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Title	Richard Dorson interview;
Access	Not available online - held remotely at the Library of Congress;
Source URL	Catalog record information: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655381
What is in this collection?	Sound recordings Interviews Oral histories
Description	This interview is included in the American Folklore Society Oral History Project held at the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. In this item, Richard M. Dorson is interviewed by Richard Reuss at the American Folklore Society annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee for the American Folklore Society Oral History Project. Biography/History note: Richard M. Dorson, folklorist, author, and educator, was born in New York City in 1916 and died in 1981. He earned his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard University and taught at Harvard and Michigan State University before becoming professor of history and folklore at Indiana University where he founded its Folklore Institute in 1963 and became the first director and first chair of the Folklore Department at Indiana University in 1978. This collection consists of 1 sound tape reel (40 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 7 in. It was originally recorded on November 2, 1973 at the American Folklore Society annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee by Richard Reuss on a Sony audiocassette. This is a first-generation copy.
Where can I find the original?	This item is available at the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, with call numbers: AFC 1979/055. The DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center is located at 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA.;
Original Date	November 2, 1973
Interviewee	Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981
Interviewer	Reuss, Richard A.
Place	Nashville (Tenn.)
Collection Name	Richard M. Dorson Oral History Interview;
This collection is part of the	American Folklore Society Oral History Project
Subject-LCSH	Folklorists--United States--Interviews Indiana--Social life and customs
Geographic Locations discussed	Indiana University Bloomington (Ind.)
Time periods covered	1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 20th century
Language	eng
Publisher	Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Places Taught	Harvard University Michigan State University Indiana University
Rights	Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. Before requesting materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at folklife@loc.gov; 202-707-5510.;
Digital Collection	Collecting Memories - Oral Histories of American Folklorists
Type	Sound
Search Date	1973-11-02
Identifier	CM-LC0013

Richard Dorson interview;

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