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Folklife

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Carl Lamson Carmer letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0277
Overview Letter written by this acclaimed author of Stars Fell on Alabama to Mrs. Raymond McClain, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, discussing Mrs. McLain's association with Ruby Pickens Tartt, who Carmer praises for her value to the state of Alabama and her work to raise awareness of the folk traditions of Alabama.
Dates: 1972 August 9

Martha Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1597
Abstract The collection contains many of the works, both published and unpublished, many in the dialect of Southern African Americans, written by Martha Young of Greensboro, Alabama, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, as well as correspondence, photographs and pictures, genealogical information on the Tutwiler and Young families, and other miscellaneous items. Martha Young was the granddaughter of Henry Tutwiler and niece of Julia Tutwiler.
Dates: 1867-1977

Wade Hall Collection of Ashanti People Postcards

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-016
Abstract Collection includes published photographs showing everyday life of the Ashanti people.
Dates: 1930s

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-144
Abstract This collection consists of ninety-four photographs depicting scenes from Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Massachusetts and Canada.
Dates: 1940 - 1949

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-001
Abstract This collection consists of six black and white photographs depicting family members from Erie, Kentucky. Only a few family members are identified: Patria Beard and Eudora and Monsy Jepson.
Dates: 1920 - 1929

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box 2009001.001: [1006241534]
Identifier: 2009-005
Abstract This collections consists of seventy-three black and white photographs depicting unidentified family and scenes from Kentucky and Indiana.
Dates: 1915 - 1961; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1950

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box 2009001.012: [1006241509]
Identifier: 2009-048
Abstract This collection consists of twenty black and white photographs depicting scenes from South American aboriginal village.
Dates: 1930

Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection

 Collection — Box 2009001.027: [1006241524]
Identifier: 2009-116
Overview This collection consists of nineteen photographs depicting people in South America and Mexico.
Dates: 1900 - 1909