Southern Folklore cofounder battling illness
Judy Peiser, who cofounded the Center for Southern Folklore with Bill Ferris in 1972, stepped down from the organization in 2021 due to illness.
Topic: Center for Southern Folklore
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June 2024
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Future of Center for Southern Folklore uncertain
Memphis’ Center for Southern Folklore isn’t much more than a name at this point. But the worst thing about the situation for historians and music afficionados is the possible loss of the center’s voluminous archives.
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May 2022
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Without its window on Main, Center for Southern Folklore tries hard to be seen
The center, co-founded in 1972 by Judy Peiser and William Ferris, preserves their research on blues music’s impact on Memphis and the world, but also archives the city’s folk treasures.
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