PAUL RADIN PAPERS ETHNOGRAPHIC PROFESSIONAL NOTES 1727, 1820, 1824-1825, 1827, [1835-1935], 1938, 1945, 1951-1953, 1958-1960, 2003, undated

Biographical Note/Scope and Content

Series Box Folder Folder Title
2-2 1 - African Folk Literature
2-2 1 1
Notes on Eozialgefuge in W. Africa, Peter von Werder, 52: (1938): 34-153
2-2 1 2
Translation of Dieu D'eau, Entretiens avec Ogotemmeli, Marcel Griaule, pp. 22-69, 14 pp., n.d.
2-2 1 3
African Folk Music: Arranged with Pagination, pp. 1-22, 24-28, 30-60, 62-125 + 3 pp. inserts, n.d.
2-2 1 4
African Folk Music: Without arrangement, n.d.
2-2 - - African American Folk Literature
2-2 - -
Souls Piled Like Timber
2-2 1 5
Table of Contents, 2 drafts in part, 9 pp., 1952, n.d.
2-2 1 6
Preface, 3 drafts in part, 4 pp., 1945, 1953, n.d.
2-2 1 7
Introduction, 4 drafts in part, 47 pp., 1952, n.d.
2-2 1 8
The Adjustment to Slavery of the Negroes and the Whites, 14 pp., Final Draft, pp. 27-40, ca. 1952-53
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The Autobiographies
2-2 1 9
Autobiography of Mr. Green, 5 drafts, final draft: pp. 41-74, n.d.
2-2 1 10
Autobiography of Charles Mason, 5 drafts, final draft, pp. 75-100, n.d.
2-2 1 11
Autobiography of Louvinia Franklin, 4 drafts. final draft, pp. 101-110, n.d.
2-2 1 12
Autobiography of Jenness, 4 drafts, final draft, pp. 111-121, n.d.
2-2 1 13
Autobiography of Mrs. Reuben, 3 drafts, final draft, pp.122-128, n.d.
2-2 1 14
Autobiography of Mrs. E. Anson, 3 drafts, final draft: pp. 129-146, n.d.
2-2 1 15
Autobiography of Sally Howard, 3 drafts, final draft, pp. 147-151, n.d.
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The Conversion Experiences
2-2 1 16
I am Blessed but You are Damned!, 3 drafts, 17 pp., final draft, pp. 190-195, n.d.
2-2 1 17
The Travail of the Soul, 5 drafts, 23 pp., final draft: pp. 201-205, n.d.
2-2 1 18
Born in the World for Heaven, 2 drafts, 11 pp., final draft, pp. 206-210, n.d.
2-2 1 19
Hooked in the Heart, recorded by A.P. Watson, 3 copies, 20 pp., final draft: pp. 211-215, n.d.
2-2 1 20
I Saw God Sitting in a Large Armchair, 5 drafts, 23 pp., final draft: pp. 216-220, n.d.
2-2 2 1
It Stood Me Up on My Feet, I Could Feel the Darkness with My Hands, 4 drafts, 15 pp., final draft: pp. 221-224, n.d.
2-2 2 2
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, 1 draft, 3 pp., final draft, pp. 225-227, n.d.
2-2 2 3
Send Me with a Prayer in My Heart, 2 drafts, 8 pp., final draft: pp. 228-231, n.d.
2-2 2 4
You Got to Die and Can't Live, 3 drafts, 10 pp., final draft: pp. 232-233, n.d.
2-2 2 5
From the Foundation of the World, 3 drafts, 11 pp., final draft: pp. 234-237, n.d.
2-2 2 6
The Water Cried, "Unworthy, Unworthy," told by Woman, 4 drafts, 17 pp., final draft: pp. 238-241, n.d.
2-2 2 7
Ye Everlasting Gates, Fly Open, 3 drafts, 14 pp., final draft: pp. 242-246, n.d.
2-2 2 8
The Travelling Wedge, 3 drafts in part, 10 pp., final draft: pp. 247-249, n.d.
