Southwest Folklore Center collection
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest Borderlands
Since its creation in 1979, the Southwest Folklore Center has served as an archive for folk material. Its activities include actively researching and collecting information about Arizona's folk communities, generating outreach programs, and coordinating folk activities throughout the state.
The University of Arizona Folklore Committee, founded in 1943 by Frances Gillmor, collected songs, tales and general folklore from all parts of Arizona. Upon its dissolution in 1979 the Southwest Folklore Center was created and continued its activities of collecting folklore material in the field in Arizona, the U.S. Southwest, and northern Mexico.
Southwest Folklore Archive folk drama collection (MS 607)
University of Arizona Folklore Committee records (MS 608)
Southwest Folklore Center Magdalena de Kino painted glass collection (MS 609)
Papers of George C. Barker (MS 610)
Papers of L. Marguerite Collier (MS 611)
Papers of Vicente S. Acosta (MS 612)
Southwest Folklore Center pre-1980 sound disc collection (MS 613)
Southwest Folklore Center sound disc collection (MS 614)
Southwest Folklore Center cassette recordings collection (MS 615)
Southwest Folklore Center video recordings collection (MS 616)
Southwest Folklore Center field recordings collection (MS 617)
Records of the Tucson Meet Yourself collection (MS 618)
Southwest Folklore small manuscripts collection (MS 619)
Southwest Folklore compact disc collection (MS 620)
University of Arizona Southwest Folklore Center records (MS 621)
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