Don Yoder
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Don Yoder (August 27, 1921 - August 11, 2015) was a scholar of Pennsylvania Dutch folk life who wrote at least 15 books on the subject.[1] He was a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.[2][3] He specialized in religious folklife. He is known for his teaching, field trips, recording, lectures, and books. He also co-founded a folk festival in Pennsylvania.[4]
Yoder was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania.[5] 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. [6] He is a fellow and former president of the American Folklore Society.[6]
He has written about folklofe studies.[7] 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.[8]
An annual lecture at the American Folklore Society named in his honor as well as a graduate award.[9]
The Folk Cultural Approach of study is associated with Yoder.[10] The University of North Carolina has a Don Yoder Collection of American Hymnody.[11]
Bibliography
- American Folklife (2014)[12]
- The Pennsylvania German Broadside: A History and Guide University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press (2005)
- Groundhog Day (2003)[13]
- 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)[14]
- Pennsylvania Spirituals (1961)[15]
References
- ^ a b "Best Bets". poconorecord.com.
- ^ https://www.upenn.edu/emeritus/memoriam/Yoder.html
- ^ 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
- ^ https://www.berksmontnews.com/news/a-look-back-in-history-remembering-dr-don-yoder-co/article_289cb3d8-f777-5ec1-83fb-3f15a42baff8.html
- ^ https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20150818_Don_Yoder__93__professor_of_folk_lore_at_University_of_Pennsylania.html
- ^ a b 2006 Don Yoder Lecture Milwaukee Wisconsin
- ^ https://www.ursinus.edu/live/files/436-the-folklife-studies-movement-by-don-yoder
- ^ "History News". American Association for State and Local History. March 8, 1951 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section - American Folklore Society". www.afsnet.org.
- ^ "Major Themes in African Literature". AP Express Publishers. March 8, 2000 – via Google Books.
- ^ Yoder, Don (March 8, 1990). "Discovering American Folklife: Studies in Ethnic, Religious, and Regional Culture". UMI Research Press – via Google Books.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=_aV0BQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=don+yoder+folk&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicpZyNtYvoAhVrg3IEHRW2C3AQ6AEwCXoECAcQAg
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=eFKO9FKPjOwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=don+yoder+folk&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicpZyNtYvoAhVrg3IEHRW2C3AQ6AEwAXoECAYQAg
- ^ Burkett, Eva Mae (March 8, 1978). "American English Dialects in Literature". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
- ^ 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