2-2 2 9
At the Greedy Jaws of Hell, 3 drafts, 9 pp., final draft: pp. 250-252, n.d.
2-2 2 10
You Must Pray a Little Harder, 3 drafts, 8 pp., final draft: pp. 253-255, n.d.
2-2 2 11
A Prayer on the Inside, 2 drafts, 5 pp., final draft: pp. 256-258, n.d.
2-2 2 12
I Am Fixed Up for the Building, 4 drafts, 9 pp., final draft: pp. 259-260, n.d.
2-2 2 13
The Hell-Hounds on Her Trail, told by Mrs. Mason, 4 drafts, 19 pp., final draft: 261-265, 1925, n.d.
2-2 2 14
Fixed and Prefixed, told by Mother Hammond, 4 drafts, 11 pp., final draft: pp. 266-268, n.d.
2-2 2 15
The Flesh Trembling on My Bones, Told by Mrs. Harris Heffner, 4 drafts, 8 pp., final draft: pp. 269-270, n.d.
2-2 2 16
Shod Me to Run the Race, I Am Not Hell-Scared, 3 drafts, 16 pp., final drafft: pp. 271-274, n.d.
2-2 2 17
I Saw Old Satan and His Hell-Hounds, 2 drafts, 5 pp., final draft: pp. 275-277, n.d.
2-2 2 18
By Mrs. Smith or Mary E. Amos, Recorded by A.P. Watson, 4 drafts, 10 pp., final draft: pp. 278-279, n.d.
2-2 2 19
Behold, I Am a Doctor, 3 drafts, 11 pp., final draft: pp. 280-283, n.d.
2-2 2 20
Golden Slipper On My Feet, 4 drafts, 8 pp., final draft: pp. 284-285, n.d.
2-2 2 21
Locked in the Building, 2 drafts, 4 pp., final draft: pp. 286-287, n.d.
2-2 2 22
The Road Is So Narrow and My Feet So Big, 3 drafts, 6 pp., final draft: pp. 288-289, n.d.
2-2 2 23
A Sea of Glass Mingled with Fire, 3 drafts, 8 pp., final draft: pp. 290-291, n.d.
2-2 2 24
Got No Tune. Got No Tune, 2 drafts, 6 pp., final draft: pp. 292-294, n.d.
2-2 2 25
I Want You to Jump, 2 drafts in part, 4 pp., final draft: pp. 295-297, n.d.
2-2 2 26
I Am Old as God, 2 drafts, 4 pp., final draft, pp. 298-299, n.d.
2-2 2 27
Saw God as a Natural Man, 3 drafts, 6 pp., final draft: pp. 300-301, n.d.
2-2 2 28
Told by "Primitive Baptist," Waist-Deep in Death, 5 drafts, 10 pp., final draft: pp. 302-303, n.d.
2-2 2 29
Sitting on Cattle of One Thousand Hooves, 4 drafts, 9 pp., final draft: pp. 304-306, n.d.
2-2 2 30
There Ain't No Such Thing as Conjurors, 2 drafts, 4 pp., final draft: pp. 307-308, n.d.
2-2 2 31
I Saw Him Take a Sun Out of a Sun, recorded by A.P. Watson, 2 drafts, 5 pp., final draft: pp. 309-311, n.d.
2-2 2 32
Souls Under the Altar: Their Little Wings Flapping, Click-Click, told by Mrs. Ransom, 4 drafts, 8 pp., Final draft: 312-313, n.d.
2-2 2 33
In My Heart I was Good or A Chosen Vessel Before the Wind Ever Flew, 3 drafts, 4 pp., final draft: pp. 314-315, n.d.
2-2 2 34
Dead Me Lying on a Cooling Board, 4 drafts, 7 pp., final draft: pp. 316-317, n.d.
2-2 2 35
A Burning in my Heart, told by Mary Brown, 3 drafts, 5 pp., final draft: pp. 318-319, n.d.
2-2 2 36
Time Brought You to This World, 3 drafts. 5 pp., final draft: pp. 320-321, n.d.
