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The Texas Folklore Society is a non-profit organization formed on December 29, 1909, in Dallas, Texas.[1] According to John Avery Lomax, the first print collection included "public songs and ballads; superstitions, signs and omens, cures and peculiar customs; legends; dialects; games, plays and dances; fiddles and proverbs."[1] Their mission statement is "The Texas Folklore Society collects, preserves, and shares the practices and customs of the people of Texas and the Southwest."[2]
Academics John Avery Lomax and Dr. Leonidas Warren Payne, Jr. served as its first officers, with the latter becoming the organization's first president and the former becoming the first secretary.[1] The following individuals were secretaries: Judd Mortimer Lewis, Edward Rotan, and Lillie T. Shaver. The treasurer was Miss Ethel Hibbs.[1] The counselors were Theo G. Lemmon, Joseph B. Dibrell, and C.C. Garret.[1]
- ^ a b c d e Abernethy, Francis Edward; Satterwhite, Carolyn Fiedler (1992). Texas Folklore Society: 1909-1943. University of North Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-929398-42-6.
- ^ "Mission". Texas Folklore Society.