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Don Yoder is a scholar of Pennsylvania Dutch folk life who has written at least 15 books on the subject.[1] He was a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.[2] He specializes in religious folklife. He is known for his teaching, field trips, recording, lectures, and books.

He graduated with a B.A. in history from Franklin and Marshall in 1942. He received a Phd in American church history from University of Chicago in 1947.

Taught at Union Theological Seminary, Muhlenberg College, and Franklin and Marshall College before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty. [3] He is a fellow and former president of the American Folklore Society.[3]

He has written about folklofe studies.[4] He co-founded the Pennsylvania Folklife Society in 1949.[1] In 1951 he was scheduled to lead a 46 day tour of Europe offered through Franklin and Marshall College.[5]

An annual lecture at the American Folklore Society named in his honor as well as a graduate award.[6]

The Folk Cultural Approach of study is associated with Yoder.[7] The University of North Carolina has a Don Yoder Collection of American Hymnody.[8]

Bibliography

  • American Folklife (2014)[9]
  • The Pennsylvania German Broadside: A History and Guide University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press (2005)
  • Groundhog Day (2003)[10]
  • Hex Signs: Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Symbols & Their Meaning by Don Yoder and ‎Thomas E. Graves (2000)
  • The Picture-Bible of Ludwig Denig; a Pennsylvania German Emblem Book Hudson Hulls Press (1990)
  • Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786: Lists Consolidated from Yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980
  • Folklife Studies in American Scholarship (1976)
  • "Folk Cookery" in the Folklore and Folklife anthology compiled by Richard Dorson (1972)
  • Foreward to Folk Cukture on St. Helena Island, South Carolina (1968)[11]
  • Pennsylvania Spirituals (1961)[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Best Bets". poconorecord.com.
  2. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=2MdLAQAAMAAJ&q=don+yoder+folk&dq=don+yoder+folk&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigprrFtovoAhUPTKwKHYR_CJo4ChDoATAGegQICBAC
  3. ^ a b 2006 Don Yoder Lecture Milwaukee Wisconsin
  4. ^ https://www.ursinus.edu/live/files/436-the-folklife-studies-movement-by-don-yoder
  5. ^ "History News". American Association for State and Local History. March 8, 1951 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section - American Folklore Society". www.afsnet.org.
  7. ^ "Major Themes in African Literature". AP Express Publishers. March 8, 2000 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Yoder, Don (March 8, 1990). "Discovering American Folklife: Studies in Ethnic, Religious, and Regional Culture". UMI Research Press – via Google Books.
  9. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=_aV0BQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=don+yoder+folk&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicpZyNtYvoAhVrg3IEHRW2C3AQ6AEwCXoECAcQAg
  10. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=eFKO9FKPjOwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=don+yoder+folk&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicpZyNtYvoAhVrg3IEHRW2C3AQ6AEwAXoECAYQAg
  11. ^ Burkett, Eva Mae (March 8, 1978). "American English Dialects in Literature". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
  12. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=knSfAAAAMAAJ&q=don+yoder+folk&dq=don+yoder+folk&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicpZyNtYvoAhVrg3IEHRW2C3AQ6AEwBHoECAUQAg