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Folklife Collection - Predicting the Weather on the Lower Eastern Shore
by Salisbury University Students (1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1977, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For her project, Dorothy Bowen conducted her research on folklife narratives related to predicting the weather on the Lower Eastern Shore. She included some paintings and a map of Worcester County to illustrate her paper.
Folklife Collection - Superstition and Popular Belief: Weather
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University professors and teachers collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of superstitious and popular beliefs about weather. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - The Storm of Thirty-Three
by Salisbury University Students (1983)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1983, former Salisbury University Student Lynn Marie Hynes collected folk material. Her collection focuses on the storm that hit Ocean City, Maryland, in 1933. She interviewed four residents who experienced this event to inquire about what happened to them and how the storm changed the city.