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The Missouri Folklore SocietyThe Missouri Folklore
Society was organized December 15, 1906, "to encourage the collection,
preservation and study of folklore in the widest sense, including customs,
institutions, beliefs, signs, legends, language, literature, musical arts,
and folk arts and crafts of all ethnic groups throughout the State of
Missouri."
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Kent Beaulne dit Bone, of the Old Mines district, has shared a 1956 recording of a traditional song in celebration of La Guillonee, the Pawpaw French New Year's observance. Side A has the song, side B the (English) narration.
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MFS' Howard Marshall writing in the Old Time Herald on "Rhonda Vincent and Missouri’s Old-Time and Bluegrass Crossroads" Pyles, Lida. It Happened in the Ozarks. Dylan Pyles, grandson of this Missouri folklorist, has generously agreed to make this rare book available online via the Missouri Folklore Society. Of special interest: Students -- apply for the Dolf and Becky Schroeder prize in folklore!
New or renewing member? Click here for the membership form (.pdf to print and mail)
Links especially for members of MFS
Click here for a listing of ongoing and developing projects and folklore collections to which you can contribute. Support your Missouri Folklore Society: music and opportunities to donate please note: the Missouri Folklore Society will not share its membership list with any individual or organization, nor do we accept paid advertising.
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The Missouri Folklore Society Journal The Missouri Folklore Society Newsletter
Calendar of Upcoming Missouri folklore and folklife
events Editor's choice: sites especially worthy of a Missouri folklorist's attention Missouri Folklore Studies: an online archive of occasional papers, essays and documentation Resources for educators and students
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last updated 1-20-15
