Subseries 3. Course Files, 1906?-1991, (bulk 1966-1991)

Notes, outlines, essays, class handouts; clippings and excerpts of books and articles; correspondence; sound recordings. The files contain material, primarily notes and bibliographic references, for classroom use in the courses Paredes taught after the creation of the University of Texas Folklore program (1966-1991). Folders, most with titles, course designations, and class session numbers, are organized and arranged as Paredes had filed them. At the beginning of the subseries are some of Paredes's course descriptions. During processing, loose student papers were added to the end of this subseries

Each folder has its own title and course designation. Typically, Paredes labeled folders for classroom use with an indication for the course (its abbreviated title, number, or both) and a numeral in parenthesis, assumed to be an ordinal representing either the sequential class meeting of, or topic covered in, that particular course. For example, Paredes probably created the folder titled "325L (Folklife) (20): Houses and Their Contents" for the twentieth classroom session or twentieth topical area, houses, of his course, Greater Mexican Folklife, one of several courses he taught listed as Anthropology/English 325L. Consult Appendix, "University of Texas at Austin Courses Taught after 1966," for course titles and numbers.

Articles and audio cassettes that Paredes placed on reserve at the University of Texas Undergraduate Library are included in this series. The cassette tapes, include examples of song forms chosen by him from his field collection, along with transcriptions and translation of the songs' lyrics. Similar items constitute part of Series 8, Audiovisual material.