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1Author:  Southwest Folklore CenterRequires cookie*
 Title:  Southwest Folklore Small Manuscripts Collection 1926-2017 ead 
 Date(s):  1926-2017 
 Abstract:  Manuscript materials, printed texts and photographs acquired by the University of Arizona Folklore Committee, and Southwest Folklore Center after its establishment in 1980, on topics concerning folklore and popular music in Arizona the U.S. Southwest, and northern Mexico. This collection was previously titled SWF 013. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Folklore --Arizona. | Folklore -- Southwest, New. | Folklore -- Mexico. | Folk music. | Corridos. | Mexican Americans -- Folklore. | Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore. | Cowboys’ writings, American. | Cowboys -- Arizona -- Folklore. 
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2Author:  University of Arizona. Southwest Folklore Center.Requires cookie*
 Title:  University of Arizona Southwest Folklore Center records, 1979-[ongoing] ead 
 Date(s):  1979-[ongoing] 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of the administrative records, financial records and correspondence of the Southwest Folklore Center and its coordinator, James S. Griffith. This collection was previously titled SWF 015. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Folklore archives -- Arizona -- Tucson | Folklore -- Arizona 
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3Author:  Machado y Alvarez, Antonio, 1846-1893.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Spanish poems, ballads and proverbs 1846-1893 ead 
 Date(s):  1846-1893 
 Abstract:  Approximately 385 handwritten leaves of poems, ballads and proverbs from Spain, which were collected by Antonio Machado y Alvarez, in the late nineteenth century. The largest grouping is Poesia popular, coplas, refranes; his titles on the other sections are Buenaven[turas?], Miscelaneas, Oldivnan[za?], Supersticione[s], Coplas, Tradiciones, Romances popular[es], and Juegos infantiles. They may have been materials for the 11-volume work he edited, Biblioteca de las Tradiciones Populares Españoles. Also included is a printed four-page leaflet entitled, "Exposición," 1885, discussing the Professor Machado y Alvarez, his work, folklore societies in Spain, and the importance of folklore in general. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Folklore -- Spain -- Sources. 
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4Author:  Birney, Hoffman, 1891-1958.Requires cookie*
 Title:  The Rainbow Bridge 1927 ead 
 Date(s):  1927 
 Abstract:  A 19-page typescript that relates the Navajo prayer for rain and the legend about Rainbow Bridge, as told to Hoffman Birney by Ast'hon Sosi (the Slim Woman) at Kayenta. Includes original photographs of Rainbow Bridge, Navajo sandpaintings, the Anasazi ruins of Betatakin and Keet Seel, and Birney with a horse. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore. | Navajo Indians -- Folklore. | Prayers for rain. 
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5Author:  Gillmor, Frances, 1903-1993.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Frances Gillmor Papers 1910-1993 (bulk 1930-1973) ead 
 Date(s):  1910-1993 
 Abstract:  Frances Gillmore was a Folklorist, writer, educator. University of Arizona professor, 1934-1973. Collection includes biographical materials, diaries, correspondence, research materials, published and unpublished manuscripts and articles, slides, photographs, and audio tapes. The collection documents Gillmor's literary pursuits, scholarly activities and her wide ranging research in folklore. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Authors -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Christmas plays, Mexican. | Christmas plays, Spanish. | College teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Folk drama, Spanish. | Folklore -- Arizona. | Folklore -- Mexico. | Folklore -- Southwest, New. | Folklore -- Spain. | Folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Indian dance -- Mexico. | Mexican drama. | Moros y Cristianos (Dance) | Passion-plays. | Women authors, American -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Women college teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Women folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. 
