Newman Ivey White
Encyclopedia
Newman Ivey White was a professor of English at Duke University
. He was born February 3, 1892 in Statesville, North Carolina
, the town in which Tom Dooley
was tried, convicted, and executed. He was a noted Shelley
scholar, as well as a collector of American folklore
, including folk songs and Duke limericks
.
A professorship at Duke has been named in his honor.
. http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/uawhite/inv/summary
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. He was born February 3, 1892 in Statesville, North Carolina
Statesville, North Carolina
Statesville is a city located in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States and was named an All-America City in 1997 and 2009. The population was 24,633 at the 2010 census...
, the town in which Tom Dooley
Tom Dula
Thomas C. Dula was a former Confederate soldier, who was tried, convicted, and hanged for the murder of his fiancée, Laura Foster. The trial and hanging received national publicity from newspapers such as The New York Times, thus turning Dula's story into a folk legend...
was tried, convicted, and executed. He was a noted Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron...
scholar, as well as a collector of American folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
, including folk songs and Duke limericks
Limerick (poetry)
A limerick is a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem, especially one in five-line or meter with a strict rhyme scheme , which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The form can be found in England as of the early years of the 18th century...
.
A professorship at Duke has been named in his honor.
Publications
- An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes 1924
- American Negro Folk Songs 1928
- Shelley 1940
- Portrait of Shelley 1945
Biography and Sources
Newman Ivey White Collection at Duke UniversityDuke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/uawhite/inv/summary