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Die Rolle Der Hexe In Den MäRchen Der BrüDer Grimm Und Ludwig Bechsteins, Karin Ulrike Herrmann Jan 1988

Die Rolle Der Hexe In Den MäRchen Der BrüDer Grimm Und Ludwig Bechsteins, Karin Ulrike Herrmann

Dissertations and Theses

Fairy Tales have been an important part of peoples' cultural heritage since time immemorial. From a very early age on, children hear stories about witches, giants, dwarf's, and magicians which make up their first entry into the literary world. Only recently have scholars begun to research just how much influence these stories have on children and how they might have a different impact on girls than on boys. This thesis will investigate the world of fairy tales in relation to their historical context and their differing relevance for male and female readers. I will examine the fairy tales of the …

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Interview With Zilpha Amanda Hume (Fa 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Nov 1987

Interview With Zilpha Amanda Hume (Fa 39), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of interview with Zilpha Amanda Hume conducted by Teresa L. Hollingsworth on 17 November 1987. From folk studies student oral history project concerning experiences with trance channeling.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 1, Edward W. Chester, Nancy K. Gaugler, Ralph Connor, William T. Parsons, Roger W. Fromm, Hans F. Sennholz, Guy Graybill Oct 1987

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 1, Edward W. Chester, Nancy K. Gaugler, Ralph Connor, William T. Parsons, Roger W. Fromm, Hans F. Sennholz, Guy Graybill

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Franklin in Fact and Fiction: The Double Perspective of Leland Baldwin
• Jost Hite: From the Neckar to the Shenandoah
• The Migration and Settlement of Pennsylvania Germans in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina and Their Effects on the Landscape
• Bethesda Evangelical Church in Farmers Mills: Fact and Folklore
• The Tourist Bureau Shuns Me!

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Interview With Lewis Cutliff Regarding Mammoth Cave (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 1987

Interview With Lewis Cutliff Regarding Mammoth Cave (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral interview done with Lewis Cutliff in 1987 related to Mammoth Cave National Park. He discusses the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps at Mammoth Cave.

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Sep 1987

Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

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T. D. Webb's Review Of David Muir's Road To The Stamping Ground, T. D. Webb Sep 1987

T. D. Webb's Review Of David Muir's Road To The Stamping Ground, T. D. Webb

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Sep 1987

Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

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Contributors: Vol 11 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Sep 1987

Contributors: Vol 11 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 11 (1987): Pacific Studies Full Issue 1

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Pele’S Journey To Hawai‘I: An Analysis Of The Myths, H. Arlo Nimmo Sep 1987

Pele’S Journey To Hawai‘I: An Analysis Of The Myths, H. Arlo Nimmo

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Adrienne L. Kaeppler's Review Of Katharine Luomala's Hula Ki‘I: Hawaiian Puppetry, Adrienne L. Kaeppler Sep 1987

Adrienne L. Kaeppler's Review Of Katharine Luomala's Hula Ki‘I: Hawaiian Puppetry, Adrienne L. Kaeppler

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Interview With Donald Hazellett Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1987

Interview With Donald Hazellett Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Donald Hazellett regarding Mammoth Cave, particularly the "New Discovery" of portion of the cave in the late-1930s.

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Interview With Kathryn Kadel Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1987

Interview With Kathryn Kadel Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Kathryn Kadel in 1987 related to her husband's work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s. Her husband, Richard Kadel, was commander of Camp 516.

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Interview With Albert "Shorty" Coats Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1987

Interview With Albert "Shorty" Coats Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Shorty Coats in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

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Interview With Gilbert Sanders Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1987

Interview With Gilbert Sanders Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Gilbert Sanders in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

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Interview With George Childress Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1987

Interview With George Childress Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Georgie Childress in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

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Interview With Sherman Moffitt Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1987

Interview With Sherman Moffitt Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral interview done with Sherman Moffitt related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s and his subsequent career as a minister.

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Interview With Vernon Wells Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 1987

Interview With Vernon Wells Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral interview done with Vernon Wells, b. 1914, as part of a project entitled "A History of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Mammoth Cave National Park" (FA 81). Wells discusses his experiences as a CCC worker. He served as a park ranger. He also discusses the various methods of land purchases used to acquire property for Mammoth Cave National Park. The transcription of tape 2 of this interview is attached under "Additional Files."

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 4, Eric Kvarnes, Peter Schnore, William Becker, Veon Becker, Allan Johnson, Nora Johnson, Stephen C. Breininger, Phillip D. Gottshall, Martin Kessler, Bonnie Kessler, Geoffrey L. Mehl, A. Daniel Valois, Janice Berry, Bruce Stebner, Joseph G. Beck, William R. M. Ritter, Norman M. Ressler Jr. Jul 1987

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 4, Eric Kvarnes, Peter Schnore, William Becker, Veon Becker, Allan Johnson, Nora Johnson, Stephen C. Breininger, Phillip D. Gottshall, Martin Kessler, Bonnie Kessler, Geoffrey L. Mehl, A. Daniel Valois, Janice Berry, Bruce Stebner, Joseph G. Beck, William R. M. Ritter, Norman M. Ressler Jr.

