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Newman Ivey White

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Newman Ivey White
BornFebruary 3, 1892
DiedDecember 6, 1948(1948-12-06) (aged 56)
Resting placeStatesville, North Carolina
EducationTrinity College of Duke University, Harvard
OccupationEnglish Professor
EmployerDuke University
SpouseMarie Anne Updyke

Newman Ivey White (February 3, 1892 – December 6, 1948) was an American professor of English at Duke University. He was born in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. He was a noted Shelley scholar, as well as a collector of American folklore, including folk songs and Duke limericks. He served as Professor of English at Trinity College and Duke University from 1919 to 1948.[1] He wrote American Negro Folk Songs (1928) and in it he quoted a work song, sung by laborers in Augusta, Georgia, which mentioned the notorious Judge Fogarty. White also recalled hearing a version in Statesville, North Carolina in 1903.[2]

A professorship at Duke has been named in his honor.

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  1. ^ Newman I. White papers, 1915-1948. August 2, 1915 – via Find.library.duke.edu.
  2. ^ Giles Oakley (1997). The Devil's Music. Da Capo Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-306-80743-5.

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