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tales, folktales and folklore make up a significant portion
of the holdings of the de Grummond Collection. Since we
are not forced to "weed" books that haven't circulated
in the past three years or are out of fashion for today's
children, we are able to assemble collections of tales
dating from their early retellings in the 18th century
up to the modern reinterpreted editions of the 1990s and
everything in between. Classic fairy tales such as Little
Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Sleeping
Beauty, and Snow White are available in various languages,
and translations with a myriad of distinctive illustrations.
Folktales from England, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Hungary,
China, Japan, and many other countries, as well as regions
within the United States, round out the collection. |
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Recently
we have begun a database of Cinderella
variations and multicultural versions.The tales are
categorized by country, traditional story, or variation
of the traditional tale. This database is searchable using
the Find tool on your web browser--(Click the Edit tab -
Find is at the bottom of the pull down menu).
Although a good portion of these tales are searchable in our
online catalog, many have yet to be cataloged,
and thus, are not included. If you have a question about our
holdings or a title you found in the database which is not
cataloged, please contact us by using our Ask
de Grummond Reference Service.
There are three fascinating web sites that are related to
the fairy tale holdings of the de Grummond Collection. They
are
The Cinderella Project , The
Little Red Riding Hood Project and Jack and the Beanstalk
and Jack the Giant Killer Project. These projects were
designed by Dr. Michael Salda of the English Department at
USM and were part of the requirements for a graduate course
in Bibliography and Methods of Research. The projects are
text and image archives that contain various versions of the
fairy tales. The Cinderella web site has twelve English language
versions, published in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Little Red Riding Hood site has 16 English language versions,
also from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. The Jack
and the Beanstalk site includes nine English language versions
of the story plus an example of an uncut 16-page penny book
and a circa 1860 boardgame. Text and images can be downloaded
from the sites for easy comparison of storyline and illustrative
styles.
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