MF 020 George Carey Collection of Student Folklore Papers

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History: MF 020 George Carey Collection of Student Folklore Papers

Number of accessions: 1
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1972-1992
Time period covered: unknown
Principal interviewers: various students of George Carey and Rayna Green, 1972-1992, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Finding aides: a list of titles
Access restrictions: On site access granted to all. Requests for use beyond onsite research will be addressed on a case by case basis. Very few of the papers have release forms from either the students or their informants. Consult the archivist.
Description: NA2597 Various students of George Carey and Rayna Green, 1972-1992, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, collected by George Carey, 1972-1992, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont. A collection of approximately 1200 student papers from folklore classes taught by Carey at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1972-1992. The papers cover an extremely wide range of folklore; folklife; ethnic heritage; local history topics; various location in the US. A list of titles is available, but at the time of writing, no further indexing or analysis has been done. The materials were received in June, 1998. In August 1998, Carey added approximately 188 student papers from folklore classes taught by his colleague, Green. A list is available for these as well. Text: about 1388 papers, 20,000 pp. approximately, list of titles.

Box and folder list.

Box #1
1972
72-1 Airforce Academy as Folkgroup
72-2 Spelunker Folklore
72-3 Graffiti, UMass
72-4 Labor Songs of Lashman Family
72-5 German Legends of Hagg Family
72-6 Comparative Study of Christmas Customs
72-7 Portuguese Jokes
72-8 The Polish Sybullia
72-9 Sicilian Folk Community in Wakefield [PHOTOS]
72-10 Superstitions of Baseball Players
72-11 Folklore of Jewish Family
72-12 Scottish Folklife from 3 inf.
72-13 Finnish Folk Community of Fitchburg
72-14 Hadley’s Huntington House Legends
72-15 Oral History, Prescott, Massachusetts [MISSING]
72-16 Oral History, Deerfield, Massachusetts
72-17 Pregnancy Beliefs
72-18 The Folklife of the Dormitory
72-19 Stories from Northampton Jail
72-20 Polish Family Customs
72-21 Whaling as Folk Occupation [MISSING]
72-22 Blues as Folk Music
72-23 Obscene Jokes
72-24 Rhymes and Songs of Children
72-25 Ethnic Humor
72-26 Bel Tales, Ethnic Humor, Chrocket Boasts
72-27 Drinking Songs
72-28 Clamming as Folk Occupation Seabrook, Ms.
72-29 Local Folk Hero, Cape Cod
72-30 Studies of Graffiti
72-31 Autograph Verse
72-32 Jokes
72-33 Folklore in the Shain-Azof Family
72-34 Italian Community, Milford, Massachusetts
72-35 Waterwitching in Northampton
72-36 Belief Tales of Pittsfield, Massachusetts
72-37 Irish and Norwegian Tales and Jokes
72-38 Lullabies
72-39 Worcester’s Witch [PHOTOS]
72-40 Superstitions of College Coeds
72-41 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
72-42 Stories on Pro Football Players
72-43 Campus Graffiti
72-44 The Making of an Afghan [PHOTOS]
72-45 Autograph Verse
