Life and career
Glassie received his B.A. from Tulane University in 1964, his M.A. from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of theBooks by Henry Glassie
* ''Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States'', 1968. * ''Folk Housing in Middle Virginia: A Structural Analysis of Historic Artifacts'', 1976. * ''All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming'', 1976. * ''Irish Folk History: Texts from the North'', 1982. * ''Passing the Time in Ballymenone: Culture and History of an Ulster Community'', 1982. * ''Irish Folktales'', 1985. * ''The Spirit of Folk Art'', 1989. * ''Günümüzde Geleneksel Türk Sanatı'', 1993. * ''Turkish Traditional Art Today'', 1993. * ''Art and Life in Bangladesh'', 1997. * ''Material Culture'', 1999. * ''The Potter’s Art'', 1999. * ''Vernacular Architecture'', 2000. * ''The Stars of Ballymenone'', 2006. * ''Prince Twins Seven-Seven: His Art, His Life in Nigeria, His Exile in America'', 2010. * ''Daniel Johnston: A Portrait of the Artist as a Potter in North Carolina'', 2020.Books co-authored by Henry Glassie
* with MacEdward Leach, ''A Guide for Collectors of Oral Traditions and Folk Cultural Material in Pennsylvania'', 1968. * with Austin and Alta Fife, eds., ''Forms upon the Frontier: Folklife and Folk Art in the United States'', 1969. * with Edward D. Ives and John F. Szwed, ''Folksongs and Their Makers'', 1970. * with Linda Dégh and Felix Oinas, eds., ''Folklore Today: A Festschrift for Richard M. Dorson'', 1976. * with Firoz Mahmud, ''Living Traditions'', 2007. * with Clifford R. Murphy and Douglas Dowling Peach, ''Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line'', 2015. * with Vincent Woods, ''Borderlines'', 2018. * with Pravina Shukla, ''Sacred Art: Catholic Saints and Candomblé Gods in Modern Brazil'', 2018.Honors and awards
* John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1972. * Invited Fellow, National Humanities Institute, Yale University, 1975. * Fellow, American Folklore Society, 1976. * ''Passing the Time in Ballymenone'': Chicago Folklore Prize, 1983; Haney Prize in the Social Sciences, 1982; ''New York Times'' notable book of the year, 1982. * American Folklore Society, Centennial Award of the Folk Art Section, 1989. * Folklore Fellow, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 1990. * ''The Spirit of Folk Art'', Kiffen Award of the Pioneer American Society, 1990; ''New York Times notable book of the year'', 1990. * Award of Honor for Superior Service to Turkish Culture from the Ministry of Culture of the Turkish Republic, 1993. * Douglas Distinguished Service Award of the Pioneer American Society, 1993. * ''Turkish Traditional Art Today'': ''New York Times'' notable book of the year, 1994. * Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award from the Assembly of Turkish American Associations, 1995. * Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University, 1997. * ''Art and Life in Bangladesh'': Certificate of Honour from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 1998; Crest of Honour, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh, 1998. * Warren Roberts Award from Bloomington Restorations Incorporated, 2000. * Encomium for service to historic preservation, Bloomington City Common Council, 2000. * Friend of Bangladesh Award, Federation of Bangladeshi Associations, 2000. * ''Vernacular Architecture'': Abbott Lowell Cummings Award of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2001. * Fatih University, Istanbul, Board of Trustees Recognition for Contributions to Turkish Cultural Life, 2001. * Kütahya, Turkey, Municipal Government Award of Honorary Citizenship, 2010. * American Folklore Society Award for a Lifetime of Scholarly Achievement, 2010. * ''Prince Twins Seven-Seven'': Nigerian Studies Association Book Award, 2011. * Charles Homer Haskins Prize of the American Council of Learned Societies, 2011. * ''Ola Belle Reed'': Certificate of Merit from the Association for Recorded Sound Collection, 2016.Lectures
Henry Glassie has lectured throughout the United States and Canada, and in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, France, Malta, Turkey, Israel, Kuwait, India, Bangladesh, China, and Japan.Exhibitions
* “The People and Traditions of West Fermanagh,” Fermanagh County Museum, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, 1983-1984. * “Turkish Traditional Art Today,” Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991-1993. * “Turkish Traditional Art Today,” Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, 1993. * “Art as Spirit: The Art of Hinduism and Islam,” Indiana University Art Museum, 1998. * “Contemporary Traditional Art of Bangladesh,” Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, 2000. * “The Art of Prince Twins Seven-Seven,” Material Culture, Philadelphia, 2010.Consulting
* Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement, Noblesville, Indiana, 1971-1976. * Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1973. * Ulster-American Folk Park, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 1972-1982. * American Frontier Culture Foundation, 1982-1992. * Rockefeller Foundation, 1999. * Silk Road Program, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-2002.Writings about Glassie
* Charles Joyner, “The Narrowing Gyre: Henry Glassie, Irish Folk Culture, and the American South,” in Joyner, ''Shared Traditions'', Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999, pp. 166-73. * Gregory Hansen, “An Interview with Henry Glassie,” ''Folklore Forum'', 31:2 (2000): 91-113. * Mark P Leone, “Henry Glassie and the General Meaning of Things,” ''The Public Historian'' 23:3 (2001): 83-87. * Barbara Truesdell, “A Life in the Field: Henry Glassie and the Study of Material Culture,” ''The Public Historian'', 30:4 (2008): 59-87. * Ray Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina Shukla, “A Folklorist’s Work: Henry Glassie’s Life in the Field,” in Cashman, Mould, and Shukla, eds. ''The Individual and Tradition'', Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011, pp. 499-528. *Archives
Glassie’s papers, correspondence, and drafts of books, are in the Indiana University Archives. Glassie’s field recordings from Ireland and the United States are in the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University.References
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