Newman Ivey White

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Newman Ivey White
Born	February 3, 1892 Statesville, North Carolina
Died	December 6, 1948 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Resting place	Statesville, North Carolina
Education	Trinity College of Duke University, Harvard
Occupation	English Professor
Employer	Duke University
Spouse(s)	Marie Anne Updyke

Newman Ivey White (1892–1948) was a professor of English at Duke University. He was born February 3, 1892 in Statesville, North Carolina. 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.** 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

References

Preliminary Inventory of the Newman Ivey White Papers, University Archives, Duke University.

Authority control	VIAF: 64373105 ISNI: 0000 0000 8144 2572

Persondata
Name	White, Newman Ivey
Alternative names
Short description	American folklorist
Date of birth	February 3, 1892
Place of birth	Statesville, North Carolina
Date of death	December 6, 1948
Place of death	Cambridge, Massachusetts

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