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Items with subject 'Folklife - Sports'
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Folklife Collection - Untitled [Folk Communication in the SSU Men's Lacrosse Team]
by Salisbury University Students (1991)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1991, former Salisbury University Student John Russell collected folk material. His collection focuses on the folk speech of the Salisbury State Men's Lacrosse Team. His paper is essentially a glossary explaining the common terms heard within this folk group. It also describes the dynamics of the relationships between the team members.
Folklife Collection - "Ahh Together": Basketball and More
by Salisbury University Students (1999)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1999, former Salisbury University student Sara Wright collected folk material. Her collection explores Salisbury State University's women's basketball team as a folkgroup, including its social culture, gameplay, and superstitions. Included is her essay, a cassette tape interview (with transcript), VHS tape (with tapelog), team handouts, a media guide, newspaper clippings, and color picture prints.
Folklife Collection - "Don't Eat Before Swimming!": Folklife at the Swimming Pool
by Salisbury University Students (1999)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1999, former Salisbury University student Liz Kristian and Suzanne Yurcho collected folk material. Their collection explores the Salisbury State University Swim Team as a folkgroup, including its customs, language, superstitions, and overall culture. Included is their essay, color photographs, a list of "pool language", Red Cross training handouts, a hand drawn floor plan of the pool, and campus recreation schedule.
Folklife Collection - "I Golf Therefore I Am": Golfing With Friends
by Salisbury University Students (1999)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1999, former Salisbury University student Christopher Breck collected folk material. His collection explores golf lore, including gameplay, terminology, and superstitions. Included is his essay, handwritten notes, a series of handwritten interviews, and a score card.
Folklife Collection - Athletic Superstitions in the Professional, Collegiate, and High School Ranks
by Salisbury University Students (2000)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2000, former Salisbury University student Chris Tao collected folk material. His collection explores superstition in sport at high school, collegiate, and professional level. Included is his essay, webpage printouts, and handwritten interviews.
Folklife Collection - Baseball Fans: A Family Tradition
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, Eric Nichols chose to talk about a passion he shares with his father: baseball. The project focus on how he and before him, his father, grew to love baseball. During a one-on-one interview, his father recounts his childhood memories and personal experiences of being a baseball fan. Tape enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Baseball is a Religion!
by Salisbury University Students (1990)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1990, former Salisbury University Student Mary Lynn Crockett collected folk material. Fervent Orioles fan, she based her project on baseball fans as a folk group. Her paper is a compilation of baseball-related poems expressing the feelings of fans as well as accounts of personal stories (trips to watch games) and baseball lores. Pictures taken at Jack Russell Stadium and the Baltimore Memorial Stadium enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Cheerleading as a Sport
by Salisbury University Students (2002)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2002, former Salisbury University students Danielle Glacken and Theresa Oliver collected folk material. Their collection explores cheerleaders as a sports folkgroup, including their jargon, attire, and stigmas they face. Included is their essay, handwritten interviews, and a series of term lists.
Folklife Collection - Deviance and the Salisbury State University Wrestler: Selected Folk Tales from 1987 until 1992
by Salisbury University Students (1992)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1992, former Salisbury University student Samuel T. Gardner collected folk material. His collection studies the folk culture surrounding the Salisbury State University wrestling team, which was at times obscene, sexist and racist. The student himself was a wrestler. His paper documents some of the deviant deeds of this athletic community from 1987 to 1992 such as sneaking in alcoholic beverages during bus trips, indulging into dangerous hazing rites, sexually objectifying women and even rapes. In an attempt to analyze the causes of these risky actions, the student argues that disdain towards the Athletic Department may be one of them. Another reason, he said, could be just to satisfy their egos and maintain a facade of false superiority. In this paper, he relates two cases of rape that went unpunished, and criticized the distasteful boasting and lack of consideration of his teammates towards these women. There is more to find out...
Folklife Collection - Ethnography on the Diamond
by Salisbury University Students (2000)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2000, former Salisbury University students Stuart Schmidt and Nick Cross collected folk material. Their collection explores the folklore of baseball, including superstitions, practices, and legends. Included is their essay, color picture prints, magazine clippings, and their paper's rough draft.
Folklife Collection - Faster, Higher, Farther: Salisbury State Track and Field
by Salisbury University Students (1999)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1999, former Salisbury University student Lisa Neylan collected folk material. Her collection explores Salisbury State University's Track and Field Team, including its practices, initiation rituals, and races. Included is her essay, a VHS interview collection (with transcripts), color photographs, color picture prints, and a team roster.
Folklife Collection - Field Hockey Folklore Project
by Salisbury University Students (1991)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1991, former Salisbury University Student Kristen Guttilla collected folk material. Her work examines the folklore surrounding field hockey. Like in most sports, the folklore takes the forms of music and superstitions. Her interview with a coach and former field hockey player provides some insights on how this sport has evolved over the years.