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Title	Shirley Steiner 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=d1e4625&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 Oral histories Sound recordings Transcripts
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, Shirley Steiner discusses her interests in folklore and her perceptions of folklore as a discipline. She describes her educational background and her decision to go back to school after many years to study folklore at University of California Los Angeles. She spends some time discussing the teaching methods used in her classes, and their frequent mention of Richard Dorson and his writings. Although Stith Thompson is mentioned she does not have the perception that he was one of the modern folklore scholars. She touched upon the differences between the different folklore programs in the United States, the prominent folklore scholars and the "friendly rivalry" between schools. She also spends some time discussing her interests in folklore, which mostly focused on tarot cards. 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: 15 pages, 1 cassette (1 7/8 ips, 30 minutes) and no index. 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 87-037. 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	August 29, 1987
Interviewee	Steiner, Shirley;
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	Oberlin College University of California, Los Angeles Bauman, Richard Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975 Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981 Stoeltje, Beverly Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976 Tarot cards
Geographic Locations discussed	University of California, Berkeley Bloomington (Ind.) Indiana University Oberlin College
Time periods covered	1980-1989 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 History Collection	Collecting Memories - Oral Histories of American Folklorists
Type	Text Sound
Search Date	1987-08-29
Identifier	CM-IU039

Shirley Steiner interview;

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