Year

Meeting Location

Title

Author

1980

San Antonio

My Favorite Texan and Folklore

Anderson, Mrs. John Q.

1980

San Antonio

The Origin and Originators of Pecos Bill

Day, James M.

1980

San Antonio

A Place Against the Sky

Emmons, Martha

1980

San Antonio

Growing up a Sullen Baptist

Flynn, Robert

1980

San Antonio

Decorative and Architectural Uses of Petrified Wood

Grider, Sylvia Ann

1980

San Antonio

Preachers, Teachers, and Meddlers

Lee, James Ward

1980

San Antonio

Pissing on the Elephant Ears & Other True Stories

Lowman, Al

1980

San Antonio

The National Folklore Festival in Coban, Guatemala

Martin, Charles B.

1980

San Antonio

Dogs -- and Dogs

Olsen, Palmer Henry

1980

San Antonio

A Texas Cowboy Down Under

Patterson, Paul

1980

San Antonio

Texas' Country Schoolteachers: Living Proof of a Legend

Rodenberger, Lou

1980

San Antonio

Folklorish Remnants of the Peyote Ritual

Sewell, Ernestine P.; Linck, Charles E.

1980

San Antonio

God and the Garden

Speck, Ernest B.

1980

San Antonio

Funsies in Texas Courthouses

Stokes, Jr., William N.

1980

San Antonio

Beyond the Limpopoma

Tanner, Jeri

1980

San Antonio

Within the Walls: Texas Prison Folklore

Turner, Martha Anne

1980

San Antonio

Talk to Texas Folklore Society

Welch, June R.

1980

San Antonio

Folk Shrines along the Rio Bravo

West, John O.

1981

Denton

When You Call Me That, Smile! or Folklore, Ethology, and Communication

Abernethy, Francis. E.

1981

Denton

A Key of Golden -- A Happy Life, Part II

Anderson, Mrs. John Q.

1981

Denton

On the Marking of Blind Lemon Jefferson's Grave

Baird, James

1981

Denton

The Automatic "Howdy": Folk Communication Today

Byrd, James

1981

Denton

Possible Origins of Appalachian Clog Dance

Duke, Jerry

1981

Denton

Mexican-American Folk Foods: Confluence of Cultures

Graham, Joe S.

1981

Denton

The Totems of the Haida Indians of the Alaska Panhandle

Grover, Dorys Crow

1981

Denton

Monument: Folklife of a Frontier Community

Harris, Jim

1981

Denton

When Elephant Ears Last in the Dooryard Proliferated

Lowman, Al

1981

Denton

Cuttin' Beddin'

Patterson, Paul

1981

Denton

Equines and Others

Speck, Ernest B.

1981

Denton

Norfleet--The Monte Cristo of the High Plains

Stokes, Jr., William N.

1982

Fredericksburg

The Only Thing I Know About America is What I See on Commercials

Aston, B. W.

1982

Fredericksburg

Cowboy and Gaucho Songs--A Comparison

Clayton, Lawrence

1982

Fredericksburg

The House We Left Behind Us

Emmons, Martha

1982

Fredericksburg

Seven Toys We Made For Free

Haile, Lee H.

1982

Fredericksburg

The "French Harp" in Texas

Licht, Michael

1982

Fredericksburg

Blood on the Elephant Ears: Tales of Mayhem, Manslaughter, and Murder

Lowman, Al

1982

Fredericksburg

Martha Mitchell of Possum Walk Road: Artist with Needle and Brush

Mason, Melvin

1982

Fredericksburg

"B" Westerns of the 1930s: Singing Cowboys and Others

McDonald, Archie P.

1982

Fredericksburg

The Rise of Cowboy Folklore

McNutt, James C.

1982

Fredericksburg

Religious Shenanigans

Olsen, Palmer Henry

1982

Fredericksburg

The Old Time Cowboy Inside Out

Patterson, Paul

1982

Fredericksburg

The Universality of Folk Lyrics

Ricci, Connie

1982

Fredericksburg

Can You Handle Them Ol' Big Boys?!: Discipline in Texas' Rural Schools

Rodenberger, Lou

1982

Fredericksburg

The Rural Mailbox as Folk Art-with Stories of the Carriers

Sewell, Ernestine P.; Linck, Charles E.

