Western States Folklore Society

Folklore and Folklorists

Source: Western Folklore, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan., 1954), p. 56
Published by: Western States Folklore Society
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Folklore
andFolklorists
* The Peruvian Folklore Society.-The California Folklore Societywel-
comes its newestcolleague, the Sociedad peruana de folklore,which pub-
lished the firstissue of itsBoletin in June, 1953. This issue containschiefly
officialdetails about the organizationand gives evidencethat the affairsof
the societyare in competenthands. The presidentis Efrain Morote Best,
and his address is Apartado 361, Cuzco, Perui.We wish the societyevery
kind of success.

* The Cleveland and Ohio Folklore Societies.-Like California,Ohio re-

joices in a stateand a local folkloresociety.The Cleveland societymet on
October 25, 1953, and the Ohio societyannounced threemeetingson the
followingday. All were held in the Cleveland Public Library. Gordon
Thayer spoke on the greatJohn G. White collectionof folkloreand Mrs.
Caroline Piercyof the ShakerHistoricalSocietyand Mrs. Aili K. Johnson
spoke on Shakerand Finnishtraditions.

* New Mexico FolkloreSociety.-Fiftymembersattendedtheeighthannual

meetingof thisflourishing societyat Farmington,New Mexico, on May 9,
1953. The subjectsdiscussedrangedfromNavajo myths,place names,and
pioneers in the San Juan Basin to New Mexico parallels to Chinese folk
tales. The new officersare J. B. Arrington,Farmington,president;Mrs.
Fabiola C. de Baca Gilbert,Santa Fe, firstvice-president;R. D. Jameson,
Las Vegas, second vice-president;Will Evans, Farmington,honoraryvice-
president;E. W. Baughman,Albuquerque, secretary-treasurer. The next
annual meetingwill be held in Santa Fe.

* Jo Stafford
Fellowship. The AmericanFolklore Societyhas announced
the foundingof the Jo StaffordFellowshipin AmericanFolklore.The fel-
lowship is announced for the academic year 1954-1955 and annually there-
after,and providesa sumof$300 forresearchin Americanfolklore,including
libraryresearchas well as field collecting.Details of the fellowshipare
publishedin the January-Marchnumberof the JournalofAmericanFolk-
lore. Chairman of the judging committeeis ProfessorWayland D. Hand
of the Universityof Californiaat Los Angeles,who has announcedFebruary
15 as the deadline forapplicationsforthe firstaward of the Stafford
fellow-
ship.
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