Richard Chase (folklorist)
Appearance
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Richard Chase | |
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Born | Richard Thomas Chase February 15 1904 Huntsville, Alabama, United States |
Died | February 2 1988 (aged 83) |
Education | Antioch College |
Occupation | Folklorist |
Known for | Authority on English-American literature, compiling of folk tales and game, primarily Appalachian |
Richard Thomas Chase[1][2] (February 15, 1904 – February 2 1988) [3] was an American folklorist and an authority on English-American folklore.
Biography
[edit]Career
[edit]Chase compiled and edited several books of folktales and folk games (especially Appalachian), including:
- Grandfather Tales: American-English Folk Tales (1948), ISBN 9780618346912
- Hullabaloo, and Other Singing Folk Games (1949) and The Jack Tales
- The Jack Tales: told by RM Ward and his kindred in the Beech Mountain section of Western North Carolina and by other descendants of Council Harmon (1803-1896) elsewhere in the southern mountains; with three tales from Wise County, Virginia. ISBN 0395066948
- "American Folk Tales and Songs: with Paul Clayton and Jean Ritchie singing and Richard Chase Telling Tales" September 4, 1956
- Old Songs and Singing Games ISBN 0486228797
- The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus ISBN 0618154299
- American Folktales and Songs and other examples of English-American traditions as preserved in the Appalachian Mountains and elsewhere in the United States. ISBN 0486226921
- various spoken word recordings including Richard Chase Tells Three Grandfather Tales.
Personal life
[edit]Chase was born near Huntsville, Alabama and graduated Antioch College in 1929. He lived in California from 1964 to 1975 and was a regular at the Southern Renaissance Pleasure Faire, created by Ron and Phyllis Patterson, in Ventura, California where is remembered for holding court under a large oak tree. He introduced English Country Dancing to the faire, bringing a group of his students from Claremont College. Chase had one daughter, Ann Gay Chase Applegate.[4][5]
References
[edit]This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2014) |
- ^ http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org [full citation needed]
- ^ Patricia Averill, Camp Songs, Folk Songs, 2014, p. 529, identifies the Appalachian folklorist by full name "Richard Thomas Chase" – from snippet view at Google Books, 2016-09-10.
- ^ "Richard Thomas Chase (1904-1988) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.
- ^ Heiman, Ben. "Ben Heiman Folklore Collection". community.berea.edu. Retrieved 2014-06-25.[permanent dead link] [full citation needed]
http://community.berea.edu/hutchinslibrary/specialcollections/saa62.asp ? - ^ Harlson, Tina L. "Bibliography of Works by and about Richard Chase". AppLit: Bibliographies. Ferrum College (ferrum.edu). Retrieved 2014-06-25.
External links
[edit]- Richard Chase at Library of Congress, with 23 library catalog records