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Description
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Wilgus produced and directed UCLA's legendary folk music festivals. Folk music luminaries from around the country came to UCLA to give both workshops and concerts at the folk festivals. D.K. Wilgus and Wayland D. Hand established Folklore studies at UCLA, and together founded the Folklore and Mythology Program in 1965. Wilgus came to UCLA in 1963, where he was professor of English and Music until his death in 1989. Wilgus held numerous offices in national and state folklore societies: Editor of Western Folklore for the California Folklore Society; President of the California Folklore Society; Vice-President and President of the American Folklore Society.
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Time Period
1979
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Provenance
University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology Archive California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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