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Show - . ·:''' ·-· .... . :.... , • . · ·,' . , - • •. /: : _' • t :·. i , • ·;. - ...~ . : .• ,- ..., _-, ' I ... ~ .. ·; Aus~.jA-EdWin ~:Fife~· F olkl~~i~t, .. ·-J).ies :~· .. ~.>::~: . .,. :- ·-· \ .. ~·- ~~ . ::r-,-Y, .. ·. ;~ .· . , ·-· .> ... _., :: ~ Noted folklorist Austin Edwin Fife, Among other things, Dr.· Fife wa;:; a · who '·wmi :his wife, . 'Alta, ''composed . Fullbright Exchange fellow, a Ghg:: I inariy cowboy .-ballads, including . ge~heim Fo~ndation_Iellow, ~nd reSaints of Sage ·and Saddle, and estab- · c~1ved a semor scholar. award frqm lishea · the Fife Folkiore Archive at the National Endowment for the Hu- · Utah State'Unive_rsity; died in- ~ogan manities. ·. . . ;~ . . ~-- ._ -~riday ~~ .the a~e ~f _76. . .~:_. ~ :-- Dr~ Fife is suryived by his wif~~-twb · Many .o~ Dr. ~~~e s fo~k song recor~.- daughters; ce1rolyn Langdo~ oL ~a-ings are ~tled m the - L1br~ry of Con- · lone New York and Marian Baldwin , .• l..•- ... _. __ ,. ,. • - •. ' • . • ·_gress. . . . _.. . . _of Idaho Falls; three grandc:hildren; a :· During ·his c3:reer, Dr. Fife pub- brother, J .. Milton .Fife of SaUnas,. lished widely in the fields of F_rench Cal.; am~ a sister, Glenchora Myer_s,_ l~nguage and literature ·and Arperi- .; Livingston·; · M<?nc-~--~"-'<.: -. .:.~:· ·:i(~ ,; \< .. > . _ ·F~n folklore and folk song. · , . ' -. . . Funeral·servic'es will be held noori' 1- .: He ·also .translated the Borzoi Book Tuesda~ at Allen-Hall Mortuary Cha:' : · o! ~Ere~~q, f,gl~_· ;'f_ales_ by P~~l .Pe-.-. pel in Loga_n. Friends_II}.aycall a't.the t · . larue. · · mortuary from 10:30 a.m: until noon . . · ~' - . ': .. . ' ..:_r·)-· .. ~ .;~ .. --. ~ !'": .. · ....: If{ ·-· i - . . . . . . . . ''I ' 'J/ Y -- ' ,...., ._, • ; . A~sffn E~in Fife . · ~ LOOAN....:AUsttn Edwin Flfe; - I 76 died Feb. 7 1986. . - -· ,, .· · so;:;.; Dec.. 1~ 1909 in Linc:XJ!n. ' k1oho, a son of ~-<obert Hon1$ and • Morv Elizabe.th Stocks Fife _ ' . Morrfed Atto Stevens In '193.4: • The Fife family moved to LoQan 1n 1915 and he attended Looan · _I City schools Qnd Utah Siote UnJ. ~~~ ~ed Jtfo~ University and <in MA at Horvard Served six years wtth 1he U.S. Air Force tn World War H and 1he KOrean War. His professional career llicluded membership on 1he focultles ()f Santo Monico City College, California; · 0\:cldentol tol1~1 Los. Anoeles and Utah Sfote university. He was wfth 1he U.S. Office of EduCQ'tlon as an adviSer tn 1he for. elQn languages program. 01". Fife's career wds In 1tle field of romance lqnguaoes dnd of American folklore. He was a leehirer w!tt'l the French Noflonal Museums on American Foil!. fore urider the Fullbrlot-rt Exchonge Program7 He was visiting profes· sor of American folklore at 1he Unfver.;lty of California, Los Angeles and Indiana University. He was atso a Guggenheim Foondc· t1on Fellow and received a senior scholar award from 1he NatiOtiol EndWoment for the Humanities. He was a member of the Modem Language Assoclaflon of Ameri- ~od~ t:no~~YAs== I and president df the Callfomlo Council cA Foreign Lanouaoe Teachers. President of 1he Folklore Society of Utah and a felloW of the Amerl<:on Folklore Sod· . ety. Member Utah Stole Hlsfoli. col Society and Utah Herffooe Foundation. During his career he · published widely In 1he fields cA French language and literature and American folklore and folk song. Many of hls folk SiOhQ recordlnos ore depasltecf wfttl 1he Library cit Congress. In the last three YearS at Utah. Stole Uri!Vef'· slty he storeted 1he folk tore pro. gram there. He and Mrs. Fife establlhed the Fife Folklore Archive at Utah Sfote .wfttl1helr library recOI"dlnos and field notes. • . . He 1ransloted ftle ~ BoOk of Frenc.n Folk .Tales by Paul Oe. Jorue. Wfttl M~ Aft, 'he pub. . fished SOims of· a~nd li-o_ddtete, . . Songs of ftle . -~ ' and Wes1em ~ lods of I the Gf"eat w~, .QM(f edited Bin· Solley Came Home. FOUl"~ I ~~w~ a0~~Jv~ · He is 54J"VIed bv h~ wtte; fiN'Q daughters, Corolyn t..angqon of Malon~, New YOI"k and Mar~· ~a~~l~en~C: &.~ thr-0:: sis~, .J. Mli\00 Flf~, soflnos,; Calif.; Glenchoro Myer$, ~Mnoston, Montona. ... ~ - . ';:, ;, . Funeral ser:vlce~'T'uesdav, noon, A.l~ll Morluary Cha-pel In Looan. Frlends.mqy colt at the' mortuary from ~ 10:30 . Vt'ltfl noon. Family -~ tomrlbu- 1 . l tons~itle Ftte F'olkkri Ardi~, ~ I MveerisYlItIyI , LLioboraarny, ~1 nlJ lIiQeuI't a$ft ofltoew Uerns'-. \ ~flt~ flo~ 219 . |
