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Overview

Title: Dorothy Howard collection
Call Number: Coll121
Creator: Howard, Dorothy, 1902-1996
Dates: circa 1890-1999
Size: 14 boxes (6 linear feet)
Language: English
Abstract: This collection includes fieldwork materials collected by folklorist Dorothy Howard and her students at Frostburg State University (circa 1940-1990), including personal correspondence; publications (drafts and final copies authored by Howard); Howard's research at the Swan Meadow School in Garrett County, MD; materials on play-party songs, children’s folklore, herblore, and other folklife documented in Mountain Maryland; and quilting samples.
Citation: Dorothy Howard collection, Maryland Traditions Archives, Collection 121, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD)

Administrative/Biographical Note

Dorothy Howard (1902-1996) was a pioneering scholar of children’s folklore. She graduated from North Texas State Teachers College (1923) and utilized folklore in public schools as a teacher and principal. She received a PhD in Education in 1938 with a dissertation on children’s folklore that combined both Victorian collection methods with ethnographic fieldwork. As a professor in the English Department at Frostburg State University (1944-1967), she brought her students out to document regional folklife, focusing on occupational traditions of coal miners and canal workers, folk narrative, belief, and customs. She and her students at Frostburg amassed a considerable body of fieldwork, which Dr. Howard donated to the Maryland State Arts Council in the 1970s. She published extensively, including in the Journal of American Folklore, and authored two major works: Dorothy's World: Childhood in Sabine Bottom, 1902-1910 (1977), and Pedro of Tonalá (1989). The American Folklore Society named an award in her honor, the Dorothy Howard Award for Excellence in Folklore.

Provenance Information

Provenance and Acquisition Information

The collection was originally donated by Dr. Howard to the Maryland Folklife Program under George Carey. It was then donated to UMBC by the Maryland State Arts Council in 2014 as part of a larger accession, MSS 2014-02.

Processing Note

Upon arrival, materials had been partially arranged and described and came with an inventory. Maryland Traditions contract archivist Hannah Rogers arranged the collection in June 2014. Paper tabs acting as dividers for index cards were removed and replaced with archival board. Materials were separated by format into format-specific boxes, and housing was created for autograph books. Larger papers retain their original order in archival folders. Index cards also retain original order, and are divided into 7 boxes. The cards are separated into groups based on collector or theme. Additional processing was completed in Spring 2015 by Special Collections graduate assistant Jessica Pantazis and Maryland Traditions contract archivist Nichole Procopenko.

Descriptive Rules Used

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including PastPerfect.

Access & Use

Finding Aids

Finding Aid: http://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/findingaids/coll121.php

Access Conditions

No restrictions.

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.

Subject Headings

Creators

Howard, Dorothy, 1902-1996

Subjects

Folklore -- Maryland

Maryland, Western -- Social life and customs

Children's songs

Howard, Dorothy, 1902- -- Archives

Series Description & Container List

  1. Series I. Files

    Date: 1937-1986

    Extent: 2 boxes (3 linear ft.)

    Description: Materials arranged by format. Larger papers predominantly retain their original order.

