West Virginia Folklore Society

West Virginia Folklore Society

Abbreviation	WVFS
Formation	July 15, 1915
Founder	John Harrington Cox, Robert Armstrong, Walter Barnes
Founded at	West Virginia
Type	Non-profit organization
Purpose	Studying and collecting folklore in the United States
Location	United States
Region served	United States
Fields	Folklore
Official language	English
Key people	John Harrington Cox, Robert Armstrong, Walter Barnes
Publication	Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore 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

• Crawford, Richard (2001). America's Musical Life: A History . W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN   0-393-04810-1.
• Ivan M. Tribe (1984). Mountaineer Jamboree: Country Music in West Virginia . University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   9780813115146.