Lelah Allison Explained

Lelah Allison
Birth Date:September 16, 1893
Birth Place:Ellery, Illinois, U.S.
Death Date:January 7, 1956 (age 62)
Death Place:Ellery, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:College professor, folklorist

Lelah Susan Allison (September 16, 1893 – January 7, 1956) was an American folklorist and educator, based in Illinois.

Early life and education

Allison was born in Ellery, Illinois, the daughter of James McCoin Allison and Margaret Isabelle Lines Allison.[1] She graduated from Illinois State Normal School in 1928,[2] and earned a master's degree from the University of Missouri in 1940.[3] [4]

Career

Allison taught at schools in Allendale and Keensburg.[5] [6] In summer 1946, she taught at Southern Illinois Normal University.[7] She became a member of the English faculty at McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois from 1947. She explained of her folklore work that "at least some of our folklore is not behind us, but is growing up around us."

Publications

Allison wrote a local history, The History of Leech Township (1954),[8] and was a published poet. Her studies of folklore were published in academic journals including Journal of American Folklore, Hoosier Folklore, and American Speech.

Personal life

Allison died when a freight train crashed into her car in Ellery in 1956; she was 62 years old.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Behymer . F. A. . 1947-09-09 . One Family's Home for 121 Years . 2024-03-16 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 36 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Illinois State Normal School, The Index (1928 yearbook): 54.
  3. Allison, Lelah Susie. "Folk literature from southeastern Illinois." master's thesis, University of Missouri--Columbia, 1940.
  4. News: 1947-10-10 . Lelah Allison Added to English Dept. . 2024-03-16 . Lebanon Advertiser . 6 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1917-12-03 . Teacher Resigns . 2024-03-16 . Daily Republican-Register . Newspapers.com . 1.
  6. News: 1941-04-05 . Has Unexpected Visitor . 2024-03-16 . Daily Republican-Register . Newspapers.com . 6.
  7. Southern Illinois Normal University Summer Faculty (1946): Additions, 1.
  8. Book: Allison, Lelah . The history of Leech Township / by Lelah Allison. . 1954 . printed by the Wayne County Record . Fairfield, Ill..
  9. Allison, Lelah. "MU Colloquialisms." American Speech (1941): 75-75.
  10. Allison . Lelah . 1947 . Water Witching . Hoosier Folklore . 6 . 3 . 88–90 . 0731-213X.
  11. Allison . Lelah . 1948 . Children's Games . Hoosier Folklore . 7 . 3 . 84–93 . 0731-213X.
  12. Allison . Lelah . 1948 . Folk Beliefs regarding Weather in Southeastern Illinois . The Journal of American Folklore . 61 . 239 . 68–70 . 10.2307/536974 . 0021-8715.
  13. Allison . Lelah . 1949 . Traditional verse from Autograph Books . Hoosier Folklore . 8 . 4 . 87–94 . 0731-213X.
  14. Allison . Lelah . 1950 . Folk Beliefs Collected in Southeastern Illinois . The Journal of American Folklore . 63 . 249 . 309–324 . 10.2307/536530 . 0021-8715.
  15. Allison . Lelah . 1950 . Southern Illinois Tales and Beliefs . Hoosier Folklore . 9 . 3 . 76–79 . 0731-213X.
  16. News: 1956-01-08 . Retired Illinois Teacher Dies in Car Crash . Newspapers.com. 2024-03-16 . Evansville Press . 15.

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