Folklore Collected in Metropolitan Detroit by Students of Emelyn D. Gardner and Thelma G. James, at Wayne State University.

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Title

Folklore Collected in Metropolitan Detroit by Students of Emelyn D. Gardner and Thelma G. James, at Wayne State University.

Subject

Folklore
Wayne State University

Description

This manuscript and recent Folklore Archive annual reports, show the wide range of topics covered by its collections. Among them are oral biography, proverbs, folk songs, blues, ghost tales, games, jokes, children's lore, medicine, food and voodoo beliefs, gambling, black self image, attitude toward whites, "rapping," Detroit storefront, church, 1943 and 1967 Riots.

Source

Wayne State University

Publisher

Detroit

Date

1945

Contributor

Wayne State University

Relation

Catalog entry (Wayne State University): https://elibrary.wayne.edu/record=b5363486~S47

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

1130

Citation

“Folklore Collected in Metropolitan Detroit by Students of Emelyn D. Gardner and Thelma G. James, at Wayne State University.,” Michigan Black History Bibliography, accessed November 22, 2024, http://mbhb.reuther.wayne.edu/items/show/1224.