Caribbean materials, Elsie Clews Parsons papers
Language: English | French | Haitian Creole
Date: 1910s-1920s
Contributor: Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
Subject: Folklore | Anthropology | Caribbean Area--History
Type: Text
Genre: Notebooks | Stories | Prayers | Correspondence
Extent: 2 linear feet
Description: The Caribbean materials in the Elsie Clews Parsons papers consist predominantly of Afro-Caribbean folklore-related materials found in her field notebooks, and notes and works derived from them. See especially Subcollection I, Series II, for materials described especially as "Antilles" and Subcollection II, Series IV for notebooks from additional Caribbean nations, territories, and islands. Places noted in the source materials include Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Ricl, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, and Trinidad. Additional relevant materials may be located in other series.
Collection: Elsie Clews Parsons papers Mss.Ms.Coll.29