratives," 2003 

Howard, Robert, "Toward a Theory of a World Wide Web Vernacular: The Case for Pet Cloning," 2004-2005 

Lindquist, Danille, " 'I Bear Witness …' Truth, the Person, and the Word in Latter-day Saint Discursive Practice," 2004 

Sebo, Erin, "A Parting of the Ways: The Queen of the Fairies and the Third Way in “Thomas Rymer," 2004-2005 

Teman, Elly, "The Red String: The Cultural History of a Folk Symbol," 2004-2005 

Ingemark, Camilla Asplund, "The Chronotope of Enchantment," 2005 

In-house Edits, 2005-2006 

Cadaval, Olivia, Show Trial’ or ‘Truth and Reconciliation?’ A Response, 2000 

Csazi, Lajos, World Trade Center Jokes and Their Hungarian Reception, 2003 

Haring, Lee, Who Were You Talking To?’ Diasporic Folktales (Floppy Disk), 2003 

Box 5 Henken, Elissa, Taming the Enemy: Georgian Narratives About the Civil War2003 2003 

Hirsch, Jerrold, Ancillary to the Study of People: The Presence of Absence od B.A. Botkin at Point Park College, 1998 

Hufford, David, Folklore Studies Applied to Health, 1998 

Kruks, Sergei, The Latvian Epic, undated 

Lindahl, Carl, Thrills and Miracles: Legends of Lloyd Chandler, undated 

Mullen, Patrick, A Word of Introduction: Research in Context, 2000 

Nusbaum, Philip, Folklorists at State Arts Agencies: Cultural Disconnects and Fairness, undated 

Okpewdo, Isidore, Oral Tradition: Do Storytellers Lie?, 2003 

Perry, Alan, Pippo: An Italian Folklore Mystery of World War II, 2003 

Box 6 Poveda, David, Literature Socialization in the Kindergarten Classroom, 2003 

Rikoon, Sandy and Albee, Robin, Wild and Free, Leave ‘Em Be: Wild Horses and the Struggle Over Nature in the Missouri Ozarks, 1998 

Shuldiner, David, The Politics of Discourse: An Applied Folklore Perspective, 1998 

Thompson, Tok, Ladies and Gentlemen, The North Road Pounders, 2002-2003 

Series: Box 7 Published Materials, 1934-1999,  undated 

Bibliography of South Asian Folklore, 1996 

Japanese Tales: Summaries by Hroko Ikeda, circa 1940s/undated 

"The Southwestern Chippewa: An Ethnohistorical Study" The American Anthropological Association, 1962 

Indiana Folklore, various issues 1969-1976 

Journal of Folklore Institute, various issues 1978-1982 

Journal of Folklore Research, various issues 1983-1999 

Indiana Folklore and Oral History, various issues, 1985-1987 

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