    1. Folder Title/Description Date Box # Folder # Additional Info.
      Correspondence, Cirriculum Vitae 1978-1986 1 1
      Correspondence - 1 of 4 circa 1937-1945 1 2
      Correspondence - 2 of 4 1945-1955 1 3
      Correspondence - 3 of 4 Children's Rhymes/ Letter to Dorothy Howard circa 1945 1 4
      Correspondence - 4 of 4 circa 1950 1 5
      Hilleary Rockwell [?] - The Legend of Louise L- circa 1945-1955 1 6
      Miscellaneous - Periodicals, research - childern's play and Swan Meadow circa 1980-1985 1 7
      [Notes - Author Unknown] circa 1945-1955 1 8
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Last name, first name English IIA circa 1949 1 9
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Barringer, Charlotte undated 1 10
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Articles circa 1981 1 11
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Body lore undated 1 12
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Family Relationships undated 1 13
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Food Customs undated 1 14
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Forthcoming in… undated 1 15
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Hand lore undated 1 16
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Household vocabulary undated 1 17
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - House Lore undated 1 18
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Place Names and Histories undated 1 19
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Recipes undated 1 20
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Sayings and Tongue Twisters undated 1 21
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Stories + Tales undated 1 22
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Superstitions collected by William L. Fazenbaker undated 1 23
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Vocabulary undated 1 24
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Weather Lore undated 1 25
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Tombstone Epitaphs undated 1 26
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Schulte, Norma undated 1 27
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Hidden Treasure undated 1 28
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Soundings Exhibit undated 1 29
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Gilpin, Curtis undated 1 30
      Fieldwork - Maryland Children's Playlore - Mount Savage, MD, Richard B. Arnold undated 1 31
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Worksheets (1 of 2) circa 1983-1985 1 32
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Worksheets (2 of 2) circa 1983-1985 1 33
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Compositions, typed (1 of 2) circa 1983-1985 1 34
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Compositions, typed (2 of 2) circa 1983-1985 1 35
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Correspondence undated 1 36
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - H. Swartzentruber undated 1 37
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Games, Compositions undated 1 38
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Autograph Albums undated 1 39
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Summer Vacation, Work and play undated 1 40
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Correspondence, Clara Mae Petersheim and Dr. Howard circa 1985 1 41
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Holidays undated 1 42
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Games, Compositions undated 1 43
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Folk Tales circa Fall 1967 1 44
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Hi Buried Alive undated 1 45
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Kroll, William, Tall Tales undated 1 46
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Duplicate Sheets, Eastern Shore circa Fall 1967 1 47
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Local Eccentrics undated 1 48
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow School - Yoder, Swan Meadow circa 1958 1 49
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow/Yoder 1 of 3 circa 1960 2 1
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow/Yoder 2 of 3 circa 1960 2 2
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow/Yoder 3 of 3 circa 1960 2 3
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, MD Folklore Archives, Garrett Co. circa 1960s 2 4
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, SquaredanceNew Torker, Elisha Keeler Feb. 1957 2 5
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Molly McGuires Feb. 1957 2 6
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Animal and Plant Lore undated 2 7
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Autographs undated 2 8
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Folk Customs undated 2 9
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Folk Tales and Tall Tales undated 2 10
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Games Played undated 2 11
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Hand Lore undated 2 12
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Lamp Lore undated 2 13
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Maps and Publications undated 2 14
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Newspaper Clippings and Articles undated 2 15
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Personal Stories, Histories, and Dreams undated 2 16
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Place Names undated 2 17
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Recipes undated 2 18
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Sayings, Rhymes, and Proverbs undated 2 19
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Vocabulary undated 2 20
      Fieldwork - Swan Meadow, Handmade Bound Album undated 2 21
      Fieldwork - Misc. MD Folklore collected by Frostburg St. College students circa 1950s-1960s 2 22
      Fieldwork - Misc. MD Folklore collected by Frostburg St. College students circa 1950s-1960s 2 23
      Fieldwork - Misc., Tour of Fold Cultural Sites undated 2 24
      Cultural Artifacts - Cash Book 1953 2 25

  2. Series II. Index Cards and smaller format records

    Date: 1937-1967

    Extent: 8 boxes (3 linear ft.)

    Description: Materials arranged by format. Index cards in retain original order and are separated into groups based on collector or theme. Box 10 contians two autograph books.

