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1. Newman I. White papers, 1812-1929

   591 items. 1 container. .5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Professor, folklorist, and Percy Byssche Shelley scholar Newman Ivey White taught English at Trinity College (later Duke University) from 1919 to 1948. During the 1910s he began collecting Black song lyrics from friends, acquaintances, and students. White later published many of these lyrics in his book American Negro Folk Songs. The Newman I. White Papers document his folklore activity through clippings, correspondence, fieldwork data collection sheets, research notes, and printed material regarding slavery and Black life. Some materials in this collection contain offensive or demeaning language.