The Ohio Valley Folklore Research Project, "an adventure in folk journalism," collected folk narratives of place, foodways, and music throughout the Ohio River Valley, publishing wallpaper-bound copies through the Ross County Historical Society from the early 1950s through the 1960s. The booklets, stapled along the spine, have front and back covers made from wallpaper – probably cut from wallpaper sample books. The booklets were printed “on a little old Gordon press or a spirit duplicator.” While print runs may have been limited, the booklets were in fact “published,” and some of the booklets housed in the CFS archives are even “reprints.”
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About the Collection
Collection Date: 1956-1963
Compiled by David V. Webb and The Ross County Historical Society of Chillicothe, Ohio
Summary of the Collection
Collection ID: OVFP (Ohio Valley Folk Publications)
Language: English
Physical Description: Four boxes
Repository/Location: Hagerty 472, Center for Folklore Studies, The Ohio State University
Abstract: Publications of the Ohio Valley Folklore Research Project carried out by the Ross County Historical Society in Chillicothe, Ohio, in the 1950s and early 1960s. The items originally were printed by mimeograph and assembled using wallpaper (taken from sample books) as covers and stapling the pages on the spine. In this collection, there are approximately 200 booklets.
