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Items associated with name 'Hill, Donna L.'
Folklife Collection - Xerographic Office Folklore
by Salisbury University Students (1993)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1993, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this project, Donna L. Hill investigated the xerox folklore of workplaces. She collected samples of xerox office folklore several informants (family members), which helped her analyse the characteristics of this particular folk group. She noticed that office workers, both from Maryland and Ohio, collected the same type of lore (common themes, humorous images, sarcastic tone) but sometimes it would be tweaked so as to fit the particular workplace. Samples of these xeroxed sheets are enclosed in this package.