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Folklife Collection - Big Liz

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

(1983)

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

Identifier FK83.014
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 Finding aid written by Laura Ramamonjiarisoa, July, 2019.
Related Materials None
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Abstract

In 1983, Salisbury University Student Kara Kvalnes collected folk material. Her collection mainly focuses on the famous legend of Big Liz in Dorchester County, the ghost of an African-descent slave who was thought to guard a treasure in the Green Brair Swamp. The student attempted to do a comparative analysis of the versions of the story between generations. She enclosed a few newspaper clippings featuring the tale along with the tape of her interviews.

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within the Folklife Collection are for research use only – names of students and the interviewed subject(s) may not be published without the explicit permission of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University.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 - Ghost Stories and Hauntings
    • Folklife - African Americans
    • Folklife - History
  • Personal Names
    • Kvalnes, Kara

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