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Art of Glass Blowing
• Portrait Painting
• The Ox Roast
• Herbal Soap-Making
• Fly-Fishing and Fly-Tying
• Chalkware
• Silversmithing
• Festival Focus
• Festival Programs
• Coopering
• Knife Making
• Corn Husk Dolls
• Salt Glaze Pottery
• Blacksmithing and Iron Working
• Bird Carving
• Soft Pretzels

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The Dialectics Of Power In The Maori Creation Myth, Samuel K. Parker Jul 1987

The Dialectics Of Power In The Maori Creation Myth, Samuel K. Parker

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Interview With Smith Meredith (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 1987

Interview With Smith Meredith (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Interview conducted by Kelly Lally with Smith Meredith about his work with the Civilian Conservation Corps at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. This interview is a part of Folklife Archives Project 81.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 3, Michael Colby, Donald Graves, Monica Pieper, William T. Parsons, Helen Urda Smith Apr 1987

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 3, Michael Colby, Donald Graves, Monica Pieper, William T. Parsons, Helen Urda Smith

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Die Farbarei: Bethlehem's 18th Century Dye House
• Daniel Sudermann, Schwenkfelder Hymn Writer
• The Pernicious Effects of Witness upon Plain-Worldly Relations
• Traditional Slovak Courtship and Wedding Customs
• Aldes un Neies / Old & New

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Freak Show Images From The Ron Becker Collection, Robert Bogdan Apr 1987

Freak Show Images From The Ron Becker Collection, Robert Bogdan

The Courier

This article details the rise of freak shows from 1840 to 1940 in America, drawing from the extensive collection found in the Ron Becker Collection in the Syracuse University Special Collections. The exhibits played upon the superstitions and prejudices of popular American culture, and every exhibit was a fraud of some sort. The photographs of these "human curiosities" fascinated Ron Becker, who amassed a collection of the photos, mostly from the photographers Charles Eisenmann and Frank Wendt.

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Reality And Fantasy: The Foster Child In Hawaiian Myths And Customs, Katharine Luomala Mar 1987

Reality And Fantasy: The Foster Child In Hawaiian Myths And Customs, Katharine Luomala

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 2, Barbara Knox Homrighaus, Terry G. Jordan, Matti Kaups, Richard M. Lieffort, Ned D. Heindel, Dennis Barone, A. Day Bradley Jan 1987

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 2, Barbara Knox Homrighaus, Terry G. Jordan, Matti Kaups, Richard M. Lieffort, Ned D. Heindel, Dennis Barone, A. Day Bradley

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Immigration and Ethnicity in the Anthracite Region: The Peter Kowker Story
• Diamond Notching in America and Europe
• The Centennial of a First-Class Trip on Pennsylvania Canals: The Voyage of the Molly-Polly-Chunker
• Journey Home: Pennsylvania German Ethnicity in Wallace Stevens
• Quakers in the Lancaster Gaol, 1778

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Cannibal Chiefs And The Charter For Rebellion In Rotuman Myth, Alan Howard Oct 1986

Cannibal Chiefs And The Charter For Rebellion In Rotuman Myth, Alan Howard

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 1, Carolyn J. Mattern, Terry G. Jordan, Matti Kaups, Richard M. Lieffort, Hilda Adam Kring, Helen Bradley Griebel Oct 1986

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 36, No. 1, Carolyn J. Mattern, Terry G. Jordan, Matti Kaups, Richard M. Lieffort, Hilda Adam Kring, Helen Bradley Griebel

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• A Pennsylvania Dutch Yankee: The Civil War Letters of Private David William Mattern (1862-1863)
• New Evidence on the European Origin of Pennsylvania V Notching
• Sem Kaufman's "Instructions to my Children"
• Worldview on the Landscape: A Regional Yard Art Study
• Aldes un Neies / Old & New

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Interview With Irene Taylor Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1986

Interview With Irene Taylor Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Irene Taylor conducted by Christopher Carey for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." In this brief interview Taylor discusses a general store in Hancock County, Kentucky called the Duncan store as well as one-room schools and the consolidation of schools. She also mentions the Chestnut Grove school in Hancock County.

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Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1986

Interview With Mittie Dame Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Mittie Dame conducted by Judi Hetrick for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Dame discusses her life and times including information about growing up in Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, her early marriage, entertainment, rural electrification, radios, refrigerators, social life and customs, Halloween pranks, moonshining, and farming.

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Interview With Oda Shouse, Sr. And Clara Shouse Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1986

Interview With Oda Shouse, Sr. And Clara Shouse Regarding Their Lives (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Oda Shouse, Sr. and Clara Shouse conducted by Keith Smith for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Mr. Shouse does most of the speaking. He discusses his life and times including information about floods, the Great Depression, tobacco farming, rural medicine, rural electrification, automobiles and telephones.

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Interview With Mary Bryant (Benton) Fitts Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 1986

Interview With Mary Bryant (Benton) Fitts Regarding Her Life (Fa 154), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Mary Brant (Benton) Fitts conducted by Karen Owen for an oral history project titled "A Generation Remembers, 1900-1949." Fitts discusses her life and times, including information about growing up in Utica and Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, her children, social life and customs, race relations, World War II, and sundry other topics. Mrs. Fitts was a housewife and mother of two.

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