Betty Jane Belanus
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American writer and folklorist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Betty Jane Belanus is an American writer and folklorist. Belanus completed her graduate work in folklore at Indiana University and has been with the Smithsonian Institution since 1987, ultimately working with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage as an education specialist. Part of her work with the Smithsonian has been the curating of programs for the Smithsonian's annual Folklife Festival, including the 2009 Wales program. She has worked on "Smithsonian Inside Out", on the occupational life of the Smithsonian.
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- Tradition in the 21st Century: Locating the Role of the Past in the Present (2014) (7)
- Everyone Eats Bread: A Multicultural Unit for First Graders. (1993) (1)
- Folklife and Museums: Twenty-First Century Perspectives ed. by C. Kurt Dewhurst, Patricia Hall, and Charlie Seemann (review) (2019) (1)
- New Tales for Old: Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults (review) (2001) (0)
- Folklorists as Curators: (2021) (0)
- Glastonbury Holy Thorn: Story of a Legend by Adam Stout (review) (2022) (0)
- Cyberpl@y: Communicating Online (review) (2004) (0)
- Review of: All Hand Work (West Virginian University); and How to Make Sorghum Molasses (West Virginia University) (1980) (0)
- The Life of a Welsh Wall: (Views of an interactive installation at the 2009 Wales Smithsonian Cymru Program) (2015) (0)
- Information for Contributors (1977) (0)
- Archaeology, History, and Oral History (1980) (0)
- An Interview with Rayna Green (2000) (0)
- Cyberpl@y: Communicating Online (2004) (0)
- Review of: Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition, by Kenneth Ames (1980) (0)
- Teacher's Corner: The Silk Road Big Map (2014) (0)
- Water ways in North Carolina : Representing maritime communities at the 2004 smithsonian folklife festival (2005) (0)
- Making Meaning on the Mall: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival as a Constructivist Museum (2014) (0)
- Evaluating Public Sector Folklore: The Tennessee State Parks Folklife Project (1989) (0)
- Review of: A Critical Bibliography of Folk Art, by Simon J. Bronner (1979) (0)
- Ellen Mathews' and Henry Goodall's Houses (1980) (0)
- An Interview with Peggy Bulger (2000) (0)
- An Interview with Joe Wilson (2000) (0)
- Glastonbury Holy Thorn: Story of a Legend (2022) (0)
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