Delaware Folklore Society

These audiotape recordings by the Delaware Folklore society feature folk tales, narratives, songs, sermons, and discussions of folklore. The recordings provide a glimpse into the work of an organization dedicated to preserving and studying the folk heritage of Delaware.

Recordings by the Delaware Folklore Society include "negro folk tales" as told by New York State educator Louis C. Jones; Finnish language choral singing from the Iron Hill area, recorded or organized by University of Delaware Professor John A. Munroe; and stories told by Nathaniel "Fan" Tingle, an elderly African American resident of Oak Orchard, Sussex County, Delaware. The recordings also feature talks by the collectors of folklore and songs, including New York State educator Louis C. Jones and Alan Lomax, musicologist and field collector of American folk music.