Interview contains information on J. Barre Toelken's youth in Quabin Valley, Massachusetts, including song tradition of Daman family; college life at Utah State University and University of Washington; work in uranium mining in early 1950s and introduction to the Navajo community in Monument Valley, Utah; professional life as professor at University of Oregon and Utah State University: folklore studies, Middle English language and literature; fieldwork: Navajo legends collected from Hugh Yellowman (1960-70s); folksongs and ballads collecting in Oregon and Washington; family life: Miiko Toelken (wife); involvement in American Folklore Society, Societe Internationale d`Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF), National Storytelling Association; attitudes about ethics in folklore fieldwork.

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