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Folklife Collection - Funeral Directors

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

(1980)

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

Identifier FK80.003
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
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

In a series of interviews of local Eastern Shore residents in 1980, Salisbury University students and teachers collected folk life material. For this collection, Marie Helene Cifala focused on narratives told by morticians. She interviewed several funeral directors to ask about the weirdest requests and cases they had worked on. This folkgroup is a gold mine of fascinating stories to say the least.

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within the Folklife Collection are for research use only – names of students and the interviewed subject(s) may not be published without the explicit permission of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University.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 - Customs and Traditions
    • Folklife - Death
  • Personal Names
    • Cifala, Marie Helene

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