2-2 2 37
Hinder Me Not Ye Much-Loved Sins, 3 drafts, 5 pp., final draft: pp. 322-323, n.d.
2-2 2 38
I Can Feel the Pull, 3 drafts, 5 pp., final draft: pp. 324-325, n.d.
2-2 2 39
The Angels Huddled Up Around Me: My Name Was Walled in the Stone, 4 drafts, 8 pp., final draft: pp. 326-327, n.d.
2-2 2 40
Christianity as Depicted in the Conversion Experiences, 1 draft, 57 pp., final draft: pp. 328-386, n.d.
2-2 2 41
The Conversion Experiences, Their Literary Structure, 1 draft, 24 pp., final draft: pp. 387-410, n.d.
2-2 2 42
Endnotes, 1 draft, 6 pp., final draft: pp. 411-416, n.d.
2-2 2 43
Autobiography of Mrs. Thompson, 3 drafts, 25 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 44
Baptized in the Spirit, told by P. Fitzgerald, recorded by A.P. Watson, 4 drafts, 6 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 45
Caught Up in the Spirit of the Lord, 2 drafts, 2 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 46
A Dream, 1 draft, 5 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 47
The Lord Spoke Peace to My Soul, told by the minister of a Primitive Baptist Church, 4 drafts, 6 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 48
A Man in a Man, 3 drafts, 14 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 49
Peace! Peace! Free! Free!, told by Mr. Green, 1 draft, 11 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 50
Souls Piled Like Timber, 2 drafts, 6 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 51
Visions and Dreams, 1 draft, 4 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 52
Untitled, told by Mrs. Sarah Pope, recorded by A.P. Watson, 1 draft, 2 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 53
Untitled, told by Mr. Thompson, 1 draft, 12 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 54
Untitled, 1 draft, 7 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 55
Untitled, 1 draft, 7 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 56
Unidentified fragment, 3 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 57
Analysis of the Conversion Experiences by Michael de Lazlo, n.d., after 1958?
2-2 2 58 Apache Folk Literature: Untitled, 3 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 59 California: Ethnographic Statistics, 5 pp., ca. 1935
2-2 2 60 Caribbean Folk Literature: Untitled, 3 pp., n.d.
2-2 2 - Chinese American Folk Literature
2-2 2 61
Men of Poverty by Jon Lee, n.d.
2-2 2 62
Untitled Fragments, n.d.
2-2 3 1 Eskimo Folk Literature: Transcripts with notes, n.d.
2-2 3 - France
2-2 3 2
Analysis of 18th Century Political Press, 18 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 3
Discours de Guerra de Mindia, French, 16 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 4 Italian American: The Ritual of Assimilation, A Study of the Italians of San Francisco, typescript with notes, 166 pp., n.d., before 1935
2-2 3 - Japanese American Folk Literature
2-2 3 5
Ho-Dan-Zo (Storehouse-of-Ten-Thousand-Jewels), memorandum, 12 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 6
The Hundred Views of Figi, prefactory note by Radin, 11 pp., n.d., ca. 1932
2-2 3 7
Introduction, The Adoption of Chinese and European Culture by Japan, 21 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 8
Some Aspects of Japanese History and Culture, n.d.
2-2 3 - Jewish
2-2 3 9
The Jews, Past, Present, and Future, 18 pp., 2 copies with notes, 36 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 10
The Beloved Vagabond, n.d.
2-2 3 11
Unidentified, n.d.
2-2 3 - Melanesia Folk Literature
2-2 3 12
Victoire des Mea, from M. Lienhardt, 6 pp., n.d., after 1932
2-2 3 13
Notes on French Ethnomythological Theory, n.d., after 1951
2-2 3 - Mexico Folk Literature
2-2 3 14
Bando de Venegas, Spanish, 1812, 2 pp.
2-2 3 15
Breves Rasgos Sobre Pablo de Villavicencio, with P.L. Montserrat, Spanish, 14 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 16
Brief Sketch of the Life and Ideas of Rafael Davila (1803?-1834?), English and Spanish, 17 pp., 1945
2-2 3 17
How the Boundary was Fixed Between Cheran and Aranza, retold by Pablo Velaquez G., transcribed by R.H. Barlow, 1941, English and Spanish, 2 drafts, 3 pp.