72-46 Children’s Tales, Games and Riddles, Rockland, Ms.
72-47 Graffiti Comparison
72-48 Nocture of Love
72-49 Belief Tales of One Informant
72-50 Comparative UMass Graffiti
72-51 Jump Rope Rhymes from Needham, Mass.
72-52 Quilting
72-53 Difficulties in Collecting Material in Hadley, Mass.
72-54 American Indian Medicine
72-55 Folklore of Children
72-56 Arab Folktales from Immigrant
72-57 Campus Graffiti
72-58 Folklore of the Cat
72-59 Yiddish Curses
72-60 Collection of Superstitions
72-61 Folklore of Cemetery Workers
72-62 Armenian Community of Worcester
72-63 Folk Biography of a Polish Farmer, Hadley, Massachusetts
72-64 Oral History of four informants
72-65 Family History of Louie Clements O’Brien
72-66 Jewish Family Folklore [MISSING]
72-67 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
72-68 Coon Hunting Stories
72-69 Rhodesian Folktales
72-70 Youth Culture of Jewish Mattapan
72-71 Folk Cures
72-72 Postal Service
72-73 Lebanese Folktales
72-74 Folk Beliefs Among College Students
72-75 Growing up in Elmwood, Massachusetts
72-76 Shaker Folklore
72-77 Dennis, Mass. Tales and Anecdotes
72-78 Rituals of Phi Mu Delta
72-79 Dormitory as Folk Group
72-80 Girls’ Team Songs
72-81 Dormitory Legends
72-82 Finnish and Swedish Family Folklore
72-83 Folk Curses
72-84 Drinking Songs of Beta Kappa Phi
72-85 Folklore of Holyoke Ghetto Children [PHOTOS]
72-86 House Designs in Essex County [PHOTOS]
72-87 Ethnic Slurs
72-88 Oral History and Tales of a Portuguese Family
72-89 Gravestone Motifs in Western Massachusetts [PHOTOS]
72-90 Sorority Traditions Sigma Del Tau
72-91 Sorority Songs and Traditions
72-92 Capt. Kidd Legend in Lynn, Massachusetts
72-93 Dormitory Pranks
72-94 Legend of the Lenox Honeymoon Cottage
72-95 Jump Rope Rhymes
72-96 Tales and Traditions of Pilots
72-97 Legend of the Skeleton in Armor, Fall River, Massachusetts
72-98 Gravestone Legend of the Countess [PHOTOS]
72-99 Autograph Book Verse
72-100 Crotchet
72-101 Jewish Cookery
72-102 Jewish and Family Folklore
72-103 Jewish Family Tales, Jokes, Tradition
72-104 Urban and Rural College Lifestyles
72-105 Theatre Tales and Beliefs
72-106 Folklore of Worcester Teenagers
72-107 Surfing Group as Folk Group
72-108 Folklore of a Fisherman
72-109 Beliefs and Traditions of New Salem, Massachusetts
72-110 Campus Graffiti
72-111 Coastal Folklore of Cohasset
72-112 Family Folklore Regarding Christmas Traditions
72-114 Elsie Legends of S. Braintree Cemetery
72-115 Camp Songs
72-116 Ethnic Humor from Students
72-117 Jump Rope Rhymes
72-118 Political Humor
72-119 Tales of Personal Misfortune
72-120 Tales About a Particular Roxbury House
72-121 Tales of Woodville Haunted House
72-122 Jewish Remedies and Beliefs, Newton
72-123 Children’s Games Remembered from Youth
72-124 Sorority Stereotyping
72-125 Campus Latrinalia
72-126 Whately Pottery
72-127 Belief Tales and Legends Told at Slumber Parties
72-128 Ethnic Humor UMass
72-129 Superstitions Among College Coeds
72-130 Folk Autobiography of N. Maine Farmer
72-131 Sicilian Folk Beliefs, Lexington, Massachusetts
72-132 Tales of the Sasquash
72-133 Folk Autobiography of Portuguese Grand Parents
72-134 Scar Lore
72-135 Portuguese-American Folk Festivals

