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Items with subject 'Folklife - Customs and Traditions'
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Folklife Collection - Recipes
by Salisbury University Students (1973 – 1973s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1973, former Salisbury University students and professors, Rachel Chapman, Mary Lou Bembe, and Luray McClung collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various popular recipes from around the Eastern Shore. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the recipes.
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 - Sharptown Lions Club Minstrels
by Salisbury University Students (1974 – 1974s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1974, former Salisbury University student Mary Jane Marine collected folk material about the Sharptown Lions Club minstrel shows. This collection includes Marine's essay titled "Has the Curtain Closed for the Last Time on the Sharptown Lions Club Minstrels?," 28 color slides depicting the minstrel performers and performances (with a related permissions form from the photographer), several minstrel program reproductions, and personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants.
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 - Slavonic Easter Tradtions
by Salisbury University Students (1991)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1991, former Salisbury University Student Jennifer Palmer collected folk material. Her project explores the Slavonic Easter traditions. Her paper includes an introductory essay to the Slavonic culture, specifically the Byzantine Rite of the Eastern Catholic Church. It analyzes the religious meaning of each item in the Traditional Easter basket. The paper also contains some accounts of personal stories told by her mother. Photographs of food preparation enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Southern Family Tradition
by Salisbury University Students (1993)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1993, former Salisbury University students Alissa Jordan and Melissa Alley collected folk material. Their folklore project was on Southern families, including theirs. The first section of their paper provides background information on the Southern family and its history, along with their own personal histories. The second sections focuses on the customs and traditions of a typical Southern family during the Winter holidays. Photographs of homemade Christmas ornaments enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Superstition and Popular Belief: Death and Funeral Customs
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 superstitious and popular beliefs about death and funeral customs. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Superstitions and Medicine
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 superstitions and medicines. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - Swedish Traditions in the Maloney Family
by Salisbury University Students (2001)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2001, former Salisbury University student Kathleen Maloney collected folk material. Her collection explores her family's Swedish traditions during Christmastime, primarily being the preparation of certain foods. Included is her essay, a series of recipes, color picture prints, and a floppy disk.
Folklife Collection - Tall Tales, Munchausens, and Exaggerations
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 material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of tall tales, munchausens, and other exaggerations. Most interviews include personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, and the story.
Folklife Collection - The Family as a Folk Group
by Salisbury University Students (1992)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1992, former Salisbury University student David Alexander collected folk material in which he explores his own family's traditions and dynamics. In this paper, he mostly analyses the traditions observed during family gathering. For instance, he noted the dining etiquette rules observed such as the seating arrangement, the apportioning of the meat and who gets to take the first bite (mostly from Medieval days in Europe), as well as the formation of subgroups and the topics discussed after diner.
Folklife Collection - The Folklore of Hanging out in Milford, DE
by Salisbury University Students (1993)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1993, former Salisbury University students Stacey Conklin, Crystal Mintzer and Stephen Wenn collected folk material together. Their fieldwork project took the form of a social study. All three students come from the same town but hang out with different folk groups. They decided to compare and contrast their groups to analyse the esoteric and exoteric views of the groups on one another. Videotape enclosed.