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Items with subject 'Folklife - Ghost Stories and Hauntings'
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Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Insane Murderers
by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during 1971 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected local legends. For this collection, these stories tell of insane murderers from the Eastern Shore and the deadly acts they committed. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Lower Eastern Shore (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 folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of ghosts and other supernatural legends that occurred somewhere on the lower Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Merry Sherwood Haunted House
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 the Merry Sherwood Mansion also known as the Dunwandrin, located in Berlin, Maryland. These stories are about strange events that happened there as well as the collection offers a brief history of the estate. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Mid-Shore of Maryland (Misc.)
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 stories of ghosts, strange events, and other supernatural legends that occurred somewhere on the Mid-Shore of Maryland. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Mummified and Preserved Remains
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1971)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1971, former Salisbury University students and professors, Janet Montgomery, Patricia Holland, and Pat Clifford, collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of mysteriously mummified or preserved corpses that were discovered somewhere on the Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Patty Cannon
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 story of Patty Cannon, a woman who would capture or kidnap African Americans and sell them as slaves. She would keep them in her house located at Johnson's Cross Roads. Other stories talk about how her house or grave was haunted. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Phantom Brakeman
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 on railways and trains. These stories tell of strange events that took place there. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Phantom Instruments
by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1971 to 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of strange and mysterious events where certain musical instruments such as pianos and violins began to play without anyone playing them. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Pocomoke Forest
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 stories of ghosts, strange events, and other supernatural legends that occurred somewhere in the Pocomoke Forest. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Religious Legends
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, these stories tell of strange events or occurrences that revolved around a religious setting, person, or object, such as a church or bible. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Schools, Colleges, and Universities
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 stories of strange and mysterious events that occurred in various schools or universities. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Shoal Creek Manor
by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1972)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents during the years of 1970 to 1972, former Salisbury University students and faculty Karen Beckwith, Cathy Wright, and K. Jeanette Robbins collected folk legends. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of the strange events that occurred at the haunted house; Shoal Creek Manor located in Cambridge, Maryland. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.