Philippine Folk-Tales

An early American anthropologist, she is best remembered for a landmark 1916 study of Bagobo ceremonial life, magic, and myth in the Philippines. Her work grew out of doctoral research at Columbia and still stands out for its close attention to ritual and oral tradition.

A physician with a strong interest in folklore, he helped preserve traditional stories from the Philippines for English-language readers in the early 1900s. His work connects medicine, travel, and cultural collecting in a way that still feels distinctive today.

Best known as a co-collector of Visayan folk tales from the Philippines, this early 20th-century writer helped preserve traditional stories in print. The surviving record is sparse, but the work remains a useful window into regional storytelling and oral tradition.