    1. Folder Title/Description Date Box # Folder # Additional Info.
      Western MD Sayings circa 1945-1955 3 Section 1
      Western MD Superstitions, Medicine circa 1945-1955 3 Section 2
      Ed O'Rourke - Proverbs circa 1945-1955 3 Section 3
      Pierce - May- June 1950 1950 3 Section 4
      Roberta Elias - Children/Babies circa 1945-1955 3 Section 5
      Folk, (Elvie, Phyllis) - Children circa 1945-1955 3 Section 6
      Anna Logsdon - Babies/Medicine circa 1945-1955 3 Section 7
      A. Baker - Beliefs, Recipes - Cumberland, Laconing circa 1945-1955 3 Section 8
      R. L. Holler - Proverbs, Allegany Co. circa 1945-1955 3 Section 9
      Eugene M. Flinn - Cumberland circa 1945-1955 3 Section 10
      R. Jane Geis - Proverbs - Allegany Co., Jokes, Superstitions circa 1945-1955 3 Section 11
      Weather/Medicine - Cumberland circa 1945-1955 3 Section 12
      Amy G. Meek - Frostburg - Sayings circa 1945-1955 3 Section 13
      Jacqueline Browning - Customs, Beliefs - Cumberland 1951 1951 3 Section 14
      Charles Slick - Proverbs, Superstitions - Allegany Co., Washington Co. circa 1945-1955 3 Section 15
      Charles Slick - Proverbs, Superstitions - Allegany Co., Washington Co. circa 1945-1955 3 Section 16
      Proverbs, Beliefs - Death, Dreams, Food, Luck, Weather, Weddings circa 1945-1955 3 Section 17
      Betty Miller - Proverbs, Beliefs - Westernport 1954 1954 3 Section 18
      Ann Shireman - Proverbs - Cumberland 1950 1950 3 Section 19
      Bonnie Blue Loughrie - Proverbs - Cumberland, 1950 1950 3 Section 20
      Amy G. Meek - Proverbs, 1950 1950 4 Section 1
      Christine Smith - Proverbs - Piney Plaine - 1950 1950 4 Section 2
      Jane Harrison - Proverbs - 1950 1950 4 Section 3
      Richard L. Holler - Proverbs - Allegany Co. circa 1945-1955 4 Section 4
      Richard L. Holler - Proverbs - Allegany Co. circa 1945-1955 4 Section 5
      Elaine Miller - Proverbs - Cumberland 1950 circa 1945-1955 4 Section 6
      Charlotte Barringer - Proverbs - Cumberland 1950 1950 4 Section 7
      Augustine Diaz - Proverbs - W. MD 1950 circa 1945-1955 4 Section 8
      James G. Nielson - Proverbs - 1950 1950 4 Section 9
      Mary Susan Passarelli - Proverbs - Frostburg 1950 1950 4 Section 10
      William Kildow - Proverb - Frostburg 1950 1950 4 Section 11
      Jim Steele - Proberbs 1950 1950 4 Section 12
      Wilma Robertson - Proverbs 1950 1950 4 Section 13
      Roy E. Pepper - Proverbs - WV, Allegany Co. 1950 1950 4 Section 14
      Charlotte Barringer - Proverbs - Cumberland 1950 1950 4 Section 15
      Jas. W. Spiznas - Proverbs - Frostburg 1950 1950 4 Section 16
      Lois Mackay - Proverbs - Frostburg 1953 1953 4 Section 17
      Rose Ann Willison - Proverbs - Twiggtown, MD 1950 1950 4 Section 18
      Billie S. Hounshell - Proverb 1950 1950 4 Section 19
      Bertha Creek - Proverbs - Hancock 1950 circa 1945-1955 4 Section 20
      Rosemary Weimer - Proverbs - Frostburg, Mt. Savage circa 1945-1955 4 Section 21
      Patricia Warehime - Proverbs - Frostburg 1950 1950 4 Section 22
      Lois Mackay - Old Sayings - Lonaconing, Midland MD 1953 4 Section 23
      Price circa 1945-1955 4 Section 24
      Unknown - Proverb - Lonaconing 1953 1953 4 Section 25
      Allen Williams - Proverb - Cumberland circa 1945-1955 4 Section 26
      Miscellaneous Proverbs circa 1945-1955 4 Section 27
      Charles McCormick - Proverbs - Frostburg, Cumberland 1950 1950 4 Section 28
      Billie S. Hounshell - Proverbs - Frostburg 1950 circa 1945-1955 4 Section 29
      Alice Baker - Proverbs 1950 1950 4 Section 30
      Price circa 1945-1955 4 Section 31
      Josh Carter - Proverbs 1950 1950 4 Section 32
      G.A. Hanna - Proverbs - Martinsburg WV, Allegany Co., Franklin circa 1945-1955 4 Section 33
      Unknown - Rhyme - Christiansburg, VA circa 1945-1955 4 Section 34
      Josh Carter - Proverbs circa 1945-1955 4 Section 35
      Mary Campbell - Proverbs circa 1945-1955 5 Section 1
      Josh Carter - Weather circa 1945-1955 5 Section 2
      Wilma Robertson - Proverbs - Grantsville 1950 1950 5 Section 3
      William L. Fazenbaker - Proverbs 1950 1950 5 Section 4
      Jordan Hovatter - Sayings, Omens - Frostburg, Cumberland 1952 1952 5 Section 5
      George A. Hanna - Proverbs - Allegany Co. circa 1945-1955 5 Section 6
