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gptkb:Harvard_University
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American Folklore Society's Distinguished Service Award
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1916-09-12
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gptkb:New_York_City
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1981-09-11
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gptkb:Bloomington,_Indiana
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gptkb:The_Journal_of_American_Folklore
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gptkb:Indiana_University
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gptkb:history
folklore studies
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gptkb:Linda_Dégh
gptkb:Alan_Dundes
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founding the academic study of folklore in the United States
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gptkb:American
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American Folklore
Folklore and Fakelore
Man and Beast in American Comic Legend
The British Folklorists
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gptkb:historian
gptkb:folk
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gptkbp:position
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Director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University
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gptkbp:president
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gptkb:American_Folklore_Society
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gptkbp:spouse
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Sabra Dorson
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Richard M. Dorson
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