E. C. Perrow

Eber Carle Perrow (1880–1968) was an American professor of English who wrote about the literary history of the last will and testament and southern folk songs.[1] His writings on folk songs were influential.

He was born in Virginia and lived for a while in Tennessee.[2] He received honors as a student at Trinity College in North Carolina[3] where he received an A.B. degree in 1903 and an A.M. degree from the same school in 1905. He received a Doctor of Philology from Harvard University in 1910.[4] He was an Edward Austin Fellow at Harvard.[5][6] He was an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi.[4] He then became an English professor at the University of Louisville.[7]

While a student at Trinity, he wrote about the controversy that ensued from Trinity professor John Spencer Bassett's editorial "Stirring Up the Fires of Racial Antipathy" about the work of Democratic Party aligned editorialists.[8]

After his retirement from University teaching, he published the 17 page book "Unto the Hills" in 1955 and the 8 page book "Background" in 1956.[2]

Songs from the South

His Songs and Rhymes from the South was published in the Journal of American Folk-Lore in three parts.[9] Volume I: Songs of Outlaws (1911) vol. 25, pages 137–155. Volume II. Songs in which animals figure (1913) vol. 26, pages 123–173[10][11] Volumes III-VIII: Game songs and nursery rhymes, Religious songs and parodies of religious songs, Songs connected with the railroad, Songs connected with drinking and gambling, Songs of the plantation, Songs of love (1915) vol. 28, pages 129–190

He wrote an article on the literary history of the last will and testament.[12][13]

The Berea Collection includes "correspondence, song texts, and folklore narrative material collected from students by folklore scholar E. C. Perrow, while he was teaching at the University of Louisville diring the early teens of the 1900s. Narrative subject areas include anecdotes, games, riddles, rhymes and superstitions." [14]

Perrow was an influence on Arthur Palmer Hudson.[15][16]

D. K. Wilgus built on the work of folklorists including Pertow.[17] Berea College has documents Wilgus collected from Perrow and his students.[18]

He filed for copyright protection for his words and music to the song "Louisville" in 1916.[19]

Songs

Songs published in his collection include:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Garst, John (January 5, 2022). John Henry and His People: The Historical Origin and Lore of America's Great Folk Ballad. McFarland. ISBN 9781476645803 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "Bluegrass Messengers - E. C. Perrow (1880-1968)". www.bluegrassmessengers.com.
  3. ^ University, Duke (January 7, 1901). "Catalogue ..." – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b University, Harvard (January 7, 1910). "Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University". The University – via Google Books.
  5. ^ University, Harvard (January 7, 1909). "Reports of the President and Treasurer of Harvard College" – via Google Books.
  6. ^ University, Harvard (January 7, 1908). "Catalog of the Officers and Students of the University in Cambridge". University Press--Hilliard and Metcalf – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Holloway, Pippa (January 7, 2008). Other Souths: Diversity and Difference in the U.S. South, Reconstruction to Present. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820329840 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Leidholdt, Alexander S. (May 1, 2002). Editor for Justice: The Life of Louis I. Jaffé. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807127513 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Journal of American Folklore". American Folk-lore Society. January 7, 1913 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "The Journal of American Folklore". American Folk-lore Society. January 7, 1913 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Perrow, E. C. (1913). "Songs and Rhymes from the South". The Journal of American Folklore. 26 (100): 123–173. doi:10.2307/534371. JSTOR 534371 – via JSTOR.
  12. ^ Perrow, Eber Carle (1913). "The Last Will and Testament as a Form of Literature" – via books.google.com.
  13. ^ Wang, W. Michelle; Jernigan, Daniel K.; Murphy, Neil (December 7, 2020). The Routledge Companion to Death and Literature. Routledge. ISBN 9781000220742 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "404 - Page Not Found". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2023-01-07. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  15. ^ "Page 11". digital.ncdcr.gov.
  16. ^ "Hudson, Arthur Palmer".
  17. ^ "D. K. Wilgus Folklore Collection, 1918-1989 | Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog". berea.libraryhost.com.
  18. ^ "D. K. Wilgus Folklore Collection, 1918-1989 | Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog". berea.libraryhost.com.
  19. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries". 1917 – via books.google.com.
  20. ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  21. ^ "She Loves Coffee and I Love Tea". www.csufresno.edu.
  22. ^ Duck, Leigh Anne (January 7, 2009). The Nation's Region: Southern Modernism, Segregation, and U.S. Nationalism. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820334189 – via Google Books.