Joseph Médard Carrière (1902–1970), was an award-winning

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scholar. He was most noted as a collector of French folklore from the Midwest of the United States. He also served as a President of the American Folklore Society.

Early years and education

Carrière was born in Curran, Ontario in 1902. He attended

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, the

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, Paris, He graduated with a MA (1926) and Ph.D. (1932) from

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Academic career

Carrière taught at

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, where in 1936 he became a naturalized American citizen. In 1942 he moved to the

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, where he remained for the rest of his academic career.

Research

From 1934 to 1936 Carrière made a series of research trips to Old Mines,

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, where he collected folksongs and tales from 600 French-speaking families. The majority of the folktales he collected, were told by a French-speaking barite miner called Joseph Ben Coleman. Based on his research, Carrière published ''Tales from the French folk-lore of Missouri'' (1937). The book rendered the tales in Creole dialect, and analyzed them by Aarne tale type and motif. In 1981, the tales were republished by Rosemary Hyde Thomas, with English translations. An edition of Carrière French transcription work, which cites the storytelling of Joseph Groulx, of

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, was published in 2005.

Honours

Carrière was a member of the

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and served as the Society's President from 1946-47. Carrière was awarded a Medal de L’Acadamie Française in 1948 and he received the French title of Chevalier de la

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in 1950. Carrière's papers are kept in the archives of

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Selected publications

Fucilla, Joseph G; Carrière, Joseph Médard (1935). ''D'Annunzio abroad: a bibliographical essay''. New York: Columbia University.

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637029505. Carrière, Joseph Médard (1937).
Tales from the French folk-lore of Missouri
' Northwestern University Studies in the Humanities, No. 1. Evanston: Northwestern University. Carrière, J.-M. (1937). "Indian and Creole Barboka, American Barbecue". ''Language''. 13 (2): 148–150. doi:10.2307/408723.

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0097-8507. Fucilla, Joseph Guerin; Carrière, Joseph Médard (1938). ''Italian criticism of Russian literature''. Columbus: H.L. Hedrick.

977099177. Carrière, J.-M. (1939). "Creole Dialect of Missouri". ''American Speech''. 14 (2): 109–119. doi:10.2307/451217.

0003-1283. Hocking, Elton; Carrière, Joseph Médard (1940). ''Transition to reading and writing French''. New York: Rinehart & Co.

19870536. Carrière, J.-M. (1941). "The Phonology of Missouri French: A Historical Study". ''The French Review''. 14 (5): 410–415.

0016-111X. Carrière, J.-M. (1941). "The Phonology of Missouri French: A Historical Study (Continued)". ''The French Review''. 14 (6): 510–515.

0016-111X. Claudel, Calvin; Carrière, J.-M. (1943). "Three Tales from the French Folklore of Louisiana". ''The Journal of American Folklore''. 56 (219): 38–44. doi:10.2307/535913.

0021-8715. Carrière, Joseph Médard (1960). "Early Examples of the Expressions ``American Language ''and ``Langue Américaine''". ''Modern Language Notes''. 75 (6): 485–488. doi:10.2307/3040333.

0149-6611.

References

External links

Donald Deschênes & Marcel Bénéteau, Contes du Détroit, Éditions Prise de parole, 2005
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