1982

Fredericksburg

It All Wound Up in Bales

Speck, Ernest B.

1982

Fredericksburg

Forty-Two Baptist Kids and Three Baptist Deacons: The Saga of a "Churching"

Stokes, Jr., William N.

1982

Fredericksburg

Yarns of Vernon---Rated "PG", "R", or "Y" (and Discarded)

Stokes, Jr., William N.

1982

Fredericksburg

The Structure and Evolution of American Fiddle Tunes

Young, Gene and Marynell

1983

College Station

Bottle Cars, Paper Dolls and Diverse Things

Anderson, Mrs. John Q.

1983

College Station

Bill Barton: Saddlemaker

Clayton, Lawrence

1983

College Station

Popular English Usage in Texas, or How You're S'posed to Talk

Duncan, Robert

1983

College Station

The Long Arm of the Law

Emmons, Martha

1983

College Station

Wagon Yard Trades, Circa 1917

Estes, Ross and Robert Duncan

1983

College Station

Old Army Went to Hell in 1958: Aggie War Stories from the Corps of Cadets

Graham, Joe S.

1983

College Station

Folklore and Me

Graves, John

1983

College Station

You'll Always Get Your Reward: Humor From The Copy Machine

Harris, Jim

1983

College Station

Heaven

Lee, James Ward

1983

College Station

A Super Reality

Leeper, Faye

1983

College Station

Mildew on the Elephant Ears

Lowman, Al

1983

College Station

The Great Hawaiian Jubilee: The Making of an Ethnic Folk Festival

Martin, Charles B.

1983

College Station

Custer's Folly

McGaw, Jessie

1983

College Station

The Patchwork Quilt, Truly an American Folkart

Mitchell, Martha

1983

College Station

Leave off and Add to: Transmission of Folk Tradition Through Quilts: An Illustrated Dialogue

Mitchell, Martha and Melvin Mason

1983

College Station

From Castle to Castle with a Camera in Search of Elisabet Ney

Nye, Mary Elizabeth

1983

College Station

Aggie Incredibles

Olsen, Palmer Henry

1983

College Station

Twobits, Fourbits, or High School Cheerleading as a Lay Folk Ritual

Speck, Ernest B.

1983

College Station

Carry Nation--Texas Breeze--Kansas Cyclone

Stokes, Jr., William N.

1983

College Station

Please Drink the Water: Some Putatively Curative Mineral Wells of Texas

Swadley, Don R.

1983

College Station

From Folk to Popular Song to Folklore: The Story of Bob Wills' "San Antonio Rose"

Townsend, Charles

1983

College Station

The Real Dan Rather: Television's Eight Million-dollar Man

Turner, Martha Anne

1983

College Station

Folk Grave Decoration Along the Rio Grande

West, John O.

1983

College Station

Portrayal or Betrayal: The Legacy of the Buffalo Soldier in Art

Willmuth, Ray E.

1984

Huntsville

Folk Art in General, Yard Art in Particular

Abernethy, Francis. E.

1984

Huntsville

Firefly Lanterns and Floral Largesse

Anderson, Mrs. John Q.

1984

Huntsville

Coyote: The Inverted Savior

Burleson, Blake

1984

Huntsville

Hub Freeman, Blacksmith

Clayton, Lawrence

1984

Huntsville

Folk Aesthetics

Graham, Joe S.

1984

Huntsville

Crazy Folks

Olsen, Palmer Henry

1984

Huntsville

Mastering Schoolmastering in 40 (Years of) Easy Lessons

Patterson, Paul

1984

Huntsville

The Cowboys' Christmas Ball: The Historicity of a Cowboy Ballad

Ricci, Connie

1984

Huntsville

Country School Teaching: More Than Just A Job

Rodenberger, Lou

1984

Huntsville

The Snipe Hunt: A folk Rite of Passage

Rushing, J. Rhett

1984

Huntsville

Where the Home Fries Burned

Speck, Ernest B.

