Kentucky Folklore Society

The Kentucky Folklore Society was founded in 1912 as a local branch of the American Folklore Society. From 1916 to 1950, its annual meeting was held in conjunction with the Kentucky Education Association in Louisville. Consisting largely of academics and school teachers, the Society emphasized research and teaching, both in public schools and at the college level. During the 1920s and 1930s, the Society had two irregular publications, the Bulletin of the Kentucky Folk-Lore Society and the Kentucky Folk-Lore and Poetry Magazine. The Kentucky Folklore Record was first published in 1955 and gradually evolved into a more professional or academic journal with a scope that was not limited to Kentucky. Both the Kentucky Folklore Record and the Kentucky Folklore Society ceased to exist in approximately 1986.