The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore

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The Frank C. Brown Collection of NC Folklore is written by Newman Ivey White and published by Duke University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0822382865 (ISBN 10) and 9780822382867 (ISBN 13).

Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals—Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members—and also levied on the previous collections made by friends and members of the Society. The result was a large mass of texts and notes assembled over a period of nearly forty years and covering every aspect of local tradition. members of the Society. The result was a large mass of texts and notes assembled over a period of nearly forty years and covering every aspect of local tradition.