Browse the Database
Items with subject 'Folklife - Folk Stories and Legends'
Showing results 25–36 of 245
Folklife Collection - Etiological Legends
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 students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various etiological legends. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Explanations are demonstrations of Folklore at Work
by Salisbury University Students (1973 – 1973s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1973, Salisbury University Student Donna Foos collected folk material. Her collection focuses on how explanations are examples of folklore in the work place. Her paper includes a brief introduction and encounters with various people where she recorded the location and the conversation.
Folklife Collection - Fairmount Academy
by Salisbury University Students (1978)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1978, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this collection, these interviews focus on the history of Fairmount Elementary School. Student Deborah Barnes interviewed some alumni of the school to hear their recollections and provided additional documents such as a newspaper clipping and photographs to accompany her report. Most interviews include a short description of the informant and his or her relationship to the collector.
Folklife Collection - Family Customs
by Salisbury University Students (2000)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2000, former Salisbury University student Kristin Beth collected folk material. Her collection explores the customs of her family on holidays, including Christmas, Easter, and birthdays. Included is her essay and a cassette tape interview with transcript.
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 - Family Misfortune Stories
by Salisbury University Students (2000)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2000, former Salisbury University student Elizabeth Bleile collected folk material. Her collection explores her family's stories of financial misfortune, including disposing of items that would become valuable later in time. Included is her essay and cassette tape interviews (with transcripts).
Folklife Collection - Folk Beliefs and Lore of Commercial Watermen
by Salisbury University Students (1982)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1982, former Salisbury University Student Tracy Butter collected folk material. Her collection focuses on the folklore surrounding commercial watermen of the Eastern Shore. Her paper is a verbatim transcript of a taped interview with her grandfather, Mr. Lester Lee. Personal experiences, folk beliefs, tales and more are covered.
Folklife Collection - Folk Legends
by Salisbury University Students (1993)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1993, former Salisbury University student Nicole Alison Schultz collected folk material. Her collection relays a selection of urban folk and personal legends. Her selection includes the Icelandic legend "Burning the Coffins" and the English legend "The Son Murdered by His Parents". She also interviewed several people who shared accounts of personal and supernatural legends. Tape and photographs enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Folk Legends: Haunted Houses (Misc.)
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1970 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, all stories recorded occurred at a haunted house and are about a strange or violent event that happened there. These stories take place in various locations in the Delmarva area. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Folk Medicine
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1980s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents, former Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of folk medicines and other remedies. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Folk Medicine
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1970s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1970, Salisbury University students and professors collected folk life material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of folk medicine and other remedies. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.