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Dorothy Gray Mills Howard Collection, 1910-1977Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

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Title: Dorothy Gray Mills Howard Collection, 1910-1977Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Predominant Dates: 1934-1958
ID: 01/ AR0802
Primary Creator: Howard, Dorothy Gray Mills (1902-1996)
Extent: 5.0 Boxes
Date Acquired: 00/00/1987
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Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Family, business, and personal correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, reprints, monographs, newspaper and newsletter clippings, genealogical material, memorabilia, photos, tapes. Includes material on Dr. Howards's publications, teaching experience (public schools in New York and New Jersey and at Frostburg State College, Maryland), Fulbright fellowship in Australia, research with Amish community in Maryland and with Mexican family in Tonalá, Jalisco, children's songs, family history, and folklore at North Texas State Teachers College.

Collection Historical Note

Dorothy Gray Mills Howard was a noted author and scholar of children's games and folklore. She graduated from North Texas State Teachers College in 1923, where she was prominent in sports and other activities. Her teaching career included public schools in New York and New Jersey (1930-1944), Professor of English, Frostburg State College, Maryland (1944-1967), and Visiting Professor of English, University of Nebraska (1967-1969). She received a Fulbright post-doctoral research grant in 1954 to study the traditional play customs of Australian children. Her extensive list of publications includes poetry, numerous articles about the folklore of children's play, and her two major works, Dorothy's World: Childhood in Sabine Bottom, 1902-1910, published in 1977, and Pedro of Tonalá, published in 1989. Dr. Howard received many awards, including one from The Association for the Anthropological Study of Play, recognizing her for her significant contributions to the study of play. The American Folklore Society named an award in her honor, the Dorothy Howard Award for Excellence in Folklore. Other research areas included an autobiography, a novel, studies of an Amish community in Maryland, and genealogy. Dr. Howard died in 1996.

Biographical Note

Dorothy Gray Mills Howard was a noted author and scholar of children's games and folklore. She graduated from North Texas State Teachers College in 1923, where she was prominent in sports and other activities. Her teaching career included public schools in New York and New Jersey (1930-1944), Professor of English, Frostburg State College, Maryland (1944-1967), and Visiting Professor of English, University of Nebraska (1967-1969). She received a Fulbright post-doctoral research grant in 1954 to study the traditional play customs of Australian children. Her extensive list of publications includes poetry, numerous articles about the folklore of children's play, and her two major works, Dorothy's World: Childhood in Sabine Bottom, 1902-1910, published in 1977, and Pedro of Tonalá, published in 1989. Dr. Howard received many awards, including one from The Association for the Anthropological Study of Play, recognizing her for her significant contributions to the study of play. The American Folklore Society named an award in her honor, the Dorothy Howard Award for Excellence in Folklore. Other research areas included an autobiography, a novel, studies of an Amish community in Maryland, and genealogy. Dr. Howard died in 1996.

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Administrative Information

Repository: Manuscripts
Acquisition Source: Gift of Dorothy Gray Mills Howard
Preferred Citation: Dorothy Gray Mills Howard Collection, University of North Texas Special Collections

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Box and Folder Listing
Series 1: Craig-Nelson FamilySeries 2: Kissing KinSeries 3: Craig-Nelson GenealogySeries 4: Mills GenealogySeries 5: Gray GenealogySeries 6: Local HistorySeries 7: Dorothy's World: Childhood in Sabine Bottom, 1902-1910Series 8: Correspondence and ReviewsSeries 9: Other WritingsSeries 10: Broken BowSeries 11: Odyssey of a Country SchoolteacherSeries 12: Pedro of TonaláSeries 13: ResearchSeries 14: CorrespondenceSeries 15: Audiotapes—Oral HistorySeries 16: Audiotapes—Songs and PoetrySeries 17: Professional RecognitionSeries 18: Scrapbook and ClippingsSeries 19: PhotographsSeries 20: Doctoral DissertationSeries 21: University of NebraskaSeries 22: Autograph Books and PhotocopiesSeries 23: Student PapersSeries 24: Books Donated by Dorothy Howard

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