Louise Pound (June 30, 1872 – June 27, 1958) was a distinguished American folklorist and college professor at the University of Nebraska.
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Pound was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Stephen Bosworth Pound and Laura Pound. Pound studied at the University of Nebraska (B.B. 1892 and M.A., 1895). She continued her studies at the University of Chicago and the University of Heidelberg, and earned her Ph.D. in 1900.
She was a professor of English at the University of Nebraska for most of her adult life. Pound was part of its growth from a small prairie college to a great university.
Pound was a member of many professional societies. She was president of the American Folklore Society, 1925-1927. She was the first woman to serve as president of the Modern Language Association (1954–1955).
An athlete in her youth, Pound was inducted into the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.
Pound was a sister of noted legal professor Roscoe Pound.
Pound and Cather residence halls at the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) are named after Louise Pound and Willa Cather, with whom Pound maintained a close friendship. [1]
Poetic Origins and the Ballad (1921)
American Ballads and Songs (1923)
Selected Writings of Louise Pound (1949)
Nebraska Folklore (1959)