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15 Jul

John Harrington Cox presided over founding of West Virginia Folklore Society

Professor Walter Barnes (July 29, 1880 - August 27, 1969) was an early leader in the preservation of West Virginia folklore. Barnes was born in Barnesville, Ohio. He graduated in 1905 from West Virginia University, received an M.A. from Harvard in...

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