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Title	Robert A. Georges interview;
Access	Not available online - held remotely at Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory;
Source URL	Original interview: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?brand=general&docId=ohrc070&chunk.id=d1e1518&startDoc=1 . This item is only available in a cassette audio format or a paper transcript. It is currently not available in digital format.
What is in this collection?	Interviews Transcripts Sound recordings Oral histories
Description	This interview is included in the Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1987 Collection at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory. In this interview, Robert A. Georges discusses his time at the Indiana University Folklore Institute as a graduate student in the 1960s. He talks about his decision to attend Indiana University even though his background was in English literature. Professor Georges describes his first meeting with Stith Thompson. He discusses his impressions of Richard Dorson, then director and driving force behind the institute. Georges describes the atmosphere and attitudes of the folklore graduate students of the time as one of awakening and discovery, which he feels helped contribute to the evolution of folklorists from collectors and indexers to comparative analysts and interpreters. He speaks of his work with Richard Dorson on the Journal of American Folklore and how it ran on a day to day basis. Georges speaks of the quality and reputation of the IU Folklore Institute and compares it to other American and European graduate programs. He also evaluates the future of the study of folklore. This collection is part of the Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1987 collection which is available at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory. It consists of: 80 pages, 3 cassettes, (1 7/8 ips, 160 minutes), partial index, and thesis presentation flyer for interviewee. This collection is closed until 2015 except to authorized project personnel. The IU Folklore Institute, 1987 collection deals with the beginning, the building, and the growth of the Indiana University (IU) Folklore Institute into an internationally recognized program. The interviewees are mostly students and/or faculty of the folklore program from the 1940s to the 1980s. They discuss those who most influenced and impacted the institute, namely Stith Thompson and Richard M. Dorson. They share their memories and experiences of the time they spent, or continue to spend, in the IU Folklore Institute.
Where can I find the original?	This collection is available at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory under the call number 87-002. Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. ;
Original Date	September 25, 1986
Interviewee	Georges, Robert A.
Interviewer	Harrah-Conforth, Jeanne, 1954-
Other Contributors	Harrah-Johnson, Jeanne, 1954-
Place	Indiana University
This collection is part of the	Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1987 Collection, available at the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Subject-LCSH	American Folklore Society Folklorists--United States--Interviews Folklore Forum Journal of American Folklore Midwest Folklore University of Pennsylvania University of California, Los Angeles Folklore professor Ben-Amos, Dan Brunvand, Jan Harold Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981 Dundes, Alan Ives, Edward D. Köngäs-Maranda, Elli Kaija, 1932- Leach, MacEdward Lord, Albert Bates Roberts, Warren E. (Warren Everett), 1924- Sebeok, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1920-2001 Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976 Folklorists--United States--Interviews
Subject-Keyword	Academic journal administration American folklore studies Cultural relativism Greek mythology English literature Folk narrative Folklore archives Folklore curriculum Folklore library Folklore theories Folksong revival Graduate school funding Historic-geographic method Motif-index of Folk-Literature : a Classification of Narrative Elements in Folk Tales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances Psychoanalytic method Public sector folklore Storytelling Structural method
Geographic Locations discussed	Pennsylvania University of California, Los Angeles University of Pennsylvania Bloomington (Ind.) Indiana University
Time periods covered	1960-1969 20th century
Language	eng
Publisher	Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Rights	Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift signed by the interviewee. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of an interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not yet exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Tapes may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it. Because our interviewees edit their transcripts, the transcript (if one exists) is the only version of the interview that may be quoted for publication. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as scholars fully cite any Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's names, and page(s). Please see http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm/copycost.html for more details.
Digital Collection	Collecting Memories - Oral Histories of American Folklorists
Type	Text Sound
Search Date	1985-09-25
Identifier	CM-IU015

Robert A. Georges interview;

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