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Folklife Collection - Local Legends: Haunted Houses with Violent or Mysterious Deaths

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

(1970 – 1973)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier FK69.087
Creator(s) Salisbury University Students
Acquisition

The Folklife Collection at the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture was transferred by Dr. Polly Stewart, English Department, Salisbury University.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Kacie Cassar, February, 2019
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Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

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 violent or mysterious deaths that occurred in haunted houses located across the Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.

Scope and Content Note

Materials within the Folklife Collection are for research use only – names of students and the interviewed subject(s) may not be published without the explicit permission of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Folklife - Folk Stories and Legends
    • Folklife - Ghost Stories and Hauntings
    • Folklife - Death
  • Location Terms
    • Eastern Shore (Md.)

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