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Harold Woodmansee Bentley folklore papers, 1947-1963
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bentley, Harold W.
- Title
- Harold Woodmansee Bentley folklore papers
- Dates
- 1947-1963 (inclusive)19471963
- Quantity
- 1.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MS 0624
- Summary
- The Harold Woodmansee Bentley folklore papers (1947-1965) consist mainly of materials concerned with folk music and organizations and individuals promoting folk music and other forms of folklore.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Harold Woodmansee Bentley (1899-1980) was born in 1899 in Colonia Juarez, Mexico. He attended Utah State Agricultural College before receiving his A.B. degree from Brigham Young University in 1923 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1932. He taught English and Spanish at Columbia for 17 years. During that time Dr. Bentley was on leave of absence twice. First, he conducted a survey for the Carnegie Foundation of one hundred institutions in the United States and Canada on college athletics. Second, he directed the Benjamin Franklin Library (the American library in Mexico City) and was associated with the State Department's cultural relations program in Mexico City during World War II. As a result of his work there, Dr. Bentley was decorated by the President of Mexico with the Order of the Aztec Eagle for promoting friendship between the two countries.
Bentley came to the University of Utah in 1949 as professor of English and director of the Summer School. He was appointed Dean of Extension Division in 1950, a position he held in Emeritus status until his retirement. During that time, he helped to promote interest in folklore and folk music in the University community, including assistance in establishing the Utah Folklore Society in 1958.
In 1961 Dr. Bentley took leave from the University to accept the position of academic vice president and acting president of the newly created Haile Salassie I University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He returned to his position at the University of Utah in 1962 and remained there until his retirement. He died in October 1980.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Harold Woodmansee Bentley folklore papers (1947-1965) consist mainly of materials concerned with folk music and organizations and individuals promoting folk music and other forms of folklore.
The first box of the collection contains correspondence between Bentley and others and is concerned with different aspects of folklore and folk music. Correspondents include Wayland Hand, the editor of Western Folklore magazine; Guy Carawan, a folk music performer, and his agent; and Rosalie and Jim Sorrels, performing artists and instructors for the University of Utah Extension Division. Other correspondents are parties involved in some way with the above listed individuals or their concerns. Organizations formed to promote folklore and folk music in Utah are also located in this box. Included are various organizational papers, program agendas, and correspondence of the Folklore Society of Utah for the years 1958-1963; information concerning the Western Folklore Conference, held in Denver, Colorado, for the years 1948-1951; and miscellaneous papers concerning other folklore groups in Utah.
The second box of the collection contains song lyric sheets collected by Bentley from various sources, including courses offered by the Extension Division at the University of Utah. Also, this section contains class material from a guitar class, a collection of children's jump rope rhymes, and a listing of children's riddles. Lastly, contained here are two articles on folklore, several bibliographies and catalogues of folk music and folklore, and other miscellaneous material concerned with folklore. The third box of this collection contain information pertaining to Ethiopia which documents Bentley's position as academic Vice President and acting President of the newly created Haile Salassie I University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the University of Utah Archives in 1983.
Processing Note
Processed by Mark Jensen in 1993.
Addendum processed by Sarah Goodrich in 2006.
