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Title	Roger L. Janelli (interview)
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, Roger L. Janelli, born on September 21, 1943, talks about his education and how it led to a career in folklore. He enjoyed folksong as an undergraduate, took a folklore summer course as a graduate, and since he did not enjoy his major, switched and became increasingly interested in the field. After serving in Korea with the United States Army, he cultivated an interest in Asian folklore. Janelli discusses the image of Indiana University (IU) as a student at the University of Pennsylvania, and compares the two colleges. He talks about the beginning of the program at IU and the great influences of Stith Thompson and Richard Dorson who made it great. He also speaks of working with Dorson and Dorson's personality. 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: 73 pages, 2 tapes (1 7/8 ips, 1 hour 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.
Interviewee	Janelli, Roger L.;
Folklorist's Area of Focus	Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography, folksongs, Korean culture and folklore
Where the folklorist taught	Indiana University - Bloomington
Interviewer	Harrah-Conforth, Jeanne, 1954-
Other Contributors	Harrah-Johnson, Jeanne, 1954-;
Subject (LCSH)	Journal of the Folklore Institute University of Pennsylvania United States. Army Professor Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981 Leach, MacEdward, 1896-1967 Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976 Wells, Herman B. Education
Subject Keywords	Departmental community Departmental eclecticism Folklore program characteristics Folklore program weaknesses International reputation Philology
Genre	Transcripts Sound recordings Interviews Oral histories
Publisher	Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory;
Original Date	April 29, 1986
Geographic Location of Interview	Indiana University, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259408/
Geographic Locations discussed	Indiana University Bloomington (Ind.) Pennsylvania
Time periods covered	20th century 1980-1989
Language	eng
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 87-017. 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. ;
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=d1e2578&startDoc=1 . This item is only available in a cassette audio format or a paper transcript. It is currently not available in digital format.
Physical Collection Information	IU Folklore Institute, 1987
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
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 Image StillImage
Format	image/jpeg
Search Date	1986-04-29
Identifier	DNO-IU-Logo.jpg
Checksum	3045718801
File Size	15558 Bytes
Color Space	RGB
Height	390
Width	512
Scanning resolution	600

Roger L. Janelli (interview)

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