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Items with subject 'Folklife - Poetry'
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Folklife Collection - Gravestones and Epitaphs
by Salisbury University Students (1972 – 1972s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1972, former Salisbury University students and professors collected folk life material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various gravestones and epitaphs from around the Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Headstones and Epitaphs
by Salisbury University Students (1975 – 1975s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1975, former Salisbury University student Nancy Daniel collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories and depictions of headstones and epitaphs from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, their stories and multiple photographs.
Folklife Collection - Jokes of Delmarva
by Salisbury University Students (1975 – 1975s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1975, former Salisbury University student Debra Hickman collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various popular jokes from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, and their jokes.
Folklife Collection - Jump-Rope Rhymes
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection includes many childhood jump-rope rhymes and songs used while playing the game. These rhymes were collected through interviews with Eastern Shore locals and conducted by former Salisbury University students and teachers. Many of these interviews include descriptions of the interviewer, the informant, the rhyme, and background material.
Folklife Collection - Rhymes and Riddles
by Salisbury University Students (1971 – 1971s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1971, former Salisbury University student Bryan Briddell collected folk life material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of folk speech, particularly rhymes and riddles. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Silent Voices from the Depths
by Salisbury University Students (1974 – 1974s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1974, former Salisbury University student Bernice Wilde collected folk material. For this collection, his research focused on various epitaphs from the Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery in Salisbury, Maryland. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, the epitaphs, comments or explanations, as well as drawings of the gravestones.
Folklife Collection - Sussex County Family Folklore
by Salisbury University Students (1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1977, former Salisbury University Student Jill Clendaniel collected local folk material. This paper consists of a collection of folk poems, anecdotes and legends as well some folk remedies for colds and skin disorders. After a thorough description of the project, including the backgrounds of the informants, the methods used and the challenges faced during the collection process, Jill Clendaniel provides a transcript of each interview along with excerpts of poems and her own comments.
Folklife Collection - Xerox Folklore
by Salisbury University Students (1977 – 1977)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1977, former Salisbury University student Rodney Dean collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of xerox folklore from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, and their stories.