Indiana University Folklore Institute legends, 1959-1980, bulk 1969-1973
Finding aid prepared by Jesse Fivecoate
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.
TitleIndiana University Folklore Institute
legends, 1959-1980, bulk 1969-1973
Collection No.
C605
Extent
3.8 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The Indiana University Folklore
Institute has a long history with the collection of oral verbal literature and arts.
This collection consists of legends, ranging from local historical legends to urban
legends, collected by students taking courses in the Folklore Institute.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice is required. Papers with student grades have been redacted and grade sheets
are stored seperately.
Administrative History
The Folklore Institute at Indiana University began as an eight-week program in the
summer of 1942 under the directorship of Professor Stith Thompson. From June 29 to
August 22 of that year residential and visiting faculty taught courses, which
carried university credit, on a number of topics. Course topics ranged from an
introductory course on folklore to field collecting and recording to the folk tale
and similar forms. Others covered folk song and folk music as well as Native
American folklore.
The Folklore Institute grew into a stable research branch of Indiana University's
College of Arts and Sciences in 1949 and received departmental status with an
independent faculty in 1963; however, the Graduate School first listed M.A. and
Ph.D. degrees in Folklore for the academic year of 1949-1950. Since the academic
year of 1971-1972 the Institute has offered an undergraduate degree in folklore as
well. The Institute has also had a long history with research and teaching interests
in ethnomusicology. In 2000 the Ethnomusicology Institute was created and merged
with the Folklore Institute to become the Department of Folklore and
Ethnomusicology, which now offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in both
fields.
Arrangement
This collection consists of one series of legends collected by students within the
Folklore Institute and Department of Folklore.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a range of legends collected by students at the Folklore
Institute and the Department of Folklore at Indiana University, Bloomington. The
boxes are arranged numerical order (which was originally assigned by the Folklore
Archive at the time of accessioning) with diverse legends groups represented in each
folder. A number of legends represented are about local towns and cities in Indiana
such as Spencerville, Carmel, Chesterton, La Porte. Legends from other states and
countries are found in this collection as well. There are also supernatural,
historical, and urban legends represented. Among these are legends of the
"House of Blue Lights"
in Indianapolis, the first
recorded variation of
"The Boyfriend's Death,"
"Killer in the Backseat,"
"The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs,"
"The Roommate's Death,"
"The Vanishing Hitchhiker,"
"The Hook,"
ghost legends, Paul McCartney
conspiracy theories, phantom ships, haunted ships, World War II legends, haunted
hospital, South American legends, returning loved ones, graveyard and cemetery
legends, legends involving the Devil, fraternity and sorority legends, hazing
legends, haunted bridges, Armenian legends, monster legends, Bloody Mary legends,
Belle Gunness legends, local character legends, local haunted house legends,
revenants.
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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.
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Related Material
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the
Archives of Institutional Memory.
Related photographs may be available in the
University Archives
Photographs Database
.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 2003/055
Usage RestrictionsThe donor(s) of this collection have not transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University.
For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
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Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University Folklore Institute legends, Collection C605, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Transferred to the IU Archives in 2003 by John McDowell, Chair of Folklore
Department.
Processing InformationProcessed by Jesse Fivecoate.
Completed in 2016
Container List
Series:
Legends,1959-1980
Box 1
Legends 70:
Paul McCartney 1-30 (3 folders)
1-120 (12 folders)
Legends 71: 1-599 (70 folders)
Box 2
Legends 71: 600-760 (5 folders)
Legends 72: 1-112 (10 folders)
Legends 73: 1-10
IU Legends 1-2000 (42 folders)
Box 3
IU Legends 2001-3749 (33 folders)
Box 4
IU Legends 3750-4099 (7 folders)
Box 5
IU Legends 4100-4712B (16 folders)
Restricted records