Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
The collection (1944-1963) contains transcriptions of folk songs, folk sayings, and tales, course outlines, letters of inquiry from other folklorists, notes and research, and transcriptions by Alderson of songs of fiddler Karl Hutcheson and ballad singer Mrs. Don Slocum, both of Portland.
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Archival material may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal and/or state right to privacy laws and other regulations.
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g. a cause of action for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Oregon assumes no responsibility.
If a researcher finds sensitive personal information in a collection, please bring it to the attention of the reading room staff.
[Identification of item], William L. Alderson papers, Ax 195, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
