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Items with subject 'Folklife - Fishing'
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Folklife Collection - Untitled [Eastern Shore Crabbers]
by Salisbury University Students (1992)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1992, former Salisbury University student Stephen C. Bynum collected folk material surrounding the commercial crabbing on the Eastern Shore. In this paper, he explains the different methods used to catch crabs. To supplement his project, he interviewed a couple of watermen to learn about the procedures of constructing crab-pots, a vanishing craft as more and more crabbers purchased their pots. The interviews reveal how crabbers adapt their practices to the changes in the environment, natural and economic. Tapes and photographs enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Watermen from Neavitt
by Salisbury University Students (1990)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1990, former Salisbury University Student Linda James collected folk material. Her collection focuses on watermen's folklore. She interviewed three local residents of the Eastern Shore on their view about the changes in this vocation over the years but also how they predict the weather and other accounts of superstitions.
Folklife Collection - Watermen's Crafts from Maryland's Eastern Shore
by Salisbury University Students (1975 – 1975)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1975, former Salisbury University student Diane Lea Stanfield collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of watermen's crafts from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, their stories, multiple photographs, newspaper clippings, and other various artifacts.
Folklife Collection - You Gotta Learn the Bottom: Eastern Shore Waterman
by Salisbury University Students (1987)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1987, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this collection,Phyllis A. McNatt gathered material on Deal Island, Maryland. In her paper, she talks about her trip to Deal Island and provides a transcript of her interviews with local people who earned a living from fishing. Tape of the interview enclosed.
Moore Maryland Folklore Magazine
by Baltimore Sun (1974)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection consists of a single item, a 20 October 1974 newspaper insert on Maryland Folklore from the Baltimore Sun.