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Fairy
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 numerous translations and adaptations, in various languages,
and 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.
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 cataloged and searchable
in our online catalog, many have yet to be cataloged,
and thus, are not included in the online catalog. If you are
interested in particular tales, please use our Ask
de Grummond Reference form to inquire about our uncataloged
holdings.
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/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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