Folklore/Folkart and Women Collection

Title

Folklore/Folkart and Women Collection

Subject

This collection showcases both Oral Folklore collected by Cynthia Cooper from the UT Folklore Center Archives located at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History and Printis which can be found in the digital collections at the Blanton museam of Art created by Clare Leighton whos wood engravings depicting folk tradition and ways of life.

Description

Oral Ethnography's and Wood Engraving Prints

Creator

Alma Miran, Clare Leighton, Cynthia Cooper, Ella Audas, Lempit Enni, and Clare Leighton

Source

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, Blanton museam of Art, Blanton Museum of Art

Contributor

Ashley Raumaker

Rights

This electronic resource is made available by the University of Texas Libraries solely for the purposes of research, teaching and private study.

This material is made available for education and research purposes only. The creator of this exhibit does not own the rights for these items; it cannot grant or deny permission to use this material. Copyright law protects unpublished as well as published materials. It is your responsibility to determine the rights status and secure whatever permission may be needed for the use of any item. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information may be incomplete or out of date. We welcome updates or corrections. Upon request, we'll remove material from public view while we address a rights issue.

Format

Prints, Typewriting, Wood Engravings

Language

English

Type

Folklore, Folk art

Collection Items

Folkloric tradition told by Lempit Enni, collected by Cindy Cooper
An Ethnography of a folklore story found in the UT Folklore Center archives, collected by Cindy Coope,r told by Lempit Enni at his boarding house on 1968/11/03. This ethnography contains a folkloric tradition as told by "Grandmama," describing how…

Farie folklore told by Alma Miran, collected by Cynthia Cooper
An Ethnography of a folklore story found in the UT Folklore Center archives, collected by Cynthia Coope, told by Alam Miran at her home on 1967/11/22. This ethnography includes a Russian folktale about fairies.

Troll folklore told by Ella Audas, collected by Cindy Cooper
An Ethnography of a folklore story found in the UT Folklore Center archives, collected by Cindy Coope,r told by Ella Audas at his boarding house on 1968/01/01. This ethnography contains a folkloric tradition about trolls.

Original Photograph of Clare Leighton
Clare Leighton (Amrican, born England, 1898-1989) was a printmaker whose work was primarily done in wood-engraving, a technique of which she is regarded as one of the great practitioners.
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