There are 2 article(s) tagged Judy Peiser:

• June 2024

  • 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. 

    By Jody Callahan June 10, 2024

• May 2022

  • 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.

    By Jane Roberts May 02, 2022