Tullos, Allen, 1950-

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Allen Tullos graduated in 1976 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Masters degree in folklore; he also earned a Ph. D. in American Studies from Yale University. His research interests have centered on American popular culture, the South, cultural geography, biography, and documentary forms.

From the description of Allen Tullos collection, 1973-1985. WorldCat record id: 56597126

Allen Tullos (1950- ) graduated in 1976 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Masters degree in folklore. He also earned a Ph.D. in American studies at Yale University and a B.A. in English from the University of Alabama. His research interests have centered on American popular culture, the South, cultural geography, biography, and documentary forms. Tullos's folklore thesis, entitled, Tommie Bass: a Life in the Ridge and Valley Country, explores the life and lore of a north Alabama herbalist and humorist.

Tullos, associate professor at Emory University in the American Studies program at the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts, has published Habits of Industry (University of North Carolina, 1989), winner of the Charles Sydnor Award of the Southern Historical Association; Alabama Bound, Unbound in Christenberry Reconstruction: The Art of William Christenberry (Center for Creative Photography, 1996); and numerous articles in The Nation, Mother Jones, the New York Times, Southern Exposure, and the Virginia Quarterly Review . He was the co-producer and sound recordist for three films in the American Traditional Culture Series: Born for Hard Luck, Being a Joines, and A Singing Stream . He has also served as editor of Southern Changes, a quarterly journal.

From the guide to the Allen Tullos Collection, 1973-1985, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.)

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creatorOf Tullos, Allen, 1950-. Allen Tullos collection, 1973-1985. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Tullos, Allen. Letters, 1972-1984, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Allen Tullos Collection, 1973-1985 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Vonnegut mss., 1941-2007 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Dixie Diners. Dixie Diners records, 1990 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Spivey's Corner (N.C.)
Virginia
Alabama
Appalachian Region, Southern
Southern States
Madison County (N.C.)
North Carolina
North Carolina--Spivey's Corner
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African Americans
Ballads, English
Banjo music
Cries
Festivals
Folklorists
Folk music
Gospel music
Guitar music
Potters
Shape-note singing
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