Louis Jones

Louis Clark Jones (June 28, 1908 – November 25, 1990) He was head of Association from 1947 until his retirement in 1972. Jones also developed a graduate level degree in American public folklore at Cooperstown, though this program was later abolished while the museum studies program remains.

In 1946, Jones received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study paranormal folklife in New York, with a focus on werewolves. His early work often focuses on the supernatural aspects of folklore, publishing works such as Things That Go Bump in the Night, and commented often on ghostlore.

Jones's work in Cooperstown aimed to include the general public and their ways of life in museological space. He died of a stroke on November 25, 1990.