2-2 3 18
Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi, 5 pp., plus 8 pp. of notes, n.d.
2-2 3 19
La Malinche de la Constitucion, 1820, Nahuatl (Mejicano) and Spanish, 2 copies, 9 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 20
El Pensador Mexicano and related writings, 5 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 21
Plaza de Toros, Spanish, 12 pp., 1827
2-2 3 22
Related Notes on Plaza de Toros, English and Spanish, 3 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 23
Prologue on Un Viaje Sentimental, 4 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 24
Repuesta del Pensador, Spanish, 6 pp., 1825
2-2 3 25
Sonata Appasionata, 2 drafts, 22 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 26
Sonata Appasionata, Related notes, 11 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 27
Varias Preguntas Importantes Sobre las Cosas del Dia, 1821, 4 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 28
Vigesina Conversacion del Payo y el Sacristan, fragment, English and Spanish, 2 pp., 1824
2-2 3 29 Navajo Folk Literature: Story retold by Charles Tsoie, recorded by Maud Oakes, 4 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 - New Guinea Folk Literature: Transcripts from Publications
2-2 3 30
Dutch, 1885, 1888, ca. 1900, 1918, 1926-1927, 1929-1930, 1950, 1952, n.d., (189 pp.)
2-2 3 31
[1838-1935, n.d.] within Student Papers, English, Dutch, and French, 1951-52, n.d. (128 pp.)
2-2 3 - Oglala Folk Literature
2-2 3 32
Untitled, 6 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 33
Sun Dance Religion, 31 pp., n.d.
2-2 - - Ottawa and Ojibwa
2-2 3 34
Introduction on Dreams of Aboriginal People, 22 pp., n.d.
2-2 3 35
Chapter 5, The Culture of the Ottawa in the 17th and 18th Centuries, 1 copy, 54 pp., pp. 61-115, n.d., after 1927
2-2 4 1
Chapter 6, The Influence of Christianity Upon Ottawa Culture, 1 copy, 41 pp., pp. 116-156 plus 1 page of notes, n.d., after 1927
2-2 4 2
Chapter 7, The Influence of the French Upon Ottawa Culture, 2 copies, 91 pp., pp. 157-202 plus 1 page of notes, n.d., after 1927.
2-2 4 3
Chapter 14, Untitled, Re: Afterlife, 14 pp., n.d.
2-2 4 4
Chapter unnumbered, Indian Games, 1 copy, 3 pp., pp. 28-30, n.d.
2-2 4 5
Cultural Notes, Michigan and Ontario, Canada, pp. 8-11, 41-42, 87-[97]-143, 147, 149-150, 153-154, 171-187, 209-[217]-222, [*], 237-240, 243-247, 259-275, 282-283, 287, typescript with pagination, including two pages each numbered 97 and 217 and one unnumbered page inserted between pages 222 and 237, n.d.
2-2 4 6
Material Culture Sketches, 137 pp., American Philosophical Society, n.d.
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Folk Literature
2-2 4 -
The Blue Man
2-2 4 7
12 pages with notes, n.d.
2-2 4 8
5 pages, n.d.
2-2 4 9
3 pages, fragment, n.d.
2-2 4 10
How an Indian Shaman Cures his Patient, n.d.
2-2 4 11
Migration Tale of the Mississauga, as told by Young P., [Hiawatha, Rice Lake, Michigan or Ontario, Canada?], typescript, 5 pp., n.d.
2-2 4 12
Origin of the Totems, as told by B.W., [Sarnia, Ontario, Canada?], fragment, 6 pp., n.d.
2-2 4 13 Polynesian Folk Literature, 2 pp., n.d.
2-2 4 14 Spanish Folk Literature: Adalid Español, Primer Obispo y Martyr de Jerusalen, 1727, 5 pp.
2-2 4 15 Venezuela History: Synopsis of the History of Venezuela, 4 pp., pp. 1-3, 5, n.d.
