| LC control no. | n 79112377 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abrahams, Roger D. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1933-06-12 |
| Death date | 2017-06-20 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Sunnyvale (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | African Americans--Folklore |
| Affiliation | University of Pennsylvania University of Texas at Austin |
| Profession or occupation | Folklorists College teachers Authors |
| Found in | His Deep down in the jungle ... 1964. Blues for New Orleans, c2006: title page (Roger D. Abrahams) dust jacket (Hum Rosen Professor of Humanities Emeritus, Univ. of Pennsylvania) His Make me a pallet on the floor [SR] 196-?: container (Roger Abrahams; singer, folklorist) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 6-12-33) New York times WWW site, viewed July 3, 2017 (in obituary published June 29: Roger D. Abrahams; b. Roger David Abrahams, June 12, 1933, Philadelphia; d. June 20, Sunnyvale, Calif., aged 84; one of the first folklorists to study the language and performance styles of black Americans as reflected in songs, proverbs, and riddles both old and new) <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/arts/roger-d-abrahams-dead-folklorist.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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