Contents
Preface by Kenneth L. Untiedt and Kira E. Mort
Beginnings: The Why and The How
Preface to Observations & Reflections on Texan Folklore. PTFS XXXVII, 1972
Between the Cracks of History, Preface to Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore. PTFS LV, 1997
“The Ethological Approach to Folklore.” Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany, PTFS XLI, 1978
“When You Call Me That, Smile! or Folklore, Ethology, and Communication.” T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore, PTFS XLIV, 1982
“Folk Art in General, Yard Art in Particular.” Folk Art in Texas, PTFS XLV, 1985
“Snakelore.” Paper Presented at the Eighty-Second Annual Meeting of the Texas Folklore Society, Sherman, Texas, April 10, 1998
“The East Texas Communal Hunt.” Hunters & Healers: Folklore Types & Topics, PTFS XXXV, 1971
“Running the Fox.” The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago, PTFS XXXIII, 1966
“Dobie’s Only Child: The TFS in 1926.” Paper Presented at the Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Texas Folklore Society, San Marcos, Texas, March 30, 1991
The Way Things Were
“The Golden Log: An East Texas Paradise Lost.” The Golden Log, PTFS XXXI, 1962
“Legends of the Trail.” Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore, PTFS LXIV, 2007
“María de Agreda: The Lady in Blue.” Legendary Ladies of Texas, PTFS XLIII, 1981
“Charrería: From Spain to Texas.” Charreada: Mexican Rodeo in Texas, PTFS LIX, 2002
“Waggoner’s Cowboys.” Some Still Do: Essays on Texas Customs, PTFS XXXIX, 1975
“African-American Folklore in Texas and in the Texas Folklore Society.” Juneteenth Texas, PTFS LIV, 1996
Prefaces to the histories: The Texas Folklore Society: 1909–1943, Volume I, PTFS LI, 1992
The Texas Folklore Society: 1943–1971, Vol. II, PTFS LIII, 1994
The Texas Folklore Society: 1971–2000, Vol. III, PTFS LVII, 2000
Preface to Built in Texas, PTFS XLII, 1979
“Built in Texas.” Built in Texas, PTFS XLII, 1979
I’ll Sing You a Song
Preface to Singin’ Texas, Texas Folklore Society Extra Book #18, 1983
“Singing All Day & Dinner on the Grounds.” Observations & Reflections on Texan Folklore. PTFS XXXVII, 1972
“Give the World a Smile Each Day.” What’s Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore) PTFS XL, 1976
“Longino Guerrero’s Corrido on J. Frank Dobie.” Corners of Texas, PTFS LII, 1993
“The Elusive Emily D. West, Folksong’s Fabled ‘Yellow Rose of Texas.’” 2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey, PTFS LVIII, 2001
“Songs of The Depression.” First-Timers and Old-Timers: The Texas Folklore Society Fire Burns On, PTFS LXVIII, 2012
Reflections
Introduction to The Family Saga: A Collection of Texas Family Legends, PTFS LX, 2003
“Dusting Out.” Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore, PTFS LVI, 1999
“Blowing Away in the Panhandle.” The Family Saga: A Collection of Texas Family Legends, PTFS LX, 2003
“Rural Customs in ‘The Specialist.’” Paper Presented at the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Texas Folklore Society, Jefferson Texas, March 28, 1986
“Now, Don’t That Beat All!” Hide, Horn, Fish, and Fowl: Texas Hunting and Fishing Lore, PTFS LXVII, 2011
“Greater Love. . .” (by George N. Oliver (the Rabbi) 1923–2002 of Tyler, as told to F. E. Abernethy). Both Sides of the Border: A Scattering of Texas Folklore, PTFS LXI, 2004
“Whittler’s Bench—Tenaha, Texas.” Some Still Do: Essays on Texas Customs, PTFS XXXIX, 1975
“Back in the Ought ’Sixties.” Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909–2009, PTFS LXVI, 2009
Preface to Both Sides of the Border: A Scattering of Texas Folklore, PTFS LXI, 2004
Index