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Thirty-three Years, Thirty-three Works

Celebrating the Contributions of F. E. Abernethy, Texas Folklore Society Secretary-Editor, 1971-2004

By: Kenneth L. Untiedt,Kira E. Mort

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Thirty-three Years, Thirty-three Works

Celebrating the Contributions of F. E. Abernethy, Texas Folklore Society Secretary-Editor, 1971-2004

By: Kenneth L. Untiedt,Kira E. Mort

Francis Edward Abernethy served as the Secretary-Editor of the Texas Folklore Society for 33 years. He played an integral part in the process of moving the headquarters from the University of Texas to Stephen F. Austin State University in 1971; for more than three decades, he managed the organization’s daily operations and helped it continue to grow—sometimes through lean years, both financially and in terms of academic interest. In addition to fostering many new members and guiding their contributions to folklore scholarship, his editorial accomplishments were substantial. In all, he edited two dozen volumes of the PTFS series, including the three volumes he wrote himself that serve as the Society’s history, from its beginning in 1909 up until the year 2000. While some publications during his tenure as Secretary-Editor may list the name of another writer (for an Extra Book) or a guest editor (for a special-topic PTFS), he most assuredly provided critical and creative input regarding the style, layout, content, and other aspects of the manuscript to make sure it was worthy of being identified as a TFS book. This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society celebrates Ab Abernethy’s many years of leadership and dedication to collecting, preserving, and presenting the folklore of Texas and the Southwest. Ab’s contributions to the Society’s publications cover a variety of topics. Here, they’ve been organized into some basic categories that serve as chapters. The prefaces to some of the more memorable volumes he edited are included, along with articles he wrote on music, teaching folklore, interesting anecdotes about historical figures and events, and a generalized category of articles on “cultural” examinations of the things we hold dear. In all, these pieces tell us what was important to Ab. In part, it also seems fair to say that these topics are what was—and still is—reflective of what’s important to the Texas Folklore Society.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574416553

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Texas Folklore Society: 1943-1971

By: Francis Edward Abernethy,Carolyn Fiedler Satterwhite

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Texas Folklore Society: 1943-1971

By: Francis Edward Abernethy,Carolyn Fiedler Satterwhite

This is a society that you join because you want to. The purpose of the society is to collect and make known to he public sons and ballads, superstitions, games, plays, and proverbs.

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0929398785

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Texas Folklore Society: 1971-2000

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

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Texas Folklore Society: 1971-2000

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

This is a society that you join because you want to. The purpose of the society is to collect and make known to he public sons and ballads, superstitions, games, plays, and proverbs.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574411225

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2001

A Texas Folklore Odyssey

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

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A Texas Folklore Odyssey

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

Contains a sample of the research conducted by members of the Texas Folklore Society at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings.

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1574411403

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Texas Folklore Society: 1909-1943

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

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Texas Folklore Society: 1909-1943

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

This is a society that you join because you want to. The purpose of the society is to collect and make known to he public sons and ballads, superstitions, games, plays, and proverbs.

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0929398424

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9780929398426

Between the Cracks of History

Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

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Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

Six essays discuss definitions and explanations of folklore, and methods of teaching it. Then 15 additional essays explore Texas folklore related to such topics as police burials, gang graffiti, fiddling, ghosts, dance halls, oil fields, spring rituals, and the dialect spoken along the border between Texas and Mexico. Numerous illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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1574410369

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Juneteenth Texas

Essays in African-American Folklore

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

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Juneteenth Texas

Essays in African-American Folklore

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; studies of specific genres of folklore, such as songs and stories; studies of specific performers, such as Lightnin' Hopkins and Manse Lipscomb and of particular folklorists who were important in the collecting of African-American folklore, such as J. Mason Brewer; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.

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1574410180

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Corners of Texas

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

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Corners of Texas

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

This is the best of the Society's papers over the past three years—from lynchings to el pato boat building; from sunbonnets to hammered dulcimers; from jokes about droughts and lawyers to tales of folk, gospel and blues music; from gravemarkers to bottle trees, and more.

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0929398572

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9780929398570

2001

A Texas Folklore Odyssey

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

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A Texas Folklore Odyssey

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

Contains a sample of the research conducted by members of the Texas Folklore Society at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings.

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Between the Cracks of History

Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

By: Francis Edward Abernethy

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Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

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Thirty-three Years, Thirty-three Works

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Texas Folklore Society: 1943-1971

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Texas Folklore Society: 1971-2000

Texas Folklore Society: 1971-2000

2001

2001

Texas Folklore Society: 1909-1943

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Between the Cracks of History

Between the Cracks of History

Juneteenth Texas

Juneteenth Texas

Corners of Texas

Corners of Texas

2001

2001

Between the Cracks of History

Between the Cracks of History

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