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THE NARRATIVES OF OSKAR LOORITS AND PAUL ARISTE AND THEIR PROBLEMATIC DIALOGUE WITH THE ‘POPULAR’
"... Abstract: The topic of this paper is the dialogue of the ‘popular ’ and ‘individual’, more precisely the role of two outstanding persons in trying to help find the sense of ethnic identity and working towards the establishment of the national identity of two ethnic groups in the 20th century. The pa ..."
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. The paper deals with the Estonian and Votian peoples and respectively the contributions of Oskar Loorits (1900–1961), the Estonian folklorist, and Paul Ariste (1905–1990), the Esto-nian linguist, to the development of the nationalist sentiment of both nations. The article addresses the choices made by them
Estonian Folklore Archives
"... The Estonian Folklore Archives was established as the central folklore archives of Estonia in 1927.1 The original collections of the archives were built upon manuscript reports and accounts of Estonian folklore, consisting of over 115,000 pages of material contributed primarily by the noted Estonian ..."
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folklore archives in Estonia. Folklorist Oskar Loorits (1900-1961) was largely the brain behind the idea, and he was assigned the task of managing the retransfer of the collections.