Education
In Anthropology from Columbia University, where he studied with Ruth Benedict and George Herzog, and a Doctor of Philosophy in English from Indiana University, under the guidance of Stith Thompson.
In Anthropology from Columbia University, where he studied with Ruth Benedict and George Herzog, and a Doctor of Philosophy in English from Indiana University, under the guidance of Stith Thompson.
Herbert Halpert"s interest in folklore emerged in his adolescence and remain throughout his life. Consistent with his choice, earned an Master of Arts Both dissertations were based on field studies of American folklore. During World World War II, Halpert served in the Alaskan Division of the Air Transport Command of the United States. Army Air Corps.
After the conflict, he became Professor and Head of the Department of English at Murray State College, in Kentucky, where he encouraged his students to collect local traditions.
Between 1956-1960, he became Dean and Professor of English and Sociology at Blackburn College, in Illinois. In 1960, he was also Visiting Professor at the University of Arkansas and in the following year he moved to New York, where he lived until 1962, teaching at the State University of New New York
In the autumn of 1962, Halpert became Associate Professor of English at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), where in 1968, he founded the Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA) and developed most of the work in folklore that became internationally renowned. Master of Arts in Anthropology from Columbia University with the thesis "Folk Rhymes of New York City Children"
Doctor of Philosophy in English from Indiana University with the thesis "Folktales and Legends of the New Jersey Pines: A Collection and Study"
Visiting Professor of the University of Arkansas
Associated Professor of English at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (from 1962 on)
Professor Emeritus of Folklore at Memorial University.