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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Accession 2019-0235, 1977 - 2003

 Box — Box: 8
Identifier: 8

Scope and Contents Note

Administrative and public-facing documents related to the Virginia Folklore Society, related to membership, correspondence, banking, the archive, the website, and the Society’s presence in the UVA archive. Periodicals related to folklore and folklife in Virginia, including the Virginia Folklore Society newsletters.

Dates

  • Creation: 1977 - 2003

Conditions Governing Access

Boxes 27 and 28 do not circulate.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (1 cubic foot box)

Language of Materials

English

Inventory

• 3-ring binder of Virginia Folklore Society administrative materials ca. 1970s-1980s including membership list, newsletter, an Archive Report, newsletters ca. 1970s-1980. • Assorted folders of Virginia Folklore Society documents (correspondence, bank documents, etc) ca. 2000s. • Online printouts of Virginia Folklore Society-centered material: pages from the Society website, the guide to its collection at UVA Special Collections, pages from the Virginia Folklife Program, assorted folklore-topical book records found in Virgo. Some of the Virginia Folklore Society website material is written in code. ca. 1990s. • Assorted periodicals ca. 1970s-1980s, including bibliographies and Library of Congress collection guides and folklore and folklife-specific special topics. Multiple issues of “The Appalachian South: Cultural Heritage—Folklore, Song, History, People,” vol. 1 no 1, 3, 4, vol. 2 no. 2, 1966-1967) and of “Virginia Wildlife” vol XXXIII no. 1, 2 and XXXII no. 2. A few focus on Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway. • A number of books, catalogued separately.

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States