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Richard Reuss Collection of College Songs

he late folkorist Dr. Richard Reuss is primarily remembered for his work on the folk music-revival movement and labor history (workers and unions). He taught at Wayne State University, The University of Michigan, and Indiana University. The Richard Reuss Folklore Collection contains 4.5 linear feet of research notes, his master's thesis prospectus, research collections on which his thesis was based, and papers of students he taught. Topics covered by the collection include folk music revival, college folklife, labor history, politics, narratives, and folksong. Originally the collection was housed at the Wayne State University Folklore Archive. It was transferred to Michigan State University Museum in 2001.

Donors and Fieldworkers

Wayne State University Folklore Archives Richard Reuss

Publications

Richard A. Reuss. A Woody Guthrie Bibliography, 1912-1967. New York: Guthrie Children's Trust Fund, 1968.

Richard Reuss and Joanne Reuss. American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957. Scarecrow Press, 2000.

Richard Reuss. Songs of American Labor, Industrialization and the Urban Work Experience: A Discography. University of Michigan, Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations, 1983.

Richard Reuss. Woody Guthrie and His Folk Tradition. Journal of American Folklore, 1970.