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- ↑ "History and Folklore Section Awards 2020 Wayland D. Hand Prize to Guy Beiner, Forgetful Remembrance". 8 February 2021.
- ↑ "Prestigious Award for Prof. Guy Beiner's Latest Book".
- ↑ "Margarita Marín-Dale and Stacy I. Morgan Receive the Wayland D. Hand Prize". 8 February 2021.
- ↑ "Awards: Daisy Turner's Kin". University of Illinois Press Blog. 28 October 2016.
- ↑ Williams, Michael Ann (2020). "Chapter 13: A Century of Folklore Research and Teaching at Western Kentucky". In Sawin, Patricia; Zumwalt, Rosemary Levy (eds.). Folklore in the United States and Canada: An Institutional History. Indiana University Press. p. 160.
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- ↑ "Rachelle H. Saltzman's 'A lark for the sake of their country' wins prestigious US prize (Manchester UP)". 11 September 2012.
- ↑ "AFS History and Folklore Section accepting submissions for the 2012 Wayland D. Hand Prize". 8 February 2021.