      Babara Flinn - Proverbs - Red House, MD 1950 1950 5 Section 7
      Jane Rickard - Proverbs - Oakland, MD 1950 1950 5 Section 8
      Peggy Carter - Proverbs - Brunswick, MD 1950 1950 5 Section 9
      Miscellaneous 1950 5 Section 10
      Jane Rickard - Proverbs - Oakland, MD 1950 1950 5 Section 11
      Martha Leese - Proverbs - Accident, MD circa 1945-1955 5 Section 12
      Miscelleaneous circa 1945-1955 5 Section 13
      Miscelleaneous circa 1945-1955 5 Section 14
      Sarah Slick - Morbids of F.S.T.C. circa 1945-1955 6 Section 1
      Autograph - Frostburg circa 1945-1955 6 Section 2
      Riddles, Wisdom, Taunts, Counting Out - Frostburg circa 1945-1955 6 Section 3
      Maryland Folklore Collected 1947-1967 Frostburg State College circa 1947-1967 6 Section 4
      Folk Medicine circa 1947-1967 6 Section 5
      Domestic Pursuits circa 1947-1967 6 Section 6
      Plants & Flowers circa 1947-1967 6 Section 7
      Visitors circa 1947-1967 6 Section 8
      Miscellaneous circa 1947-1967 6 Section 9
      Animals circa 1947-1967 6 Section 10
      Games/Rhymes circa 1947-1967 6 Section 11
      Good & Bad Luck circa 1947-1967 6 Section 12
      Weather circa 1947-1967 6 Section 13
      Plant Husbandry circa 1947-1967 6 Section 14
      Miscellaneous circa 1947-1967 6 Section 15
      Trades and Professions circa 1947-1967 6 Section 16
      Human Body circa 1947-1967 6 Section 17
      Animal Husbandry circa 1947-1967 6 Section 18
      Deaths and Funerals circa 1947-1967 6 Section 19
      Human behavior circa 1947-1967 6 Section 20
      Social Relationships circa 1947-1967 6 Section 21
      Holidays circa 1947-1967 6 Section 22
      Definitions circa 1947-1967 6 Section 23
      [Weather] circa 1947-1967 6 Section 24
      Folk Advice circa 1947-1967 6 Section 25
      Signs of Good and Bad Luck circa 1947-1967 6 Section 26
      Dreams and Wishes circa 1947-1967 6 Section 27
      Children's Games and Rhymes circa 1945-1955 7 Section 1
      Folklore: Maryland All Sections circa 1945-1955 7 Section 2
      Children's Rhymes circa 1938-1955 7 Section 3
      Maryland Miscellaneous circa 1937-1955 7 Section 4
      Autograph Verses circa 1945-1955 7 Section 5
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Norma Hicks 1952 7 Section 6
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - John Lizer 1952 7 Section 7
      Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV - Tom Downs 1952 7 Section 8
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - John Kesner, Jr. 1952 7 Section 9
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - William R. Williams 1952 7 Section 10
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - James Goldsworthy 1952 7 Section 11
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Allen Myers 1952 7 Section 12
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - George A. Hanna 1952 7 Section 13
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - John C. Metzger 1952 7 Section 14
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - John Bryan 1952 7 Section 15
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - John C. Harvey 1952 7 Section 16
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - John R. Snyder 1952 7 Section 17
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - John Diggs 1952 7 Section 18
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - L. H. Chambers 1952 7 Section 19
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - R. Poffenberger 1952 7 Section 20
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - John Lynch 1952 7 Section 21
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - William Birmingham 1952 7 Section 22
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Raymond Chaney, Thomas Funlaw, Thomas Moran, John H. Biggs, Joseph McDaniel, Elaine Weimer, Jo Ann Fisher, Phyllis Folk 1952 7 Section 23
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Juanita Arburgast 1952 7 Section 24
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Glen Harvey Jones 1952 7 Section 25
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Betty Arbogast 1952 7 Section 26
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Dorothy Kuhn 1952 7 Section 27
