Newman Ivey White

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|birth_date=February 3, 1892

|birth_place=Statesville, North Carolina

|death_date={{death date and age|1948|12|06|1892|02|03}}

|death_place=Cambridge, Massachusetts

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|resting_place=Statesville, North Carolina

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|education=Trinity College of Duke University, Harvard

|employer=Duke University

|occupation=English Professor

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|spouse=Marie Anne Updyke

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Newman Ivey White (February 3, 1892 – December 6, 1948) was an American professor of English at Duke University. He was born in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. He was a noted Shelley scholar, as well as a collector of American folklore, including folk songs and Duke limericks. He served as Professor of English at Trinity College and Duke University from 1919 to 1948.{{Cite book|url=https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE003258659|title=Newman I. White papers, 1915-1948.|via=Find.library.duke.edu|date=August 2, 1915}} He wrote American Negro Folk Songs (1928) and in it he quoted a work song, sung by laborers in Augusta, Georgia, which mentioned the notorious Judge Fogarty. White also recalled hearing a version in Statesville, North Carolina in 1903.{{cite book|title=The Devil's Music|author=Giles Oakley|publisher=Da Capo Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/devilsmusichisto00oakl_0/page/34 34]|isbn=978-0-306-80743-5|date=1997|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/devilsmusichisto00oakl_0/page/34}}

A professorship at Duke has been named in his honor.