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Harry Middleton Hyatt

Harry Middleton Hyatt was an Anglican minister and amateur folklorist raised in Quincy, Illinois. He received his M.A. and D.D. at Kenyon College and Oxford University. He served as assistant rector at the Church of the Holy Spirit in New York City from 1951 to 1965. and returned to Quincy, Illinois after his retirement in 1965.

His two major works in the the field of folklore were "Folklore From Adams County Illinois" (1935) and "Hoodoo - Conjuration - Witchcraft - Rootwork" (1970). In addition, Hyatt was also a genealogist who published two books on his own family, "The Millers of Millersburg Kentucky" (1929) and "Descendents of John Walton of Baltimore Co. Maryland and Harrison Co. Kentucky" (1950).

The bulk of the Hyatt collection is currently archived at the UCLA Center for the Comparative Study of Folklore and Mythology and in the Quincy [Illinois] University Department of Special Collections.

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Born 21 February 1896
Died 17 December 1978

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  • Cover of: Folk-lore from Adams county, Illinois

    First published in 1935 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Hoodoo, conjuration, witchcraft, rootwork: beliefs accepted by many Negroes and white persons, these being orally recorded among Blacks and whites

    First published in 1970 — 7 editions
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    First published in 1928 — 1 edition
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Born 21 February 1896
Died 17 December 1978

Subjects

Folklore, Abyssinian church, African Americans, Afro-Americans, Black Cat Bone, Catholic Church, English, Ethiopian rite, European, Foot Track Magic, German, Hands, Hoodoo (Cult), Irish, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric, Mojo, Pow Wow, Root Doctors, Root Work, Social life and customs, Superstition, The South

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Illinois, Adams County, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Southern States, SouthernStates, Tennessee, Virginia

People

Miller family

Time

1930's

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  • OLID: OL2016137A

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July 7, 2016 Edited by Louise Ann Stowell They have the largest information to Harry Middleton Hyatt that I have seen, as well as to Hoodoo in general.
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
January 3, 2009 Edited by Charles Porterfield Added Bio and Death Date and corrected Birth Date
August 20, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import