This collection consists of term papers, course handouts, folklore fieldnotes, news clippings, a report, a document, maps, photographs, materials about folksingers, pamphlets on wildlife, materials about vaudeville and North Carolina, the information given to Dr. Anderson on Texas, correspondence, and information on The Texas Folklore Society and The John A. Lomax Folklore Society.

The majority of the material is from Dr. John Q. Anderson's students at Texas A&M. Dr. Anderson assigned his students to write term papers on folklore from many locales, including Texas. Because Dr. Anderson felt that some of these student papers were so exceptional, he collected, edited, and had them published in a book he titled, Texas Lore: A Collection of Student Papers on Texas Folklore. As additional information on some of the term papers, some of the students gave Dr. Anderson information on North Carolina, and Billy Arlington and Co. Dr. Anderson also requested that his students collect information on folklore by interviewing people and recording this information in fieldnotes. The information was gathered and is represented in the collection on topics including folk medicine, games, children's lore, folk beliefs, folk sayings, proverbs, rhymes, riddles, tree and plant lore, and Aggie lore.

Along with interviews and fieldnotes contributed by the students, many news clippings were collected, mostly relating to Texas and pertaining to people, places, folk medicine, folk singers, folk games, folklore book reviews, anthropology, superstitions, magic, and etymology. Also present is one document on folk medicine, an article on folksinger Joan Baez, a few articles on certain Texas counties, and special editions of some Texas newspapers.

Other materials include correspondence between Dr. John Q. Anderson and the Texas Folklore Society or the John A. Lomax Society, and with people interested in folklore. There is also information about meetings and conferences to be held by the Texas Folklore Society, including a program that Dr. Anderson sponsored at Texas A&M for the John A. Lomax Society.

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Abbott, Craig Stephens - "The Magical Origin of Poetry" - 1964

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Alderson, John Locke, Jr. - "Games From My Childhood" - 1964

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Alvarado, Richard C. - "Mexican Folk Cures and Beliefs in South Texas"

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Atkins, Ann Cleland - "English -Scottish Ballad Survivals in the United States" - 1964

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Barrows, Glynn - "And the People Sang"

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Beasely, Marigane - "And in the Beginning. What? (Some Indian Creation Myths)" - 1966

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Benson, Jackie L. - "The Sea Serpent-Fact or Fiction" - 1963

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Benson, Joyce - "British Traditional Ballads in Texas" - 1966

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Blackard, Fred K. - "Lore of the Texas Rural Schools" - 1963

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Brewster, Charles H. - The Lore of Baseball - 1963

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Camp, Bill - "Dances, Accompaniment, and Costumes of the Plains Indians" - 1966

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Carr, Sandra - "The Gift of the Power to Remove Screw-Worms in Animals" - 1966

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Cloninger, Raymond E. - "Tales From Jefferson, Texas"

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Collier, Edward W. -" A Brief Study of 'Barbara Allan'" - 1963

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Deen, Lloyd S., Jr. - "Tales of the Grandstaff Family" - 1964

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Dougan, David W. - "Folklore of Anderson County" - 1964

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Enloe, Same J. - "Millican-It's History and Folklore"

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Fann, Ronald Louis - "The Fact and Folklore about Possums" - 1964

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Fohn, Nick H. - "Folkways Among the Alsatian Feasts and Festivals of Medina County, Texas" - 1964

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Farrar, James R. - "The Cowboy As Hero" - 1964

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Galaway, Robbie L. - "Folklore of the Texas-Mexican Border" - 1964

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Goldsmith, James W. - "English and Scottish Ballads in Southern Highlands" - 1964

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Gomez, Bob V. - "Pablo Gomez, A Soldier In Pancho Villa's Army"

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Graffenreid, Adrian L., Jr. - "The Hutchinson Family in the Civil War" - 1963

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Gray, Robert L. - "Texas Ranching Today "

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Hatten, Sharon L. - "Bats in Folklore" - 1966

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Hobler, Ross L. - "Folklore of the Finger Lakes: Indian Lore of Central New York" - 1964

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Hooks, Howard B. - "A Panhandle Pioneer" - 1964

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Johnson, Thomas V. - "Present Day Implications of the Japanese No Plays "

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Landers, John Brooks - "Country Folk, Victims of Cures and Diseases" - 1963

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Lawlor, William F. - "Customs and Beliefs in Vaudeville" - 1963

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Love, Alan C. - "San Jacinto, A Hero, and History," - 1964

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Lutterman, Gerald H. - "Animals In Weatherlore" - 1964

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Malaise, Bill - "Folklore of Refugio "- 1964

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Matthews, William A., Jr. - "The Early Cattle Drive in South Texas" - 1963

"The Magical Origin of Poetry"

"Games From My Childhood"

Alvarado, Richard C. - "Mexican Folk Cures and Beliefs in South Texas"

Atkins, Ann Cleland - "English -Scottish Ballad Survivals in the United States" - 1964

Barrows, Glynn - "And the People Sang"

Beasely, Marigane - "And in the Beginning. What? (Some Indian Creation Myths)" - 1966

Benson, Jackie L. - "The Sea Serpent-Fact or Fiction" - 1963

Benson, Joyce - "British Traditional Ballads in Texas" - 1966

Blackard, Fred K. - "Lore of the Texas Rural Schools" - 1963

Brewster, Charles H. - The Lore of Baseball - 1963

Camp, Bill - "Dances, Accompaniment, and Costumes of the Plains Indians" - 1966

Carr, Sandra - "The Gift of the Power to Remove Screw-Worms in Animals" - 1966

Cloninger, Raymond E. - "Tales From Jefferson, Texas"

Collier, Edward W. -" A Brief Study of 'Barbara Allan'" - 1963

Deen, Lloyd S., Jr. - "Tales of the Grandstaff Family" - 1964

Dougan, David W. - "Folklore of Anderson County" - 1964

Enloe, Same J. - "Millican-It's History and Folklore"

Fann, Ronald Louis - "The Fact and Folklore about Possums" - 1964

Fohn, Nick H. - "Folkways Among the Alsatian Feasts and Festivals of Medina County, Texas" - 1964

Farrar, James R. - "The Cowboy As Hero" - 1964

Galaway, Robbie L. - "Folklore of the Texas-Mexican Border" - 1964

Goldsmith, James W. - "English and Scottish Ballads in Southern Highlands" - 1964

Gomez, Bob V. - "Pablo Gomez, A Soldier In Pancho Villa's Army"

Graffenreid, Adrian L., Jr. - "The Hutchinson Family in the Civil War" - 1963

Gray,Robert L. - "Texas Ranching Today "

Hatten, Sharon L. - "Bats in Folklore" - 1966

Hobler, Ross L. - "Folklore of the Finger Lakes: Indian Lore of Central New York" - 1964

Hooks, Howard B. - "A Panhandle Pioneer" - 1964

Johnson, Thomas V. - "Present Day Implications of the Japanese No Plays "

Landers, John Brooks - "Country Folk, Victims of Cures and Diseases" - 1963

Lawlor, William F. - "Customs and Beliefs in Vaudeville" - 1963