He was president of the Ohio and Cleveland folklore societies and elected a fellow of the American Folklore Society (1959). He studied naming practices, superstitions, folk beliefs, wit and humor, and religious beliefs on field trips to the Deep South, throughout Ohio, and into the Canadian wilderness. Puckett's life was devoted to traditional folk cultures, from black studies to ethnic traditions, rural and urban. He was appointed professor in 1938, and was chairman of the Sociology Dept. In 1919 he was a hospital apprentice in the Navy, joining the sociology faculty of Western Reserve University in 1922. (1918) from Mississippi College at Clinton, and his Ph.B. 1967), educator, sociologist, and folklorist, was born in Columbus, Miss., to Willis Newbell and Matilda (Boyd) Puckett. PUCKETT, NEWBELL NILES (8 July 1898-21 Feb. PUCKETT, NEWBELL NILES - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
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