Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus Papers, 1956-1974

Summary

Creator:
Long-Wilgus, Eleanor R., 1923-2005.
Abstract:

Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus, a white folklorist, was born in 1923 in Seattle, Wash. She received her Ph.D. in English Literature and Folklore from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1968. Long-Wilgus moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1993 shortly after the death of her husband, D. K. Wilgus, folklorist and professor of English and Anglo-American Folksong in the Department of Folklore and Mythology at UCLA. In Chapel Hill, she became an active member of the local folklore community and established the D. K. Wilgus Fellowship in Comparative Ballad and Folksong Study in the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Long-Wilgus died in May 2005 in Chapel Hill. The collection includes materials relating to Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus's research in British and Irish folklore. Among the materials are some relating to her teaching and lecturing on British and Irish folklore and several drawings and slides of historic sites in the United Kingdom and Ireland. There are also a few items relating to a tribute to North Carolina conservationist Margaret Nygard.

Extent:
2400 items (3.0 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus, a white folklorist, was born on 9 February 1923 in Seattle, Wash., to Earl Percy Jones and Myrtle Eleanor Jones. In 1957, she earned a Bachelor of Science in General Studies with Honors from Portland State College (now Portland State University). In 1958, Long-Wilgus earned a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Portland, followed by a Ph.D. in Enlgish Literature and Folklore from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1968. She was a member of several professional organizations including the Modern Language Association, the American Folklore Society, the Irish Folklore Society, the Canadian Society for Traditional Music, the International Arthurian Society, the International Commission for Ballad Research, and the North Carolina Folklore Society. Long-Wilgus moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1993 shortly after the death of her husband, D. K. Wilgus, folklorist and professor of English and Anglo-American Folksong in the Department of Folklore and Mythology at UCLA. In Chapel Hill, she became an active member of the local folklore community and established the D. K. Wilgus Fellowship in Comparative Ballad and Folksong Study in the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Long-Wilgus died on 8 May 2005 in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Scope and content:

The collection includes materials relating to Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus's research in British and Irish folklore. Among the materials are some relating to her teaching and lecturing on British and Irish folklore and several drawings and slides of historic sites in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Acquisition information:

Received from Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus in 2005 (Acc. 99995).

Processing information:

Processed by: Megan Bricker, March 2009

Encoded by: Megan Bricker, March 2009

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Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

No usage restrictions.

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus Papers #20435, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu