"Folklore and Folkways in the Blue Ridge and Cumberland Plateau Sections of Tennessee"
This collection consists of an article entitled "Folklore and Folkways in the Blue Ridge and Cumberland Plateau Sections of Tennessee," written by William Earle Cole of the University of Tennessee Sociology Department and by Urban Anderson of the University of Tennessee. The article is dated May 1, 1934 and describes various folklore and folk traditions of the inhabitants of the area of Tennessee that encompasses the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau.
Dates
- 1934 May 1
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection consists of an article entitled "Folklore and Folkways in the Blue Ridge and Cumberland Plateau Sections of Tennessee," written by William Earle Cole of the University of Tennessee Sociology Department and by Urban Anderson of the University of Tennessee. The article is dated May 1, 1934 and describes various folklore and folk traditions of the inhabitants of the area of Tennessee that encompasses the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau.
Biographical/Historical Note
William Earle Cole was born on July 28, 1904, in Shady Valley, Tennessee. He attended Maryville College for one year before transferring to the University of Tennessee in 1924. He wanted to major in sociology, but because of the slim course offerings he chose instead to get his degree in agricultural education and bacteriology. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1930 and then returned to the University of Tennessee, where he was named head of the new Sociology Department in 1936 after teaching bacteriology there for several years. Cole was responsible for the growth of the department in its course offerings and its initiation of an undergraduate major and graduate degrees in Sociology. He was highly involved with the Knoxville Metropolitan Planning Committee and published several books, including Tennessee: A Political Study, published in 1940, and Urban Society, published in 1958. He retired as department head in 1965 and from teaching in 1974. Cole passed away on March 14, 1979 from a heart attack.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository