Culin scrapbook microfilm-early AFS organizational documents and material relating to the first eleven annual meetings, Material on Philadelphia and Boston "chapters" of AFS, undated
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memorandums, financial records, membership records, meeting agendas, conferences, notes, questionnaires, surveys, election records, bylaws, applications, grants, committee records, and affiliate records generated by the administrative offices of the American Folklore Society. Records will be transferred continually to this archive from the AFS offices as they become inactive. The materials are divided into series according to function. The series within this archive include Historical Records, Secretary/Treasurer, Presidents Papers, Affiliates, Centennial Coordinating Committee, Philadelphia Folklore Project, Committees, Constitution, Executive Board, Meetings, Publications, Misc. Publications, and Sections. These series are further divided into sub-series. The archive spans the years 1890 to 2017.
- Officers and Editors
- Secretary/Treasurers
- 1942 D. S. Davidson
- 1943-1960 MacEdward Leach
- 1961-1965 Tristram P. Coffin
- 1966-1972 Kenneth S. Goldstein
- 1973-1976 Richard Bauman
- 1977-1981 David J. Hufford
- 1982-1986 Charles Camp
- 1987-1991 Timothy Lloyd
- 1992-2000 Shalom Staub
- Executive Director
- 2001- Timothy Lloyd
- Presidents
- 1942 Harold W. Thompson
- 1943 Gladys A. Reichard
- 1944 Benjamin B. Botkin
- 1945 Melville J. Herskovits
- 1946-1947 Joseph M. Carrière
- 1948 Erminie W. Voegelin
- 1949 Thelma G. James
- 1950 A. H. Gayton
- 1951-1952 Francis Lee Utley
- 1953-1954 William R. Bascom
- 1955-1956 Herbert Halpert
- 1957-1958 Wayland D. Hand
- 1959-1960 William N. Fenton
- 1961-1962 MacEdward Leach
- 1963-1964 Melville Jacobs
- 1965-1966 Samuel P. Bayard
- 1967-1968 Richard Dorson
- 1969-1970 Daniel J. Crowley
- 1971-1972 D.K. Wilgus
- 1973-1974 Dell Hymes
- 1975-1976 Kenneth S. Goldstein
- 1977 Ellen Stekert
- 1978 J. Barre Toelken
- 1979 Roger D. Abrahams
- 1980 Alan Dundes
- 1981 Don Yoder
- 1982 Linda Dégh
- 1983 W.F.H. Nicolaisen
- 1984 Bruce Jackson
- 1985 Jan Harold Brunvand
- 1986 Rayna Green
- 1987 Judith McCulloh
- 1988 Alan Jabbour
- 1989-1990 Henry Glassie
- 1991-1992 Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
- 1993-1994 Sylvia Grider
- 1995-1996 Jane Beck
- 1997-1998 John Roberts
- 1999-2000 Jo Radner
- 2001 Peggy Bulger
- 2002-2003 Jack Santino
- 2004-2005 Michael Owen Jones
- 2006-2007 Bill Ivey
- 2008-2009 Elaine Lawless
- 2010-2011 C. Kurt Dewhurst
- 2011-2012 Diane Goldstein
- Journal of American Folklore Editors
- 1888-1899 (volumes 1-12) William Wells Newell
- 1900-1907 (volumes 13-20) Alexander F. Chamberlain
- 1908-1924 (volumes 21-37) Franz Boaz
- 1925-1939 (volumes 38-52) Ruth Benedict
- 1940 (volume 53) Gladys A. Reichard
- 1941 (volume 54) Archer Taylor
- 1942-1946 (volumes 55-59) Ermine Wheeler-Voegelin
- 1947-1951 (volumes 60-64) Wayland D. Hand
- 1952-1953 (volumes 65-66) Katherine Luomala
- 1954-1958 (volumes 67-71) Thomas A. Sebeok
- 1959-1963 (volumes 72-76) Richard M. Dorson
- 1964-1968 (volumes 77-81) John Greenway
- 1969-1973 (volumes 82-86) Americo Pardes
- 1974-1976 (volumes 86-89) J. Barre Toelken
- 1976-1980 (volumes 90-94) Jan Harold Brunvand
- 1981-1985 (volumes 94-98) Richard Bauman
- 1986-1990 (volumes 99-103) Bruce Jackson
- 1991-1995 (volumes 104-108) Burt Feintuch
- 1996-2000 (volumes 109-113) Jack Santino
- 2001-2006 (volumess 114-volume 419 No. 471 ) Elaine J. Lawless
- 2006-2010 (volume 419 No. 472-volume 123 No. 490 ) Harris M. Berger and Giovanna P. Del Negro
- 2011-2015 (volume 124 No. 491 - ) Thomas A. DuBois and James P. Leary
Dates
- Creation: undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Extent
From the Collection: 345 boxes (166.5 linear feet)
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
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