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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal Items, Correspondence, Folklore Organizations and MiscellaneousReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | Personal Materials |
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1 | 2 | Correspondence |
1950-1963 |
1 | 3-4 | Guy Carawan |
1958-1961 |
1 | 5 | Wayland D. Hand |
1951-1963 |
1 | 6-7 | Rosalie and James Sorrels |
1958-1961 |
1 | 8-11 | Folklore Society of Utah |
1958-1961 |
1 | 12-14 | Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters |
1958-1963 |
1 | 15 | Folklore Society of Utah Annual Meeting |
1963 |
1 | 16 | American Folklore Society-Regional Conference |
1963 |
1 | 17 | Western Folklore Conference |
1948-1951 |
1 | 18 | American Folk Music Council, Utah Chapter |
1960-1961 |
1 | 19 | Intermountain Folk Music Council |
1961 |
1 | 20 | Newsletters |
1955-1958 |
1 | 21 | Elizabeth Pilant, Articles |
1952-1953 |
1 | 22 | Correspondence, Programs, and Newspaper Clippings |
Song Lyrics, Guitar Music, Children's Riddles and Rhymes, Bibliographies and CataloguesReturn to Top
Folder one contains an index of songs that are found in box two.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 1 | "Song Lists" |
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2 | 2-3 | "Song Sheets" |
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2 | 4 | Herbert Halpert, "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads." Wayland D. Hand, "The 'Unfortunate Rake' and His Descendants: Folk Song Geography--Old World and New." |
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2 | 5 | John Greenway, "Songs of Railroaders and Hoboes" Wayland D. Hand, "Songs of Miners and Mining" |
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2 | 6 | John Greenway, "Industrial Folk Songs and Ballads , Songs of Protest" |
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2 | 7 | Herbert Halpert, "Sailor's Songs and Songs of the Sea," "Ballads and Songs of the Northern Woods." |
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2 | 8 | Sam Hinton, "Songs of Outlaws and Other Badmen." |
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2 | 9 | Bess Lomax Hawes, "Folk Lyric and Songs of Love." Ed Cray, "Jealous Lover Ballads." |
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2 | 10 | Bess Lomax Hawes and Herbert Halpert, "Play Party Games and Songs" and "The Chants and Singing Games of Children." |
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2 | 11 | Richard A. Waterman, "Negro Folk Song: Various Genres of Song, Assessed Against the African Background." |
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2 | 12 | Richard A. Waterman, "The Negro Spiritual." |
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2 | 13-16 | Miscellaneous Collected Song Lyrics |
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2 | 17 | Extension Division Guitar Course |
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2 | 18 | Guitar Exercises |
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2 | 19 | "Jump Rope Rhymes" |
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2 | 20 | "Riddles Popular With Children" |
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2 | 21 | Eugenia L. Millard, It's Fun to Read Folklore
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2 | 22 | Evelyn R. Sickels and Alice Lohrer, North American Folklore
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2 | 23 | Catherine Jones, American Folklore in Motion Pictures
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2 | 24 | Alice Lohrer, American Autograph Rhymes: A Bibliography of American Folklore for Secondary Schools
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2 | 25 | Sam Hinton, A Selected Bibliography of American Folk Music
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1958 |
2 | 26 | Folk Songs Recorded by Austin E. Fife and Alta S. Fife for Occidental College, Los Angeles, California and the Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress |
1949 |
2 | 27 | Folk Music of the United States and Latin America: Combined Catalog of Phonograph Records |
1948 |
2 | 28 | Folkways Records Catalog |
1954 |
2 | 29 | Catalogue No. 2 of Old and New Books On Folk Song, Folklore, Folkdance and Jazz |
1950 |
2 | 30 | Folk Music Guide USA |
1959 |
EthiopiaReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Correspondence |
1960 |
3 | 2 | The Ethiopian Orthodox Church |
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3 | 3 | National Geographic |
1965 |
3 | 4 | Menen |
1961-1962 |
3 | 5 | Middle East Journal |
1955 |
3 | 6 | Haile Sellassie I University |
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3 | 7 | University College of Addis Ababa |
1956-1958 |
3 | 8 | The Confessions of Zar'a Ya'gob |
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3 | 9 | Ethiopian Journal |
1959-1960 |
3 | 10 | Literacy and Language |
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3 | 11 | Church's Revival |
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3 | 12 | Programs |
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3 | 13 | An Era in Progress |
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3 | 14 | Genealogy of the Royal House of Ethiopia |
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3 | 15 | Travel Information |
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3 | 16 | Notes |
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3 | 17 | Newspaper Clippings |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Folk songs, English--United States
- Folklore--Bibliography
- Folklore--Utah
Corporate Names
- Folklore Society of Utah--Records and correspondence
Form or Genre Terms
- Bibliographies
- Catalogs
- Correspondence
- Songs (musical compositions)