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The Dorothy Scarborough papers contain materials created, collected, and used by Emily Dorothy Scarborough during her career as an author, folklorist, and professor of English at Baylor University and Columbia University. The materials within the collection include personal correspondence, typescript drafts and notes of her written works, folklore research, and teaching and lecture materials. The Scarborough papers offer insight to any researcher interested in her literary process, southern American literature, and early 20th century folklore studies and methodology.