1984

Huntsville

Getting and Keeping Water in a Dry Country

Swadley, Don R.

1984

Huntsville

The Making of A Folklorist, Southern Style

West, John O.

1985

Abilene

A Key of Golden: Practical Jokes and Vagaries

Anderson, Mrs. John Q.

1985

Abilene

Dance Across Texas--from bustles to bluejeans

Casey, Betty

1985

Abilene

The Peacock Brothers: Contemporary But Traditional Cowboys

Clayton, Sonja Irwin

1985

Abilene

Mechanical Macho: The Current Craze for Customizing Pickups

Davis, Kenneth W.

1985

Abilene

Hog Drovers: The Why and How of Hog Drives

Garrison, Lora B.

1985

Abilene

Dorothy Scarborough: Early Texas Folklorist

Grider, Sylvia Ann

1985

Abilene

The Rules of Cockfighting

Harris, Jim

1985

Abilene

A Sort of Double Meaning: Folklore and Bricolage in Fred Gipson's Trail-Driving Rooster

Lich, Glen

1985

Abilene

Elephant Ears in the Churchyard

Lowman, Al

1985

Abilene

The Biggest Bust in American Politics: Gleanings from American Presidential Elections from Washington to Ferraro

McDonald, Archie P.

1985

Abilene

Miguel Acosta, Instrument Maker

McNutt, James C.

1985

Abilene

Bucky: A No-Nonsense Donkey With Wisdom of Solomon

Olsen, Palmer Henry

1985

Abilene

Son of Night Horse Nightmare

Patterson, Paul

1985

Abilene

Printing the TFS Program at Cow Hill Press with Milt McAfee and Art Hendrix

Sewell, Ernestine P.; Linck, Charles E.

1985

Abilene

Tales Grandpa Told

Speck, Ernest B.

1985

Abilene

Waco's Winter of Discontent--Brann the Iconoclast

Stokes, Jr., William N.

1985

Abilene

Pueblos, Adobe, and the Socorro Mission

West, John O.

1986

Jefferson

Folklore in "The Specialist"

Abernethy, Francis. E.

1986

Jefferson

A Key of Golden: Brief Encounters Remembered

Anderson, Mrs. John Q.

1986

Jefferson

The Unicorn in Texas

Byrd, James W.

1986

Jefferson

The Family Sage: Examples and Analysis

Clayton, Lawrence

1986

Jefferson

The Widow's Revenge: The Genesis and Development of a Tale in Bell County

Davis, Kenneth W.

1986

Jefferson

Through the Mists

Emmons, Martha

1986

Jefferson

Mexican-American Lime Kilns in West Texas: The Limits of Folk Technology

Graham, Joe S.

1986

Jefferson

Eats

Lee, James Ward

1986

Jefferson

The Message Makers

Leeper, Faye

1986

Jefferson

Elephant Ears in Aspic

Lowman, Al

1986

Jefferson

The Twilight of a Legend

Nichols, Olivia Murray

1986

Jefferson

Learning to Dance

Olsen, Palmer Henry

1986

Jefferson

Showdown at Sundown

Patterson, Paul

1986

Jefferson

A High Toned Woman

Roach, Joyce Gibson

1986

Jefferson

A Rose Blooms in the Desert: The Saga of the Santa Rita Number One

Rowland, Edward C.

1986

Jefferson

Folk Dramatic Elements and Ends from the Boy Scout Campfire

Rushing, J. Rhett

1986

Jefferson

Praise the Lord and Toss the Cow Chips

Speck, Ernest B.

1986

Jefferson

Texas Baptistry Paintings: Landscape, Doctrine, Mysticism

Welch, Jack

1986

Jefferson

The Galloping Gourmet or The Chuck Wagon Cook and His Craft

West, John O.

1987

Galveston

A Quiet Life in "The South Side of Heaven"

Anderson, Mrs. John Q.

1987

Galveston

Western Folk Images in Contemporary Advertising

Clayton, Lawrence

1987

Galveston

The Perils of Pauline-Rural Style

Crittenden, Pauline

1987

Galveston

Bodies and Souls: Some Partings of the Twain