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Nina Lohr 1952 7 Section 28
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Sam Lisanti 1952 7 Section 29
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Dorothy Brown 1952 7 Section 30
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Anna Nelson 1952 7 Section 31
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Roberta Elias 1952 7 Section 32
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Dolores Bean 1952 7 Section 33
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Tracy Riggins, Jr. 1952 7 Section 34
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Joe Spearman 1952 7 Section 35
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Francis Ruffo 1952 7 Section 36
      [Rhymes Collected in 1952, Recalled from Childhood in W. MD, WV] - Jim Hess 1952 7 Section 37
      Tricks 1950 8 Section 1
      Children's Literature/Rhymes circa 1952 8 Section 2
      Chidren's Games circa 1959 8 Section 3
      Chidhood Games - Ann Riggleman circa 1945-1959 8 Section 4
      Chidhood Games - R. Ruffo circa 1945-1959 8 Section 5
      Chidhood Games - Barbara Henry circa 1945-1959 8 Section 6
      Chidhood Games - Norma Nelson circa 1945-1959 8 Section 7
      Chidhood Games - Jean Kreissing circa 1945-1959 8 Section 8
      Chidhood Games - Phyllis Campbell circa 1945-1959 8 Section 9
      Chidhood Games - Carol Conrad circa 1945-1959 8 Section 10
      Chidhood Games - Thomas Faherty circa 1945-1959 8 Section 11
      Childhood Games - Joanne Farrell circa 1945-1959 8 Section 12
      Childhood Games - Eleanor L. Whetsell circa 1945-1959 8 Section 13
      Childhood Games - Gladys Wensel circa 1945-1959 8 Section 14
      Childhood Games - Wilda Winterberg circa 1945-1959 8 Section 15
      Childhood Games - Eleanor Smith circa 1945-1959 8 Section 16
      Sayings circa 1945-1967 8 Section 17
      Autograph Rhymes Through the Ages - Beverly Reynolds circa 1945-1959 9 Section 1
      American Folk Literature - June Busk circa 1945-1959 9 Section 2
      Children's Play/Games - Dolores Jean Ross circa 1945-1959 9 Section 3
      Children's Play/Games - Robert Gray circa 1945-1959 9 Section 4
      Children's Play/Games - Leatrice Schrock circa 1945-1959 9 Section 5
      Children's Play/Games - Benjamin Elkins circa 1945-1959 9 Section 6
      Children's Play/Games - Barbara Henry circa 1945-1959 9 Section 7
      Children's Play/Games - Mary Lee Pence circa 1945-1959 9 Section 8
      Children's Play/Games - Helen Borrer circa 1945-1959 9 Section 9
      Children's Play/Games - Carol Conrad circa 1945-1959 9 Section 10
      Children's Play/Games - Dolores Ross circa 1945-1959 9 Section 11
      Children's Play/Games - Jean Kreissing circa 1945-1959 9 Section 12
      Children's Play/Games - Gladys Wensel circa 1945-1959 9 Section 13
      Children's Play/Games - Thomas Faherty circa 1945-1959 9 Section 14
      Children's Play/Games - Phyllis Campbell circa 1945-1959 9 Section 15
      Children's Play/Games - Robert Ambrose circa 1945-1959 9 Section 16
      Children's Play/Games - Wilda Winterberg circa 1945-1959 9 Section 17
      Children's Play/Games - Robert Gray circa 1945-1959 9 Section 18
      Children's Play/Games - M. Buskey circa 1945-1959 9 Section 19
      Children's Play/Games - Ann Shireman 1950 9 Section 20
      Proverbs, Jokes circa 1945-1959 9 Section 21
      Autograph, Games/Rhymes circa 1945-1959 9 Section 22
      Rhymes, Counting Out, Autograph circa 1945-1959 9 Section 23
      Rhymes, Games - M. Buskey circa 1945-1959 9 Section 24
      Games - Shirley Durst circa 1945-1959 9 Section 25
      Children's Literature - Mary Ann Spence circa 1945-1959 9 Section 26
      19th Century Autograph Book undated 10 Item 1
      19th Century Autograph Book undated 10 Item 2

  3. Series III. Cultural artifacts

    Date: circa 1890-1960

    Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

    1. Folder Title/Description Date Box # Folder # Additional Info.
      Quilting Squares, Allegany and Garrett County circa 1950s 11
      Quilting Squares, Allegany and Garrett County circa 1950s 12
      Round Quilting Sample circa 1950s 13
      Patchwork Quilt circa 1890 14

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