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Items with subject 'Folklife - History'
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Folklife Collection - Family Folklore: Wood Family
by Salisbury University Students (1985)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1985, former Salisbury University Student Patricia Wood collected folk material. Her fieldwork project was focused on the diary of her great great grandfather William Shephard Wood, Jr. This diary plays an important role in the Wood family. Her paper covers a great amount of information ranging from the background of the Wood family, their genealogy as well as some anecdotes about North East, Maryland, and the life of William Shephard Wood, Jr. based on the accounts from the diary. He was a naturalist and many of his expeditions are described in this diary.
Folklife Collection - Family History as Folklore
by Salisbury University Students (1985)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1985, former Salisbury University Student Karen Lankford collected folk material. Her collection focuses on her family history as folklore. She put the emphasis on a family road trip across the country, from the Eastern Shore to Washington state in 1929. In an interview, she asked her father and her uncle to narrate their adventure.Tapes and newspaper clipping enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Folk Narrative Collection
by Salisbury University Students (1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1977, former Salisbury University Student Cheryl Payne collected folk material. Her collection focuses on folk narratives, namely local and personal legends from Queen Anne's County such as Madame Ailsie. Some local jokes and anecdotes are also reported. Her paper includes the background of her informant, her grandmother, and some comments about the collection process.
Folklife Collection - Folk Narratives of the McLeod Family
by Salisbury University Students (1982)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1982, former Salisbury University Student Jeanne MacLeod collected folk material. Her collection focuses on the history of her Scottish family. For the purpose of this project, she interviewed her father, David Alan MacLeod, who had visited the MacLeod Castle in Scotland. Most of the narratives revolve around the history of the MacLeod clan from Scotland to Canada.
Folklife Collection - Folklore Archiving Project
by Salisbury University Students (1994)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1994, former Salisbury University student Christy Lynn Klinger collected folk material. While working at the archives, she processed some promissory notes dated from mid-1850s and recognized several family names that can be seen on some local road signs. She decided to investigate further about the Lemmon family (photographs of the area enclosed) and retraced its deeds and history in her final paper. Another aspect that she analyzed during her research was the language and spelling used back then, which were very different of that of her time (samples of letters enclosed).
Folklife Collection - Genealogy as Family Tradition
by Salisbury University Students (2001)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2001, former Salisbury University student Louis Ewing collected folk material. His collection explores phenomenon of genealogy. Included is his essay, several email questionnaires, and photocopies from a book.
Folklife Collection - McHugh Family Wedding Traditions
by Salisbury University Students (2001)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2001, former Salisbury University student Karin Young collected folk material. Her collection explores the wedding traditions of her family of Irish Americans. Included is her essay, color picture prints, a VHS tape (log included), and interview cassette tape (log included).
Folklife Collection - My Archive Experience
by Salisbury University Students (1993)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1993, former Salisbury University student Sean Chaney collected folk material. His paper is about his experience as a student worker in SSU Archives during which he stumbled upon major historical documents such as the land deeds of Lord Baltimore, old photographs of the Eastern Shore, news paper clippings from World War II, etc.
Folklife Collection - My Archiving Experience
by Salisbury University Students (1993)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1993, former Salisbury University student Tara Ann Murphy collected folk material. For this assignment, she work at the Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture where she learned to preserve historical documents and folklore material. In addition to working with several pieces from World War II, she processed the belongings of a late soldier named Walter Parker, from Salisbury, who died from a disease he caught while fighting in WWII.
Folklife Collection - Personal Narrative: Memom, Death, and Birth
by Salisbury University Students (1994)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1994, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this project, Nicole Long interviewed her grandmother Madalyn Richardson (Memom) during which she delivered several accounts of personal narratives. These were mostly about death, illness, birth, what women had to endure and how life was like in the rural areas of the Eastern Shore. Tape and photographs enclosed.
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 - Radio Folklore: 1930's to Present
by Salisbury University Students (1994)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1994, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this assignment, Karin Kuntz chose to cover the folklore associated with radio broadcasting from the 1930's to present. Her paper contrasts the role played by the radio throughout different time periods. To obtain first-hand insights about this topic, she interviewed a retired couple and asked them to describe what it was like to listen to the radio back in the old days. Video and audio recording enclosed.