Stella Marek Cushing papers

1928-1937

These papers of Stella Marek Cushing, an American folklorist, consist of journals and letters. She kept the journals as she traveled in Europe in 1928, 1930, and 1934, collecting folk songs, dances, costumes, and other material for lecture-concert programs in the United States. In these travels she visited Czechoslovakia, Albania, Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, and elsewhere. She received the letters between 1931 and 1937; they largely relate to her success in her field and sometimes include program notes