Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Western States Folklore Society Papers
Western Folklore Society.
UUS_COLL MSS 465
8 boxes
4 linear feet
1942-2014
The Western States Folklore Society Papers contain materials documenting the founding, development, and operations of the organization.
Material in English
Processed in May of 2012
This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives between 2006 and 2007 by the Western States Folklore Society.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Western States Folklore Society Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Initial Citation: Western States Folklore Society Papers USU_COLL MSS 465, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 465, USUSCA.
The Western States Folklore Society, founded as the California Folklore Society in 1941, originally sought to study, collect, and preserve folklore within the state, but has now expanded its scope to include regional, national, and international folklore. The organization changed its name in 2004 to reflect this broader focus. The Society's principal publication, Western Quarterly , has been published since 1942. Initially called the California Folklore Quarterly , its name was changed in 1950 to reflect a regional rather than state focus.
The Western States Folklore Society Papers contain materials documenting the founding, development, and operations of the organization. These include meeting minutes, newsletters, by-laws, financial and tax information, correspondence, conference programs, and other related documents.
The Western States Folklore Society Papers are arranged into four series: Annual Meetings, Board and Committee Meetings, Organizational Records, and Publications.
See also: American Folklore Society Papers (COLL MSS 206)
Western States Folklore Society--Finance--Records and correspondence.
California Folklore Society--Finance--Records and correspondence.
Western States Folklore Society--Records and correspondence.
California Folklore Society--Records and correspondence.
Western States Folklore Society--History--Sources.
California Folklore Society--History--Sources.
Business records--West (U.S.)--Sources.
Congresses and conventions--West (U.S.).
Folklore--West (U.S.)--Congresses.
Folklore--West (U.S.)--Hisory--Sources.
Folklore--California--History--Sources.
Anthropology
Colleges and Universities
Clubs and Societies
Correspondence
Folklore
Texts
Corporate minutes.
Corporate minutes.
Account books.
Programs.
Annual Meetings
3 boxes, 28 folders
1975-2014
This section contains programs for CFS and WSFS annual meetings, as well as documents related to the planning and organization of these meetings.
Business Meetings, Annual, Agendas and Minutes
1987-1991
1
1
CFS Guidelines For Meeting
1975
1
2
MMF Mins Clean and Upcoming
1996-1997
1
3
CFS Annual Meeting
1997
1
4
CFS Annual Meeting (Berkeley)
1996
1
5
CFS Davis
April 22 - 24, 1994
1
6
CFS Meeting UCLA, Los Angeles
1991
1
7
CFS Meeting Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa
1990
1
8
CFS/TASP
1988
1
9
UCLA
1987
1
10
CFS Meeting
1986
1
11
CFS Annual Meeting
1985
1
12
CFS Meeting S.F. Program and Local Arrangements
1984
1
13
Programs Pomona
1983
1
14
Annual Meeting Minutes
1989-2006
1
15
Misc.
2007
1
16
CFS (Logan)
2002
1
17
CFS Logan Annual Meeting Correspondence
undated
1
18
California Folklore Society Program 2002
2002
1
19
Call For Papers
2002
1
20
Projected Panels
2002
2
1
Hector H. Lee: Planning A Conference
1975
2
2
Annual Meeting Programs
1977-1986
2
3
Annual Meeting Programs
1987-1991
2
4
Annual Meeting Programs
1992-1997
2
5
Annual Meeting Programs
1998-2000
2
6
Annual Meeting Programs
2001-2007
3
1
Annual Meeting Programs
2009-2014
3
2
Board and Committee Meetings
1 boxes, 8 folders
1981-2011
This section includes minutes from annual board meetings and various committee meetings.
Executive Board Meetings, Minutes of
1981-1996
1
1
Prop 187 Responses
1995
1
2
Committee on Public Folklore
1984-1986
1
3
Ad Hoc Committee N. Calif.—Correspondence
1986
1
4
Public Sector Section Proposal
1986
1
5
Public Sector Folklore Committee
1986
1
6
CFS Nominating Committee
1983-1985
1
7
2011 Executive Board Meeting Minutes and Committee Members
2011
1
8
Organizational Records
3 boxes, 42 folders
1942-2011
This section contains bylaws, correspondence, financial records, and membership records related to the internal operations of the CFS and WSFS.
Calif. Folkl. Soc. President
1996-1997
1
1
CFS Treasurer
1996-1997
1
2
CFS Budget and Procedures
1996-1997
1
3
CFS Budget
1995-1996
1
4
Treasurer's Report
1982-1993
1
5
CFS Executive Board
1995-1996
1
6
CFS Officers
1983-1985
1
7
Archer Taylor Memorial Lecture Correspondence
1981-1991
1
8
CFS Western Folklore/Mgt.
1995-1996
1
9
Subscription List
1982-1984
1
10
CFS Bulk Mail Permit
1982
1
11
State Folklorist
1980-1984
1
12
Calif. Heritage Task Force
1983-1984
1
13
Executive Editorship—Oring
1983-1986
1
14
Executive Editorship—Humphreys
1987
1
15
Melissa Mason—retiring Exec. Ed. of Western Folklore
1981-1982
1
16
CFS Operations
1981
(1981; Since changed)
1
17
CFS—history objectives, org.
1942-1981
1
18
California Folklore Society: Membership, 4/91
1991
1
19
Annual Statement nonprofit corp.
1977-1982
1
20
CFS by-laws plus amendment
1981
1
21
WSFS Address List
2006
1
22
CFS Tax Exempt Status--IRS
1981-1988
1
23
CFS Deposits
1999-2004
1
24
Correspondence
2002
1
25
CFS Labels
2002
2
1
Check Copies
2002
2
2
CFS
1981-1995
2
3
Receipts
2002
2
4
Membership List
2001
2
5
Blank Forms
undated
2
6
Confirmations
2002
2
7
CFS—Accountant—H. Mangolis
1983-1990
2
8
Skaggs Grant for WF
1982-1983
2
9
Misc. Correspondence Memos to Board
1981-1988
2
10
Heather/Barre Correspondence
2002
2
11
General Correspondence
2002
2
12
Divine Agreement CFS
2004-2005
2
13
My Notes (Organizational)
undated
2
14
50th Anniversary
1991
3
1
Amended By-Laws of the CFS
1980
3
2
Interview Permission and 2011 Joe Hickerson Lecture
2011
3
3
Publications
1 box, 8 folders
1981-2001
This section contains CFS and WSFS newsletters, as well as correspondence and other records related to the organization's newsletter and journal.
CF Newsletter Correspondence
1983-1984
1
1
Editorship of Bert Wilson
1984
1
2
Comments Regarding Special Issues of Western Folklore
undated
1
3
Editorship of Pack Carnes
1987-1988
1
4
Western Folklore—tax exempt on printing of journal
1981
1
5
Jay Mechling—new editor of Western Folklore
1983
1
6
CFS: Western Folklore/Editor 96-97
1996
1
7
Newsletters Vol. I No. 1 Spring 1984 to Vol. IV No. 1 Fall 1991 and Western Folklore Newsletter No. 1 (October 2001)
1984-2001
1
8