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Box 5

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A Survey of the Folklore of the Southern Appalachian Region

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Identifier: B
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

The Norbert F. Riedl Collection includes research files on such topics as architecture, clothing and costume, cockfighting, food and cooking, games and recreation, legends, medicines and remedies, music, quilting, snake handling, and customs pertaining to marriage, divorce, death and burial. There is also material about the mysterious Melungeons of Hancock and Hawkins Counties and there is a group of tape recordings which relate to many of the file topics.

Dates: 1965-1975