Ware, Carolyn
87-086

Summary Information

Repository
Newcomb Archives
Creator - Associated name
Ware, Carolyn
Title
Ware, Carolyn
ID
87-086
Date [inclusive]
1985-1995
Extent
0.5 Cubic feet 1 box
Location note
H4
Language
English

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Biographical/Historical note

Carolyn Ware, a folklorist, has explored Louisiana coastal communities and cultural resiliency; festivals and rituals of the state, especially rural Mardi Gras traditions; folk beliefs and healing traditions; women’s folklore and gender roles; public presentations of folklore and cultural tourism; and veterinary and medical folklore.

Ware was a Visiting Scholar to the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Scope and Contents note

The collection contains information about Carolyn Ware’s studies on Folklife and Croatians in Louisiana.

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Organization and Arrangement

Materials have been arranged in a single document box.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Newcomb Archives

Newcomb Center for Research on Women
Seltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu

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Related Materials

Related Archival Materials note

Culinary history collections

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Controlled Access Headings

Occupation(s)

  • Anthropologists
  • Folklorists

Subject(s)

  • Acadian Louisiana
  • Carnival
  • Croations in Louisiana
  • Vietnamese in Louisiana

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 of 1 

General note

87-086

“Reading the Rules Backward: Women and The Rural Cajun Mardi Gras,” dissertation for the Univertsity of Pennsylvania by Carolyn Ware

“Plaquemines Parish and Vietnamese Folklife Survey; 1994-1995” by Carolyn Ware and others

“Croatians in Louisiana: An Overview” by Carolyn Ware as a fieldworker

“Croatians: Field Reports” by Carolyn Ware as a fieldworker

“Croatians: Folklife Survey Forms” by Carolyn Ware as a fieldworker

“Croations: Support Materials” by Carolyn Ware as a fieldworker

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