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Title	Ellen Stekert 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=d1e4728&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, Ellen Stekert speaks of her involvement with the Indiana University Folklore Institute. She outlines her early education and her early interests in folklore, mostly from classes at Cornell University and from her involvement in the folksong revival. She attended IU to earn her master's degree and then the University of Pennsylvania to earn her PhD. Stekert describes at length her turbulent relationship with Richard Dorson as a student and then a colleague. She describes her fellow students at IU and the intellectual environment they created. She touches upon her reasons for leaving IU after earning her master's degree. She describes her experiences as a doctoral student at U Penn. She also speaks briefly of her time at Wayne State University and her work in the Wayne State University Archives. Throughout the interview she mentions her childhood bout with polio, and how it has affected her life. She describes some pictures she has saved from her time at IU. She also evaluates the education she received at IU. 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: 128 pages, 3 cassettes (1 7/8 ips, 160 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 87-035. 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	June 22, 1987
Interviewee	Stekert, Ellen Jane, 1935-;
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 Cornell University Journal of American Folklore University of Pennsylvania Wayne State University Wayne State University Folklore Archives Bidney, David, 1908-1987 Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975 Carpenter, Inta Gale Coffin, Tristram Potter, 1922-2012 Dégh, Linda Dorson, Gloria Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981 Dundes, Alan Garvin, Tony Glassie, Henry, 1941- Hand, Wayland D. (Wayland Debs), 1907-1986 Hauser, Laura Hickerson, Joseph Charles, 1935- Ives, Edward D. James, Thelma, 1924-1989 Maranda, Elli Köngäs, 1932- Leach, MacEdward, 1896-1967 McCullough, Judith M. Paredes, Américo Randolph, Vance, 1892-1980 Richmond, W. Edson (Winthrop Edson), 1916-1994 Roberts, Warren E. (Warren Everett), 1924- Thompson, Harold W. Thompson, Shelby Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976 Poliomyelitis World War, 1939-1945
Subject-Keyword	Köngäs Maranda, Elli K. Polio Fakelore Folklore library Folksong revival McCarthyism Motif-index of Folk-Literature : a Classification of Narrative Elements in Folk Tales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances Ozark Folksongs Urban folklore World War II
Geographic Locations discussed	Bloomington (Ind.) Indiana University
Time periods covered	1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 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	Sound Text
Search Date	1987-06-22
Identifier	CM-IU040

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