Background
Porterfield, Nolan was born on February 26, 1936 in Milliken, Colorado, United States. Son of Afton Arthur and Ora Oneda (Beattie) Porterfield.
(Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award and the Miss Ima Hogg...)
Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award and the Miss Ima Hogg Historical Achievement Award, "Last Cavalier" is the never-before-told story of the remarkable life and career of John A. Lomax, pioneering American folklorist, canny businessman, influential educator, and patriarch of an extended family of artists, performers, and scholars.
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writer English language educator
Porterfield, Nolan was born on February 26, 1936 in Milliken, Colorado, United States. Son of Afton Arthur and Ora Oneda (Beattie) Porterfield.
Bachelor, Texas Technology University, 1962. Master of Arts, Texas Technology University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1970.
Reporter, Gallup (New Mexico) Daily Indiana, 1955; advertising manager, Lamesa (Texas) Daily Reporter, 1955-1956; public, Lamesa (Texas) Daily Reporter, 1956-1958; instructor English, S.E. Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 1964-1970; assistant Professor of English, S.E. Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 1970-1974; associate Professor of English, S.E. Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 1974-1978; Professor of English, writer-in-residence, S.E. Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, 1978-1995. Consultant Smithsonian Press, Washington, 1981-1986.
( Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933), the first performer elected...)
( Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933), the first performer elected...)
(BY Porterfield, Nolan ( Author ) { Jimmie Rodgers: The Li...)
(Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award and the Miss Ima Hogg...)
(Winner of the Carr P. Collins Award and the Miss Ima Hogg...)
With United States Army, 1958-1960. Member American Folklore Society, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Texas Folklore Society.
Married Peggy Pearce, December 21, 1956 (divorced 1980). 1 child, Kelly Lynn; Married Erika Brady, September 20, 1981.