West Virginia Folklore Society

The West Virginia Folklore Society was an organization devoted to studying and collecting folklore in the United States, founded on July 15, 1915.[1] It was among the most prominent such organizations in the early 20th century.[2]

John Harrington Cox, archivist and editor for the West Virginia Folklore Society, published an influential collection of folk songs in 1925, called Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society.[3] Cox had founded the society with WVU vice-president Robert Armstrong and Walter Barnes of Fairmont Normal School.[4]

References

  1. ^ Prozzillo Byers, Judy (November 12, 2010). "West Virginia Folklore Society". e-Wv - The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ Musical Traditions
  3. ^ Crawford, pg. 604
  4. ^ Tribe, pgs. 9-10


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