BOX #2
72-136 Wall Graffiti Home Grown in Room
72-137 Wedding Customs
72-138 Legends and Tales of Monsterland, Leominster
72-139 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
72-140 Cold Cures
72-141 Tales from Wellfleet, Massachusetts
72-142 Polish Folk Customs and Tradition
72-143 Camp Songs
72-144 Sorority Songs
72-145 Interviews in Narbeth, Pennsylvania
72-146 Office Graphic Humor
72-147 UMass: Lifestyles and Its Changes
72-148 Shipwreck Tales from Situate
72-149 Italian American Folk Customs
72-150 Logging Methods in Western Massachusetts
72-151 Folklore in Parochial Schools
72-152 Stereotyped Sexual Misconceptions
72-153 Tales from a Local Store, E. Haddam, Connecticut
72-154 Folklore of Garbage Collectors
72-155 Hiccup Cures
72-156 Folk Autobiog. one inf. from Nova Scotia
72-157 The Usuk
72-158 Sigma Phi Epsilon
72-159 College Students & Ghosts
72-160 The Drug Culture
72-161 UMASS Graffiti Newt Craze
72-162 Kappa Kappa Gamma UMASS

1973
73-1 Traditional Ways of Gaining Wishes
73-2 Family Oral History and Folklore, Anderson Family
73-3 Graffiti Saratoga Springs Bar
73-4 Legendary Tales on Origin of Potato Chip
73-5 Ghost Tales, one inf. Putnam, Connecticut
73-6 Traditional Folk Medicine one inf. Springfield, Massachusetts
73-7 Folk Patterns in Colonial Architecture
73-8 Oral Humor among UMass Engineering Students
73-9 Supernatural Tales one inf.
73-10 Traditional Ways of Obtaining Wishes
73-11 Ethnic Comparison of Wedding Customs
73-12 New England Gravestone Motifs [MISSING]
73-13 Study of Games Played in Cars
73-14 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-15 Legends Surrounding Natick Statue
73-16 UMASS Wrestling
73-17 Regional Hero and History, Ashburnham
73-18 Folklore and Study of Short Order Joint
73-19 Rugby
73-20 Dorm Party
88-38 Cross Country
73-21b UMASS Cross Country
73-22 Halloween Figures in Amherst
73-23 Folklore Tales, Bel. of Grass-Smoking [MISSING]
73-24 Drug Culture Lore
73-25 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-26 French Canadian Folk Healer, Springfield
73-27 Folklore of Performers, Circus and Theatre
73-28 Tao Iota Tao
73-29 Legends Surround Leominster Rape
73-30 Children’s Games
73-31 Lebanese Customs in America
73-32 Portuguese Fisherman Folklife
73-33 Electrical Engineers
73-34 Mt. Holyoke Folklore and Tradition
73-35 Folk Medicine Cures French Can. Healer, Springfield
73-36 UMASS
73-37 Block Island Folklife [PHOTOS]
73-38 Study of Campus Folklore
73-39 UMASS Housing
73-40 Legend Study of Dungoon Pk, Lynn [PHOTOS]
73-41 Scottish Family Folklife from Old Country two inf.
73-42 Folk Music
73-43 Legends of Rockadundy Rd., Hampden, Massachusetts
73-44 Italian Folklore, Sommerville
73-45 Study of a Camp Legend
73-46 Proverbs and Superstition, one inf. New Bruns, Port Mo. Billerica
73-47 Folk biog. Finnish, Fitchburg
73-48 UMASS Health Center
73-49 Collection of Telephone Responses
73-50 Housing Office
73-51 Legends from Adams, Massachusetts
73-52 Dormitories
73-53 Computer Culture
73-54 Student UMass Dormitory Folklore
73-55 Calais Maine Folklore and Folklife
73-56 Rugby Songs
73-57 Italian Supernatural Stories
73-58 Polish Christmas Customs
73-59 Firefighters as a Folk Group
73-60 Legends of Tony Costa, Cape Cod
73-61 Legend and Belief Tales, Ashland, Massachusetts
73-62 Folk Autobiog. one inf. Hadley
73-63 Legend and Belief Tales, Lee, Massachusetts
73-64 Airborne Cadence Chants
73-65 Town History and Folklore of Agawam
73-66 Irish Stereotypes
73-67 Dormitory Floor Folklore
73-69 Folklore of Catholic Schools
73-70 Folklore of Telephone Operators
73-71 Folklore of Campers and Hikers
73-72 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-73 Obscene Songs
73-74 Folklife, Sutton, Massachusetts [PHOTOS]
73-75 Oral History of Ethan Allen Family
73-76 Freaklore
73-77 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-78 Legends and Tales from Family [PHOTOS]
73-79 Paper and Collection on Childrens Games-Jump Rope Rhymes
73-80 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-81 Folklore in the Army
73-82 Perverted Proverbs
73-83 Comparative Study of Children’s Games
73-84 Folklore of Bootlegging [MISSING]
73-85 Rugby Songs
73-86 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-87 Italian Esoteric Ethnic Jokes
73-88 Irish-American Culture
73-89 Beer Drinking Games
73-90 Children’s Games Within One Family
73-91 Song of Children’s Summer Camp
73-92 Study of New England Clockmaker
73-93 Interviews on Local History of Belmont, Massachusetts
73-94 Study of Hadley Barns
73-95 Quilting as a Folk Art (Athol) [PHOTOS]
73-96 Folklore and Life in Deer Isle, Maine
73-97 Prejudice Folklore
73-98 Tales of Monsterland, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
73-99 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-100 Shaker Material Culture, Groton, Massachusetts
73-101 Science Fiction Belief Tales
73-102 Folklife South Boston [PHOTOS]
73-103 Obscene Song Paradies
73-104 Jewish Cooking
73-105 Hadley Farm Museum
73-106 Autograph Verse 19th Century-Present
73-107-119 [UNUSED OR MISSING]

73-120 Italian Folklore and Folklife; Naples, Italy
73-121 Local Legend Study Haverill
73-122 Family Folk Medicine
73-123 Folklore of Horseshowing
73-124 Nicknaming Within a Fraternity
73-125 Finnish Folk Community, Gardner [PHOTOS]

