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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7532 "Negro Folktales from the Gulf States"
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7532
- Creators:
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Hurston, Zora Neale
- Dates:
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1927-1929
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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248 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The folklore (stories, jokes, and sayings) was recorded by Hurston and used to prepare her book Mules and Men. The NAA vertical files includes a letter from Drs. Akua Duku Anokye and Sally McLendon with related copies of letters written by Hurston concerning the background of the document and Anokye and McLendon's opinion that it represents the "scholarly folkloric format" in which Hurston originally intended to present her work.
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes a notes on locations, list of informants, a list of stories, and a table of contents as well as the folklore.
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7532
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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African Americans -- Folklore | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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