Louis C. Jones

Louis C. Jones
Louis C. Jones
Died	November 25, 1990 (aged 82); Haverford, Pennsylvania
Spouse	Agnes Halsey
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship
Academic background
Education	Columbia University (PhD); Hamilton College (BA);
Thesis	The Clubs of the Georgian Rakes (1941)

Last updated October 21, 2025

↑ Walker, Will (2017-02-03). "Folklore and the roots of public history training in Cooperstown". National Council on Public History .
1 2 Fowler, Glenn (1990-11-28). "L.C. Jones, 82, Dies; A Writer and Expert On Folklore in U.S." The New York Times . p. 22.
↑ Jones, Michael Owen (1994-02-22). Putting Folklore to Use. University Press of Kentucky. p. 11. ISBN 9780813108186.
↑ Hand, Wayland D. (1975). "Louis C. Jones and the Study of Folk Belief, Witchcraft and Popular Medicine in America". New York Folklore. 1 (1): 7–13.
↑ Walker, William S. (2021), Meringolo, Denise D. (ed.), "Louis C. Jones and the Cooperstown Model: Working at the Nexus of Public Folklore and Public History", Radical Roots, Public History and a Tradition of Social Justice Activism, Amherst College Press, pp. 247–270, doi:10.3998/mpub.12366495.13, ISBN 978-1-943208-20-3 , retrieved 2025-10-20

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[1] Walker, Will (2017-02-03). "Folklore and the roots of public history training in Cooperstown". National Council on Public History .

[:0-2] 1 2 Fowler, Glenn (1990-11-28). "L.C. Jones, 82, Dies; A Writer and Expert On Folklore in U.S." The New York Times . p. 22.

[3] Jones, Michael Owen (1994-02-22). Putting Folklore to Use. University Press of Kentucky. p. 11. ISBN 9780813108186.

[4] Hand, Wayland D. (1975). "Louis C. Jones and the Study of Folk Belief, Witchcraft and Popular Medicine in America". New York Folklore. 1 (1): 7–13.

[5] Walker, William S. (2021), Meringolo, Denise D. (ed.), "Louis C. Jones and the Cooperstown Model: Working at the Nexus of Public Folklore and Public History", Radical Roots, Public History and a Tradition of Social Justice Activism, Amherst College Press, pp. 247–270, doi:10.3998/mpub.12366495.13, ISBN 978-1-943208-20-3 , retrieved 2025-10-20

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Louis C. Jones
Died	November 25, 1990(1990-11-25) (aged 82) Haverford, Pennsylvania
Spouse	Agnes Halsey
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship

Academic background
Education	Columbia University (PhD) Hamilton College (BA)
Thesis	The Clubs of the Georgian Rakes (1941)