BOX #3
73-126 Scuba Divers as Folk Group
73-127 College Folk Hero
73-128 Folklore of Ski Patrol
73-129 Belief Tales of College Coeds
73-130 Tales of J and B’s Sig Ep
73-131 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-132 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-133 Stereotype Stories on S.W. Dormitory
73-134 Study of Amherst Blacksmith
73-135 Willington, MA
73-136 The Pub in South Boston
73-137 Family History and Folklore, Stewart Family
73-138 Freight Loaders
73-139 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-140 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-141 Fishing and Hunting Tales
73-142 Folklore, Life, Newburyport
73-143 Sturbridge Village Crafts
73-144 Hatchet Man Accounts
73-145 Sugaring Off in Western Massachusetts
73-146 Bio. of Mass. Farmer
73-147 Study of Grounds Crew as Folk Group
73-148 Legends, Local Char. Turners Falls
73-149 Folklore of the Dead [MISSING]
73-150 Folklore, Life, Newfoundland
73-151 Folklore, Meter Readers
73-152 Wed. Night Drinking Club
73-153 Caroline Kennedy at Concord
73-154 Tales, Legends, Nantasket
73-155 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-156 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-157 Movie Theater Workers, Greenfield
73-158 Scottish Family Folklore
73-159 Tales of Hoosac Tunnel [PHOTOS]
73-160 Deer Hunting Tales
73-161 Crochetting, Folk Art
73-162 Pirate Valley Folklife [PHOTOS]
73-163 Scottish Family Folklore
73-164 Obscene Humor, Small Town
73-165 Hunting Tales
73-166 Polish Christmas Traditions
73-167 People and Folklore of Northeast Carry, Maine [PHOTOS]
73-168 Folklore of Alcohol
73-170 Colorado Mining Legends
73-171 Pi Lambda Phi
73-172-279 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
73-280 Ed. Value in Children Folklore [MISSING]
73-281 Folklife in Boston’s Italian North End [MISSING]
73-282 Nicknames in Fraternities [MISSING]
73-283 Study of a Mass Farmer [MIDDING]
73-284 Folklore Wilmington, Mass. [MISSING]

1974
74-1 Polish Farming
74-2 Sewage Dept. Workers Folklore
74-3 Legends of Greens, Rhode Island
74-4 Camp Folklore, Pelham, New Hampshire
74-5 Tales of Sinking Buildings
74-6 Epitaphs
74-7 Nursery Rhymes as Protest
74-8 Children’s Songs, Marks Meadows
74-9 Camp Folklore, Maine
74-10 Comp. Irish, Italian Folkways, one family
74-11 Dorm Floor Folkgroup
74-12 Children’s Folklore in Archive Comp
74-13 Indian, Hassanemessett
74-14 Dorm Floor Folkgroup
74-15 The Medium as Folk Traditionalist
74-16 Marblehead Folklore and Folklife [MISSING]
74-17 Portuguese Cookery
74-18 Paper Mill Workers, Folklore
74-19 Hunting Camp Tales
74-20 Golfers as Folk Group
74-21 Stigmatist, Webster, Massachusetts
74-22 Camp Folklore, Plymouth, Massachusetts
74-23 7th Son, Healer
74-24 [UNUSED OR MISSING]
74-25 Interview with Gloucester Fishermen [PHOTOS]
74-26 Portuguese Fishermen
74-27 New England Folk Architecture
74-28A Epitaphs
74-28B Quilting Kentucky Informant
74-29 Irish Family Customs
74-30 Suburban Boston Drinking Group
74-31A Folklore, Parochial Schools
74-31B Gallery Gods, Sports Fan Group
74-32 Blacksmithing
74-33 Trad. Italian Wine Making
74-34 Folklore of Marbles
74-35 Sandwich Glassmaking
74-36 Folklore, Life, Middleboro, Massachusetts
74-37 Folklore, Drug Culture
74-38 Dogtown Oral and Written Trad.
74-39B Penn. Polish Beliefs, one inf.
74-40 Local Char. UMass
74-41 Coed Ghost Tales
74-42 Violin Making
74-43 Quilting
74-44 Chairmaking [PHOTOS]
74-45 Folklife Westford, Mass.
74-46 Bee Lining [PHOTOS]
74-47 Ashland Folklife [MISSING]
74-49 Folklore Easton, Massachusetts
74-50 Carding Mill, Sturbridge, Village
74-51 Drinking Games