Background
She was born in San Francisco, California.
She was born in San Francisco, California.
Stanford University.
She collected a large volume of American folk songs between 1936 and 1957, particularly for the World Pet Association Northern California Folk Music Project (1938–1940), which she initiated. They later divorced. In her later life, she lived in Shady, New York, United States. While living in Shady, she sold her large library of books on Folklore and Folk Music to raise money for folklorist Vance Randolph, who needed funds to help him deal with medical problems.