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Items with subject 'Folklife - Customs and Traditions'
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Folklife Collection - Folk Songs
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 collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on assorted folk songs from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes information about the informant, the collector, and the song.
Folklife Collection - Folk Speech
by Salisbury University Students (1970 – 1973)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Between 1970 and 1973, former Salisbury University students and aculty interviewed Eastern Shore residents on local speech, such as lingo, expressions, idioms, proverbs, quotes, terminology, description of gestures, pronuncation and slang. Most interviews include interviewers personal description, informants personal description, and the story told.
Folklife Collection - Folk Traditions and Customs of the Eastern Shore Oysterman
by Salisbury University Students (1978)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 1978, former Salisbury University Student Bill Busick collected folk material. His collection focuses on the traditions and customs of the Eastern Shore oystermen. He interviewed the crew of a workboat and unveiled a lot of fascinating stories.Photographs enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Folklore and Folklife Project: The Behaviors and Customs of a Korean-American Bar
by Salisbury University Students (1993)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1993, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this assignment, Kyle McIntosh studied the folklore associated with a Korean-American bar located on Route 175 in Fort Meade, Maryland. The bar was regularly attended by soldiers. In addition to observing the cultural differences when hanging out and the esoteric-exoteric factors (what they think of each other), the student also interviewed an American patron to learn more about the unspoken resentment between the two groups, which was mainly caused by historical events and the "Yellow Fever" (lust after Asian women).
Folklife Collection - Folklore At Floyd's Restaurant
by Salisbury University Students (1988)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1988, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this collection, Loriann Megee interviewed the employees and customers of a Floyd's Restaurant, a coffee-shop located in Millsboro, Delaware, at that time. Part of her paper outlines the conversations between the regular customers and the employees. Tape enclosed.
Folklife Collection - Folklore collected in Federalsburg, Md.
by Salisbury University Students (1972 – 1972s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Federalsburg, Maryland residents in 1972, former Salisbury University student Yvonne Statum collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various popular folklore such as songs, legends, myths, speechs, medicines, and other stories. The collection also includes a brief introduction, and personal descriptions of the interviewer and informant..
Folklife Collection - Folklore Life on Farming
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 Rachel Walker collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of folklore life about farming from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, and their stories.
Folklife Collection - Folklore Medicine
by Salisbury University Students (1976 – 1976)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1976, former Salisbury University student Judith C. Moody collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of folklore medicine from around the Eastern Shore. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, and their stories.
Folklife Collection - Folklore of Children
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 S. Jean Stevens collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories of children's folklore from around Cambridge, Maryland. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, and their stories.
Folklife Collection - Folklore of Field Hockey
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 Catherine Clagett collected folk material. For this collection, these interviews focus on various stories that follows the lives and customs of four college field hockey players. The collection includes an introduction to the topic, personal descriptions of the interviewer and informants, and their stories.
Folklife Collection - Folklore of my Family
by Salisbury University Students (2001)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In 2001, former Salisbury University student Jessica Rider collected folk material. Her collection explores the folklore of her own family, notably their holiday traditions. Included is her essay and color transparencies.
Folklife Collection - Folklore of Ocean City and the People
by Salisbury University Students (1993)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1992, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. This collection reports a survey on Ocean City, Maryland, and its residents. In this paper, student Tracy Shreiber briefly retraces the story of Ocean City since 1869 when its first structure was built. Interviews of several people, residents and non-residents, were also conducted. [This piece is a reformatted copy of FK92.030]