Entry Personal Name

Number of records used in: 3

001 - CONTROL NUMBER

• control field: 13159

003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER

• control field: DLC

005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION

• control field: 20200604172730.0

008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS

• fixed length control field: 790622n| azannaabn |a aaa

010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER

• LC control number: n 79054613

035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER

• System control number: (OCoLC)oca00287742

040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE

• Original cataloging agency: DLC
• Language of cataloging: eng
• Description conventions: rda
• Transcribing agency: DLC
• Modifying agency: DLC
• Modifying agency: NNMM
• Modifying agency: DLC
• Modifying agency: CSt
• Modifying agency: InU
• Modifying agency: ScU

046 ## - SPECIAL CODED DATES

• Birth date: 1916-03-12
• Death date: 1981-09-11
• Source of date scheme: edtf

100 1# - HEADING--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Dorson, Richard M.
• Fuller form of name: (Richard Mercer),
• Dates associated with a name: 1916-1981

370 ## - ASSOCIATED PLACE

• Place of birth: New York (N.Y.)
• Source of term: naf

372 ## - FIELD OF ACTIVITY

• Field of activity: Folklore--United States
• Source of term: lcsh

373 ## - ASSOCIATED GROUP

• Associated group: Indiana University, Bloomington. Folklore Institute
• Source of term: naf
• Start period: 1963

373 ## - ASSOCIATED GROUP

• Associated group: Indiana University, Bloomington
• Source of term: naf
• Start period: 1957
• End period: 1981

373 ## - ASSOCIATED GROUP

• Associated group: Phillips Exeter Academy
• Source of term: naf
• Start period: 1929
• End period: 1933

373 ## - ASSOCIATED GROUP

• Associated group: Harvard University
• Source of term: naf
• End period: 1944

373 ## - ASSOCIATED GROUP

• Associated group: Michigan State University
• Source of term: naf
• Start period: 1944
• End period: 1957

374 ## - OCCUPATION

• Occupation: Authors
• Occupation: Folklorists
• Occupation: College teachers
• Source of term: lcsh

375 ## - GENDER

• Gender: Males
• Source of term: lcdgt

377 ## - ASSOCIATED LANGUAGE

• Language code: eng

378 ## - FULLER FORM OF PERSONAL NAME

• Fuller form of personal name: Richard Mercer

400 1# - SEE FROM TRACING--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Dorson, R. M.
• Fuller form of name: (Richard Mercer),
• Dates associated with a name: 1916-1981

400 1# - SEE FROM TRACING--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Dorson, Rižard M.,
• Dates associated with a name: 1916-1981

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: His Davy Crockett, American comic legend, c1939.

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: His Land of the millrats, 1981:
• Information found: t.p. (Richard M. Dorson)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: His Man and beast in American comic legend, c1982:
• Information found: CIP t.p. (Richard M. Dorson) galley (d. 9/11/81)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: NUCMC data from Maine Folklife Center for Coates, N. Folklore collection, 1972
• Information found: (R.M. Dorson)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: LC database, Dec. 2, 2010
• Information found: (hdg.: Dorson, Richard Mercer, 1916- ; usage: Richard M. Dorson)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Pitanje Folklora u jednoj novoj naciji, 1965:
• Information found: t.p. (Rižard M. Dorson)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Indiana University Folklore Institute's Handbook of American Folklore records, 1971-1983
• Information found: (Richard M. Dorson; founder, Indiana University Folklore Institute; died Sept. 11, 1981)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Wikipedia, May 4, 2018:
• Information found: (Richard Mercer Dorson (March 12, 1916-September 11, 1981) was an American folklorist, author, professor, and director of the Folklore Institute at Indiana University; Dorson was born in New York City. He studied at the Phillips Exeter Academy from 1929 to 1933; He then went on to Harvard University where he earned his A.B., M.A., in history, and his Ph.D. degree in the History of American Civilization in 1942. He began teaching as an instructor of history at Harvard in 1943. He moved to Michigan State University in 1944 staying there until 1957 when he took a position at Indiana University as professor of history and folklore as well as that of chairman of the Committee on Folklore. While at Indiana University, he also acted for some time as the editor of the Journal of Folklore Research. He taught at Indiana until his death; When the Indiana University Folklore Institute was established in 1963 Dorson became the first director, and in 1978 he became the first chairman of the Folklore Department)

942 ## - KOHA INTERNAL USE

• Koha auth type: PERSO_NAME