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Items with subject 'Folklife - Customs and Traditions'
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Folklife Collection - Untitled: Tangier Island, VA
by Salisbury University Students (1973 – 1973s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Virginian residents in 1973, former Salisbury University student Kathy Crockett collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of Tangier Island, Virginia. This collection includes an introduction to the topic, the stories, as well as multiple pictures with descriptions.
Folklife Collection - Up the Crick
by Salisbury University Students (1992)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1992, former Salisbury University Student James McCormick collected folk material. His collection is about the community of the "Crick", a small town of Irish settlers set on the banks of the Brandywine River near Wilmington, Delaware. He learned about this community from his grandfather, William Gordy Lloyd, who grew up there. His paper is mostly comprised of personal narratives describing how life was like "up the crick" during that time (probably around late 1920s to 1940s).
Folklife Collection - Watermen's Crafts from Maryland's Eastern Shore
by Salisbury University Students (1975 – 1975)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1975, former Salisbury University student Diane Lea Stanfield collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of watermen's crafts from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, their stories, multiple photographs, newspaper clippings, and other various artifacts.
Folklife Collection - Wedding Day Customs and Superstitions
by Salisbury University Students (1988)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1988, former Salisbury University Student Susan Carey collected folk material. Her collection is about wedding day customs and superstitions. In addition to gathering inputs from primary and secondary sources about the subject, she interviewed her mother and a friend of hers, who are both Salisbury residents.
Folklife Collection - Where Have The Traditions Gone: Memories of a Polish Catholic Easter
by Salisbury University Students (2003)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2003, former Salisbury University student Robin Robinson collected folk material. Her collection explores her Polish American family's tradition for the holiday of Easter, most being based in the Catholic faith. Included is her essay, a microcassette tape with interview (log included), a floppy disk, and color photographs.
Folklife Collection - Xerography
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 Richard G. Newhouse collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories and depictions of xerography from around Silver Spring, Maryland. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, and their stories or drawings.
Folklife Collection - Xerox Folklore
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 Lawrence R. Pasbach collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of Xerox folklore. This collection includes personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant, an introduction to the topic, and the stories.
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.
R.E. Powell newsletter
by Unknown (1874 – 1964)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The R.E. Powell Newsletter contains a 90th anniversary newsletter from the R.E. Powell Company. The newsletter contains employee information, Wicomico county news, and a brief history of R.E. Powell.