{"id":4476,"date":"2026-08-17T21:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll341\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:32","slug":"coll341","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll341\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland Folklife collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h1>\n
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Title:<\/td>\nSt. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland Folklife collection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Number:<\/td>\nColl341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creator:<\/td>\nSt. Mary’s College of Maryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates:<\/td>\n2021-2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size:<\/td>\n273 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract:<\/td>\nThis collection contains photographs, video recordings, and ephemera from 2021-2023 collected by the staff of the Southern Maryland Folklife Center at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland in their capacity as a regional folklife center funded through the Maryland Traditions program of the Maryland State Arts Council. Under a shared stewardship agreement, SMCM physically retains the materials in St. Mary\u2019s City, Maryland. Researchers can access the collections by contacting the Southern Maryland Folklife Center at somdfolklife@gmail.com.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation:<\/td>\nPlease contact the Southern Maryland Folklife Center at somdfolklife@gmail.com for preferred citation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n

The Southern Maryland Folklife Center was formed in 2021 at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland. The center celebrates and supports community-based living cultural traditions of Southern Maryland through summer workshops and publications.<\/p>\n

The center grew out of a number of past efforts at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland, such as The SlackWater Center, which has documented life in Southern Maryland since the mid-1980s. Their long-running publication is SlackWater: A Journal on Environmental and Cultural Change in Southern Maryland. <\/p>\n

St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland is a public liberal arts college of 1,300 students The campus occupies a bend of the St. Mary\u2019s River, just upstream from the confluence of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. The campus is 75 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. and 97 miles south of Baltimore. The campus architecture is styled in the tidewater tradition, largely brick and facing the scenic river.<\/p>\n

SMCM has been a grantee and member of the Maryland Folklife Network since 2021, and received grant funding from other Maryland Traditions and MSAC programs for many decades prior.<\/p>\n

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Scope & Content<\/h1>\n

Arrangement<\/h2>\n

This collection is made up of three series arranged by fiscal year: Series I: FY 2021, Series II: FY 2022, and Series III: FY 2023.<\/p>\n

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Provenance Information<\/h1>\n

Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n

Christa Casazza, Southern Maryland Folklife Center Manager, delivered an electronic inventory to UMBC Special Collections in 2023. The digital materials will continue to be physically housed at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland in St. Mary\u2019s City, Maryland. Accessions: MSS2023-18<\/p>\n

Processing Note<\/h2>\n

Materials described in this finding aid were collected and arranged by staff at the Southern Maryland Folklife Center. Acadia Roher, Maryland Traditions Archivist at UMBC, prepared the finding aid.<\/p>\n

Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access & Use<\/h1>\n

Finding Aids<\/h2>\n

Finding aid is available.<\/p>\n

Access Conditions<\/h2>\n

Under a shared stewardship agreement, the Southern Maryland Folklife Center physically retains the materials at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland in St. Mary\u2019s City, Maryland. Researchers can access the collections by contacting the Southern Maryland Folklife Center at somdfolklife@gmail.com.<\/p>\n

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n

Copyright is maintained by the creator. Please contact the Southern Maryland Folklife Center at somdfolklife@gmail.com for more information.<\/p>\n

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Subject Headings<\/h1>\n

Creators<\/h2>\n

St. Mary’s College of Maryland<\/p>\n

Armsworthy, Jay<\/p>\n

Gabriel, Gerald<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/h2>\n

Boats and boating — Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)<\/p>\n

Crabbing — Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)<\/p>\n

Dance<\/p>\n

Dyes and dyeing<\/p>\n

Folklife<\/p>\n

Folklore — Maryland<\/p>\n

Foodways — Southern Maryland<\/p>\n

Music<\/p>\n

Oystering — Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)<\/p>\n

Painting<\/p>\n

Pinata<\/p>\n

Pysanky<\/p>\n

Quilting<\/p>\n

Skipjacks — Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)<\/p>\n

Southern Maryland<\/p>\n

Textiles — Batik<\/p>\n

Wampum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Series Description & Container List<\/h1>\n

Series I: FY 2021<\/h2>\n