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6Author:  University of Arizona. Folklore Committee.Requires cookie*
 Title:  University of Arizona Folklore Committee records, 1943-1979 ead 
 Date(s):  1943-1979 
 Abstract:  This collections was previously titled SWF 002. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Folklore -- Arizona | Folklore -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Folklore -- Southwest, New | Folk literature, Spanish -- Arizona | Folk songs, Spanish -- Arizona | Folk songs, Spanish -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) | Corridos | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Music | Mormons -- Arizona -- Music | Mexicans -- Music | Folk music -- Arizona 
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7Author:  Acosta, Vicente S., 1918-1983Requires cookie*
 Title:  Papers of Vicente S. Acosta, 1947-1983 ead 
 Date(s):  1947-1983 
 Abstract:  Papers, 1947-1983, of Tucson, Arizona, Spanish teacher and folklorist, Vicente Sanchez Acosta (1918-1983). Contains professional correspondence, manuscripts and essays, research materials, and audio tapes documenting Acosta's interests in the Spanish language, folk songs and folklore and Southwestern United States and Mexican culture. This collection is part of the Southwest Folklore Center collection. The Southwest Folklore Center was founded in 1979 after the dissolution of the University of Arizona Folklore Committee and collected information about folk communities, arts, music, and other humanities-related materials. This collection was previously SWF 006. The materials were transferred to Special Collections in 2017. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Folklore -- Mexico | Folklore -- Southwest, New | Herbs -- Folklore | Herbs -- Therapeutic use | Corridos | Folk songs, Spanish -- Southwest, New | Names, Personal -- Arizona -- Tucson | Names, Spanish -- Arizona -- Tucson | Spanish language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. | Spanish language -- Slang 
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8Author:  Granger, Byrd H.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Byrd Howell Granger papers, 1945-1990 (bulk 1956-1975) ead 
 Date(s):  1945-1990 
 Abstract:  Papers (1945-1990) of Folklorist and University of Arizona professor Byrd Howell Granger. Includes biographical information, correspondence, manuscripts, research notes and audiovisual material. The bulk of the collection represents Granger's scholarly works and activities in the fields of English Literature and Southwestern, particularly Arizona, Folklore. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Authors -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | College teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Folklore -- Arizona | Folklore -- Mexico | Folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Names, Geographical -- Arizona | Indians of North America -- Folklore | Ranches -- Arizona -- Coconino County -- Pictorial works | Women authors -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Women college teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives | Women folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives 
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9Author:  Collected by the University of Arizona Folklore Committee and the University of Arizona Southwest Folklore Center.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Southwest Folklore Center Pre-1980 Sound Disc Collection, 1931-1964 ead 
 Date(s):  1931-1964 
 Abstract:  Sound discs of commercial and non-commercial recordings of oral history interviews and examples of local, national, and international folk music, collected by the Center before 1980. The collection includes recordings made in 33-1/3, 45 and 78 rpm formats. This collection was previously titled SWF 007. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Folk music | Corridos | Mexican Americans -- Folklore. | Mexican Americans -- Music | Indians of North America -- Folklore | Indians of North America -- Music 
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10Author:  Southwest Folklore CenterRequires cookie*
 Title:  Southwest Folklore Center Field Recordings Collection, 1943-ongoing ead 
 Date(s):  1943-ongoing 
 Abstract:  Reel tape recordings produced by University of Arizona Folklore Committee from 1943 through 1978, and after 1979, by the Southwest Folklore Center. Predominately field recordings from southern Arizona, they include cowboy songs and music, oral history interviews and corridos. The collection also includes 12 studio master tape reels recorded by Mexican American singer Lydia Mendoza. This collection was previously titled SWF 011. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Mexican Americans -- Music. | Corridos. | Pioneers. | Frontier and pioneer life. | Yaqui Indians. | Navajo Indians. | Seri Indians. | Apache Indians. | Yuma Indians. | Hopi Indians. | Tohono O'Odham Indians. | Pima Indians. | Mormons--Arizona--Music. | Cowboys. | Cowboys--Songs and music. | Folklore. | Folklore--Arizona. | Mormons--Arizona--Folklore. | Cowboys--Arizona--Folklore. | Cowboys' writings, American. | Ranchers--Arizona. | Fiddle tunes. | Baptists. | Hobo songs. | Harmonica music. | Gospel music. | Bluegrass music. | Banjo music. | Navajo code talkers. 
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11Author:  L. Marguerite CollierRequires cookie*
 Title:  Papers of L. Marguerite Collier 1884-1977 (bulk 1935-1959) ead 
 Date(s):  1884-1977 
 Abstract:  Includes song and music books, sheet music, and books, programs, articles, and brochures on folk dances and music, primarily of Mexico; a folk drama; correspondence; outlines and notes for folk dance and posadas productions; choreography for specific dances; and photographs. These materials, dating chiefly from 1935 through 1959, reflect Collier's interest in Mexican folklore, especially folk dance and the tradition of las posadas, and document her work in reviving las posadasand establishing Mexican cultural awareness at Carrillo School. This collection was a 1977 gift to the Southwest Folklore Archives from Mrs. Betty Sagerstrom. This collection was previously titled SWF 005. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Women teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Women folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Teachers -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Folklorists -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Archives. | Folklore -- Southwest, New. | Folklore -- Mexico. | Posadas (Social custom). | Christmas -- Mexico. | Christmas -- Southwest, New. | Christmas plays, Spanish -- Arizona -- Tucson. | Christmas plays, Spanish -- Mexico. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Folklore. | Folk songs, Spanish -- Mexico. | Folk songs, English -- United States. | Folk dancing -- Mexico. | Folk dancing -- United States. | Folk dance music -- Mexico. 