2-2 - - Winnebago [Ho-Chunk]
2-2 4 16
The Adoption of Writing as Illustrated by the Winnebago Indians, 12 pp., n.d.
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Autobiographies
2-2 4 17
Autobiography of Sam Blowsnake, 169 pp., n.d.
2-2 4 18
Autobiography of John Rave's Experience with Peyote, 46 pp., American Philosophical Society, Handwritten, Winnebago and English, n.d.
2-2 4 19
Autobiography of Mary Smith Bigfire (White Water Spirit Woman), 75 pp., edited by Richard Werbner, 1959
2-2 4 20
Autobiographical Interview of Mary Smith Bigfire, 53 pp., interviewed by Richard Werbner, ca. 1958
2-2 4 21
Autobiographical Interview of Hattie White Eagle, interviewed by Richard Werbner, ca. 1958?, 24 pp. 
2-2 4 22
Winnebago - Sac and Fox: Autobiographical Interview of Mary Rice-Hill, interviewed by Richard Werbner, ca. 1958?, 46 pp.
2-2 5 1
Beaver, Frank, on Winnebago History, transcribed by Lucretia Crawford
2-2 5 2
George Smith, transcribed by Lucretia Crawford
2-2 5 3
Unidentified [Tape 2], transcribed by Lucretia Crawford
2-2 5 4
Unidentified [Tape 4], transcribed by Lucretia Crawford
2-2 5 5
Field Notes on Food Production by Richard Werbner, 1958, 8 pp.
2-2 5 6
Culture Sketches, 3 pp., n.d.
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Folk Literature
2-2 5 7
The Auk, American Philosophical Society, 5 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 8
The Bear Clan Feast, 85 pp., American Philosophical Society, n.d.
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Blue Horn's Nephew
2-2 5 9
Fragment, 18 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 10
Fragment, 14 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 11
The Children of the Sun (the Twins), 10 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 12
The Four Nights Wake of the Thunderbird Clan, American Philosophical Society, 27 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 13
How Hare Killed the Keeper of the Field Containing the Products of the Earth, 13 pp., pp. 37-50, n.d.
2-2 5 14
The Journey to the Spirit Land, 12 pp., American Philosophical Society, n.d.
2-2 5 15
The Man and His Three Dogs, 11 pp., American Philosophical Society, n.d.
2-2 5 16
Oh-Poh, 3 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 17
Origin of the Buffalo Clan, 11 pp., American Philosophical Society, n.d.
2-2 5 18
Origin of the Medicine Lodge, 63 pp., American Philosophical Society, n.d.
2-2 5 19
Red Man and Chief of the Heroka, 3 drafts, 192 pp., final draft, n.d.
2-2 5 20
Shaman's Soul, 4 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 21
The Shawnee Prophet, 39 pp., American Philosophical Society, n.d.
2-2 5 22
The Story of Holy One, 19 pp., American Philosophical Society, n.d.
2-2 5 23
Untitled, fragment, 12 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 24
Untitled, fragment, 2 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 -
Folk Music
2-2 5 25
Flute Melody Score, George La Mere, n.d.
2-2 5 26
Scalp Dance Song Score and Text, George La Mere, n.d.
2-2 5 27
War Bundle Feast Song Score and Text, George La Mere, n.d.
2-2 5 28
Untitled Fragments, with War Bundle Feast (Waruxapkigo), songs by F.B. [Frank Beaver?], n.d.
2-2 5 29 Yurok Folk Literature: Story of the Dog Song, 7 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 30 Zapotec: The Zapotec Language, Some Considerations on Linguistic Method, English, Spanish, and Zapotec, n.d.
2-2 5 - Unidentified Folk Literature
2-2 5 31
[Yurok?] Fragment, 3 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 32
Imap Ukua ("The Mother of the Sea"), English and German, 1960, n.d.
2-2 5 33
The Little Star Who Walked Across the Sky, 4 pp., n.d.
2-2 5 34
Medea, 3 drafts, 30 pp., n.d.

 

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