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At last he came to a large house. As he was tired and hungry he knocked at the door. A pretty maiden answered his knock and let him in. After asking him many questions she gave him food and drink. Jack had never seen a pretty girl before. The two fell in love with each other. The girl's father, hear¬ ing people talking in the kitchen, came to look. The girl in¬ troduced Jack to him. He asked the boy if he could work. Jack said he could do anything. The father said that he would set him a task. By sunrise on the following morning he must have near his home a lake large enough to float the largest vessels. 'And, if you do not fulfill this task,' said he, 'you will part with your life.' Jack agreed to provide the lake. That night, as he retired to rest, thinking of the great task he had undertaken, he opened the golden snuff-box. When he raised its cover out popped three little red men. They bowed their heads to him and he told them of his dilemma. The next morning the lake was there. On it were several large ships. Not content with Jack's success in this feat the girl's father set several other very difficult tasks for Jack. All of these he completed with the help of the imps in the golden snuff-box. And he carried away the pretty maiden to be his wife." (Groome).
Gypsy Literature — The American Gypsy, Century, Konrad Bercovici; Gypsy Fires in America, Irving Brown; The Gypsy Story Teller, Cora Morris; The Gypsies, Charles G. Leland; In Gypsy Tents, Francis H. Groome; Our Gypsies in City, Tent and Van, Vernon S. Norwood; Makers of Song, A. A. Chapin. _ ^
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Object Description
| Page Title | Folklore Pamphlets, 1921-1945 |
| Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946 |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Source Creation Date | 1921-1945 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP423000 |
| Description |
Charles E. Brown (1872-1946) was curator of the Museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and secretary of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. He also collected a substantial body of folklore on Wisconsin Indians, lumbering, steamboating, local history, and related topics which he published in pamphlet form. Brown created these pamphlets for the Wisconsin Archaeological Society, the Wisconsin Folklore Society, courses he taught during University of Wisconsin summer sessions, and simply as privately published booklets for the amusement of his friends and colleagues. Most are only 4-8 pages long. In the printed booklets, Brown did not usually cite sources for the tales, but his correspondence and research notes are available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in boxes 2-10 of Wis Mss HB.
The links below will open a collection of 47 pamphlets totaling 444 pages that were issued between 1921 and 1945 (all that are known to exist). They have been grouped loosely according to subject and appear in the following order: Native American Folklore: Indian Folk Lore (1921), Moccasin Tales (1935), Birchbark Tales (1941), Lake Mendota Indian Legends (1927), Indian Flower Toys and Games (1931), Lake Mendota: Prehistory, History and Legends (1933), Winabozho, Hero-God of the Indians of the Old Northwest (1944), Indian Star Lore (1930), Wigwam Tales (1930) Lumbering and Logging: Paul Bunyan Tales (1922; revised editions, 1927 and 1929), Paul Bunyan and Tony Beaver Tales (1930), Paul Bunyan, American Hercules (1937), Paul Bunyan Classics (1945), Paul Bunyan Natural History (1935), Flapjacks from Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty (1941), Brimstone Bill (1942), Johnny Inkslinger (1944), Bunyan Bunkhouse Yarns (1945), Shanty Boy (1945), Ole Olson (1945), Sourdough Sam (1945) Other Wisconsin & American Folklore: Ghost Tales (1931), The Ridgeway Ghost (1943), "Cousin Jack" Stories (1940; Cornish folklore), Prairie Stories (1934), Whiskey Jack Yarns (1940; river rafting folklore), Old Man River (1940), Sea Serpents (1942), Bluenose Brainerd Stories (1943), Bear Tales (1944), Ben Hooper Tales (1944), Hermits (1945), Lost Treasure Tales (1945), Flower Toys and Games (1923), Insect Lore (1929), Cowboy Tales (1929), Little Stories about George Washington (1932), Gems: Magic, Mystery and Myths of Precious Stones (1932), Old Stormalong Yarns (1933), Cloud Lore (1935), Gypsy Lore (1935), Flower Lore (1938), The Trees of the Campus (1925), Wisconsin Indians (1933), French Pathfinders of Wisconsin (1934) |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Recommended Citation | Use the bibliographic data on the cover or title page of each individual pamphlet, concluding with the phrase Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
| Document Number | TP423 |
| Size | 46 items ; 19-28 cm. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection; Pamphlets in Rare Book Collection |
| Genre | pamphlet; |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Sub-Topic | Mid-19th century Immigration; Development of the Railroads; Early U.S. Settlement; Farming and Rural Life; The French Fur Trade; Great Lakes Steamships and Canals; Lead Mining in SOuthwestern Wisconsin; Lumbering and Forest Products; |
| Art | Folklore |
| Education | University of Wisconsin |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | Page 8 |
| Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946; |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Source Publisher | University of Wisconsin |
| Source Creation Date | 1935 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP423401 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 8 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | 74- 4979 |
| Genre | pamphlet; |
| Full Text | At last he came to a large house. As he was tired and hungry he knocked at the door. A pretty maiden answered his knock and let him in. After asking him many questions she gave him food and drink. Jack had never seen a pretty girl before. The two fell in love with each other. The girl's father, hear¬ ing people talking in the kitchen, came to look. The girl in¬ troduced Jack to him. He asked the boy if he could work. Jack said he could do anything. The father said that he would set him a task. By sunrise on the following morning he must have near his home a lake large enough to float the largest vessels. 'And, if you do not fulfill this task,' said he, 'you will part with your life.' Jack agreed to provide the lake. That night, as he retired to rest, thinking of the great task he had undertaken, he opened the golden snuff-box. When he raised its cover out popped three little red men. They bowed their heads to him and he told them of his dilemma. The next morning the lake was there. On it were several large ships. Not content with Jack's success in this feat the girl's father set several other very difficult tasks for Jack. All of these he completed with the help of the imps in the golden snuff-box. And he carried away the pretty maiden to be his wife." (Groome). Gypsy Literature — The American Gypsy, Century, Konrad Bercovici; Gypsy Fires in America, Irving Brown; The Gypsy Story Teller, Cora Morris; The Gypsies, Charles G. Leland; In Gypsy Tents, Francis H. Groome; Our Gypsies in City, Tent and Van, Vernon S. Norwood; Makers of Song, A. A. Chapin. _ ^ —8— |
| Type | Text |