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Items with subject 'Folklife - African Americans'
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Folklife Collection - "Runnin Da Street": A Study of Area Youths
by Salisbury University Students (1999)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1999, former Salisbury University student Santino S. Freda collected folk material. His collection explores the culture of a friend group of teenage African American boys, including their attire, language, and attitudes. Included is his essay and two maps of Salisbury.
Folklife Collection - A Personal Introspection on African-American Speech
by Salisbury University Students (1995)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1995, former Salisbury University student Suzette Thom collected folk material. Her collection explores relations between African Americans with different dialects, mainly dialects from the USA and those originating from the Caribbean islands. Included are Thom's essay and transcript of interviews.
Folklife Collection - A Study of the Various Aspects of the Black Culture
by Salisbury University Students (1992)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1992, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this project, Kathy Nanney wanted to learn more about the African-American culture. She was from a family of European descent. In her paper, she mentions the contrasts between the two "cultures" in different situations such as a funeral. To investigate them (the contrasts) further, she attended a church service and a lecture with a predominantly African-American audience. She also got to interview someone to discuss about these cultural differences. Photographs enclosed.
Folklife Collection - African American Oral Traditions and Stories
by Salisbury University Students (1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews conducted by former Salisbury University student Dorothy Stewart in 1970, this collection contains multiple oral traditions of African American communities on the Eastern Shore. Oral traditions include lynching accounts, songs, rhymes, jump-rope rhymes, game instructions, and other stories. All interviews list personal information of the interviewer, the informant, and the oral tradition. Dorothy Stewart also provided an explanation of her reasoning behind these topics she chose for her interviews.
Folklife Collection - African American Single Mothers
by Salisbury University Students (2000)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2000, former Salisbury University student Mary Holmes collected folk material. Her collection explores African American single mothers as a folkgroup. Included is her essay, handwritten notes, and a cassette tape interview.
Folklife Collection - African American Students at a Predominantly White College
by Salisbury University Students (2003)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2003, former Salisbury University student Milah Ewell collected folk material. Her collection explores the experiences of African American students at Salisbury University, a predominantly white college, including their parties, clubs and organizations, backgrounds, and relationships with students of other races. Included is her essay, color photographs, a microcassette tape of interviews (log included), a VHS tape (log included), a craft, a brochure, a meeting agenda,
Folklife Collection - Big Liz
by Salisbury University Students (1983)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1983, Salisbury University Student Kara Kvalnes collected folk material. Her collection mainly focuses on the famous legend of Big Liz in Dorchester County, the ghost of an African-descent slave who was thought to guard a treasure in the Green Brair Swamp. The student attempted to do a comparative analysis of the versions of the story between generations. She enclosed a few newspaper clippings featuring the tale along with the tape of her interviews.
Folklife Collection - Clapping Games and Songs of Black School Children
by Salisbury University Students (1975 – 1975s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1975, former Salisbury University student Wanda Goad collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of African American children's clapping games and songs from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, the games or songs, and two photographs.
Folklife Collection - Cognate Family Reunions
by Salisbury University Students (1975 – 1975s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1975, former Salisbury University student Marion Gordy Handy collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the Cognate Family Reunions, including a variety topics revolving around the Gordy Family. The collection also includes an appendix of the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, their stories, pictures, and a newspaper clipping.
Folklife Collection - Could You Be Superstitious? An African American Family
by Salisbury University Students (2003)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2003, former Salisbury University student Jamale Hatcher collected folk material. His collection explores the superstitions of his African American family, including signs of luck, and religion. Included is his essay, a list of superstitions collected from informants, and a microcassette tape of interviews (log included).
Folklife Collection - Folklore Narratives
by Salisbury University Students (1984)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1984, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this project, Barbara Audet collected various genres of folklore from her family members. It includes the story of the Queen of Kikuyuland, Africa, which uncovers some customs and traditions of the Kikuyu tribe along the way. Included is also the background history of her own family, narrated by herself. Tape enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Folklore of the African American, Middle Aged, Professional, Male Homosexual
by Salisbury University Students (1999)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1999, former Salisbury University student Robert Nichols collected folk material. His collection explores gay black professionals as a folkgroup, including the struggles and stigmas they face. Included is Nichols' essay and an interview within it.