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SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

#4026
ARTHUR PALMER HUDSON PAPERS
Summary

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Hudson, Arthur Palmer, 1892-
Papers, 1915-1966.
5,475 items (7.5 linear ft.).

Correspondence, editorial papers from "The Frank C. Brown Collection of
North Carolina Folklore," and other material of Arthur Palmer Hudson
(1892-1978), professor of English, 1930-1953, and executive secretary of
the Curriculum in Folklore, 1950-1963, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.  Correspondence and other papers relating to Hudson's
editorship of the "Brown Collection" form the bulk of this collection.
There is also significant correspondence relating to folklife in North
Carolina and to many aspects of the discipline of folklore. Among the
letters are one, 1933, from Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938); one, 1933, from
Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941); and one, 1945, from William Faulkner (1897-
1962).

Gift, 1965.

SEE ALSO:  North Carolina Folklore Society Records (#4388) in the Southern
Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

SEE ALSO:  Frank Clyde Brown Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941.
   College teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
   Folklore--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina--History--20th
      century.
   Hudson, Arthur Palmer, 1892-
   Hudson, Arthur Palmer, 1892-1978, ed. The Frank C. Brown collection of
      North Carolina folklore.
   North Carolina--Social life and customs.
   University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Curriculum in Folklore.
   University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dept. of English.
   Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938.

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