Their collaboration was both personal and professional. Vance Randolph was of great assistance to Mary Celestia Parler Randolph and her folklore students, and the Folklore Research Project can also be said to bear his mark. Among the honors he received in his lifetime, none was as important to Randolph as being elected a Fellow of the American Folklore Society in 1978, which meant academic recognition for his work. In addition, folklore-related correspondence, research notes, and clippings are included. The original transcripts are restricted.
Photocopies are available for the use of the researcher.
Processed by Norma Ortiz-Karp, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in July, 1989. This series contains mainly text transcriptions of songs from Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri collected and annotated by Vance Randolph between 1926 to 1950. Volume 3 contains Randolph's research notes, correspondence, and clippings pertaining to Ozark folklore and songs. These have been left in the topical order found. In a note from volumes 1 and 2, Randolph stated that he did not use any of these materials in Ozark Folksongs, and, that in 1949, he gave the originals to Dr. R.A. Musick with permission for her to use the materials.