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Handwritten reads 'Is it plot?? Underground to monster.' A reference to Northern Shoshone Vol. 2 is partially struck through. Cites James Teit, 'Traditions of the Lillooet Indians of British Columbia' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 25, p. 308, on 'Bear and Deer'; also cites Teit, 'Memoirs of the American Folklore Society,' Vol. 6, and 'The Jesup North Pacific Expedition,' Vol. 8, on the Thompson. Undated.

Handwritten draft of a statement [possibly essay or lecture] on anthropology as a science. Many passages struck through. Undated.

Brief, handwritten, undated research notes on a piece of cardstock titled "Antr. Tales not in puebloan." Noted: Tales, pueblos, shoots, Jic [Jicarilla].

Typed notes on a lined note card entitled, 'Anus trick.' Note card tells the story of the folklore of Buzzard dropping Trickster into a hollow tree. Trickster than tricks women to get him by pretending to be a porcupine, the women then cut down the tree. Trickster then pretends to be dead, and catches Buzzard in the anus. Note card notes also contain the following citation, 'Ojibwa, Jones AES 7, 133-9.'

Date: Unknown. Typewritten field notes about Apache, scalp dance, adultery and the punishments for committing adultery, the joking relationship, siblings.

Typewritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Armor [Amor] and Psyche," comparing a Portuguese folk tale to the Greek myth. A citation is given for "Portuguese Folk-tales," Consiglieri Pedroso, p. 81. In this story, a poor maid grows a cabbage stalk, and finds stairs on it going down to a palace. There she secretly meets a beast/prince. Her mother discovers her secret, and breaks the spell. The maid is condemned to walk in iron shoes until…

Typewritten notes on an unlined note card titled "Armor [Amor] and Psyche," comparing a Portuguese folk tale to the Greek myth. A citation is given for "Portuguese Folk-tales," Consiglieri Pedroso, p. 81. In this story, a poor maid grows a cabbage stalk, and finds stairs on it going down to a palace. There she secretly meets a beast/prince. Her mother discovers her secret, and breaks the spell. The maid is condemned to walk in iron shoes until they wear out. In the meantime, the prince becomes engaged to someone else. The maid eventually returns to the prince, and he marries her after all. Undated. Show more Show less

This undated, hand-written note on the Zuni cites: Arrow chain = spear chain in N.S. Wales (Dix 294.) It contains information on: mother, milk, bear, son, search, Dixon 297.

These brief, handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card, titled "Arrow feathers, getting" contain a citation for a Diegueño [Kumiai] myth related in "Mythology of the Mission Indians," Constance Goddard Du Bois, Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 19, p. 147.

Handwritten note cites Robert H. Lowie, 'The Northern Shoshone' in 'Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History,' Vol. 2, p. 282: Thrown-Away and twin. Bear-dogs. Giant proposes to make arrows for them if they get sticks. Undated.

Handwritten note titled 'Arrows - Getting Arrows' cites George Bird Grinnell, 'Falling-Star' in 'Journal of American Folklore,' Vol. 34, p. 311, on a Cheyenne myth about getting wood, water, and food. Undated.