Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1915 - 1967
Biography
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick, 1915-1967, American folklorist and professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Kilpatrick interviewed Cherokee folk healers in the 1960s and collected manuscripts relating to traditional medicine. His research with his wife Anna Grits Kilpatrick resulted in books including Friends of Thunder (1964), Walk in Your Soul (1965), Run Toward the Nightland (1967), and Notebook of a Cherokee Shaman (1970).
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Kilpatrick collection of Cherokee manuscripts
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2707
Abstract:
The Kilpatrick collection of Cherokee manuscripts consists of material created and accumulated by Jack Kilpatrick and Anna Gritts Kilpatrick, dating from the 1890s to the 1960s. The material, entirely in the Cherokee syllabary, documents vernacular literacy in the Cherokee language, the practice of traditional medicine, social aspects of Christian religion and church organizations, dates and circumstances of death, funerary practices, and other topics relating to the history and culture of...
Dates:
1870-1966
Quincy Porter Papers
Collection
Call Number: MSS 15
Abstract:
Music, correspondence and other papers, photographs, and additional materials by and about the American composer Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Dates:
1897-1975 (inclusive)
Found in:
Gilmore Music Library
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Quincy Porter Papers