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12Author:  Webb, George, 1893-Requires cookie*
 Title:  A Pima Remembers, circa 1958-1959 ead 
 Date(s):  circa 1958-1959 
 Abstract:  George Webb was a cattleman and farmer in Arizona as well as an Associate Judge of the Tribal Court, 1942-1950. This collection includes the author's original typescript of sketches of Pima history and traditions. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Manuscripts, American. | Pima Indians -- Folklore. | Pima Indians -- History. 
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13Author:  University of Arizona. Southwest Folklore Center.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Southwest Folklore Center Compact Disk Collection, 1992-1997 ead 
 Date(s):  1992-1997 
 Abstract:  Compact discs of commercially produced recordings. This collection was previously titled SWF 014. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Mexican Americans -- Music | Navajo Indians -- Music | Native Americans -- Music | Hualapai Indians -- Music | Paiute Indians -- Music | Shoshone Indians -- Music | Navaho Indians--Music | Tohono O’Odham Indians -- Music | Corridos | Gospel music | Country music | Christmas music | Chupa cabras | Folk music -- New Mexico | Folk music -- Arizona | Mexican Americans -- Folklore. | Mexican Americans -- Southwest | Indians of North America -- Folklore | Indians of North America -- Music 
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14Author:  Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-1970.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Manuscripts of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1952-1970 ead 
 Date(s):  1952-1970 
 Abstract:  Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893-1970, was an author, educator, and naturalist. Author of social criticism, critical biographies, and later naturalist essays; retired to Tucson in 1952 and completed several works. This collection includes typescripts, some with holograph corrections, of published manuscripts for The Desert Year, 1952, Voice of the Desert: A Naturalist's Interpretation, 1955, The Great Chain of Life, 1957, Grand Canyon: Today and All Its Yesterdays, 1958, The Forgotten Peninsula: A Naturalist in Baja California, 1961, Herbal, 1965, and the introduction for The Best Nature Writing of Joseph Wood Krutch, 1970. Typescripts of unpublished travel diaries, 1965-1967, concern trips to France, Greece, and Baja California. Also present are printers copies for Great Chain of Life, Forgotten Peninsula, and Grand Canyon; and notes and miscellaneous material related to Herbal. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Animal behavior. | Botany, Medical. | Desert animals -- Arizona. | Desert biology. | Desert plants -- Arizona. | Evolution (Biology) | Manuscripts, American. | Natural history -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula) | Natural history -- Southwest, New. | Plants -- Folklore. 
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15Author:  Barney, James Mitchell, 1874-1965Requires cookie*
 Title:  James M. Barney Articles, 1939-1960 ead 
 Date(s):  1939-1960 
 Abstract:  Writings and articles (photocopies) concerning the history of Arizona, ca. 1939-1965, with an emphasis on the Phoenix environs. Topics covered include tragedy and massacres, pioneer tales, historical events in Phoenix and Yuma, ghost and mining stories, as well as colorful accounts of the exploits of local figures. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  American newspapers -- Arizona --Phoenix | Folklore -- Arizona | Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- History -- Sources | Ghost stories, American -- Southwest, New | Indians of North America -- Arizona -- History | Massacres -- Arizona -- History | Pioneers -- Arizona 
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16Author:  Preciado Martin, PatriciaRequires cookie*
 Title:  Patricia Preciado Martin papers 1959-2015 ead 
 Date(s):  1959-2015 
 Abstract:  Papers of Arizona author Patricia Preciado Martin. Contains research files including awards, book review clippings and other press, correspondence, genealogical material, photographs, oral histories on audio cassette, and media appearances by Preciado Martin on VHS, DVD, and CD. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Oral history -- Arizona | Mexican literature -- Mexican-American Border Region. | Mines and mineral resources | Ranches -- Arizona | Ranch life -- Arizona -- History | Mexican Americans -- Arizona | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social life and customs. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Folklore. 
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17Author:  Southwest Folklore CenterRequires cookie*
 Title:  Southwest Folklore Center Video Recordings Collection, 1977-ongoing ead 
 Date(s):  1977-ongoing 
 Abstract:  Videorecordings produced and recorded locally by various collectors, depicting Native American poetry readings, dance, music and storytelling performances, chiefly in Tucson and southern Arizona; Mexican-American music; Ukrainian folk art; oral histories of Tucson residents; and interviews with cowboy poets, singers, and storytellers. 75 videocassettes. This collection was previously titled SWF 010. 
 Repository:  University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections 
 Subjects:  Yaqui Indians -- Arizona -- Folklore. | Yaqui poetry -- Arizona. | Tohono O'Odham Indians -- Music. | American literature -- Indian authors. | Mexican Americans -- Music. | Cowboys -- Arizona. | Cowboys' writings, American. | Indians of North America. | Tucson (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs. | Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social life and customs. | Easter eggs -- Ukraine. 
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