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- Description:
- Part of a series of interviews in the Arab American community completed by Dr. Alixa Naff in 1962., Original tape contains two interviews, one with Thomas and Latify C. in Windsor, Ontario and the second with Nazha H. in Detroit, Michigan. Both interviews are almost entirely in Arabic., Thomas and Latify C. discuss folk remedies for various ailments, tell a stories of St. George curing an invalid and about Djin, sing a song written in the U.S. about a village in Lebanon and discuss superstitions. Nazha H. talks about the Evil Eye, naming and marriage conventions, many proverbs, curses and superstitons, and singes a lullabye and mourning song. This list is not exhaustive., and Interview was originally completed on a reel-to-reel tape and was digitized in 2016 through a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Arab American National Museum.
- Notes:
- Source: Archives Center at the National Museum of American History and Related item: Nazha H. interview notes: http://cdm16806.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16806coll10/id/11/rec/3
- Date Issued:
- 1962-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Oral Histories from the Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection
- Description:
- Part of a series of interviews in the Arab American community completed by Dr. Alixa Naff in 1962., The tape contains sections of four interviews. Dr. Naff speaks with Selma B. in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Charles B. in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Alexander M. in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Nazha H. in Detroit, Michigan. Interviews are largely in English with some Arabic., Selma B. speaks about variations in cooking methods, baptismal ceremonies, and superstitions surrouning menstruating women. Charles B. sings two songs, the folk song Barhoom ya Barhoom and a song about Charles Lindbergh. Alexander M. talks about his arrival in the U.S., the Shrine to the Virgin at Saidnayah, Syria, and the legend of St. Nicholas. Nazha H. talks about courtesy sayings. This list is not exhaustive., and Interview was originally completed on a reel-to-reel tape and was digitized in 2016 through a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Arab American National Museum.
- Notes:
- Source: Archives Center at the National Museum of American History
- Date Issued:
- 1962-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Arab American National Museum
- Collection:
- Oral Histories from the Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Description:
- "Celtic wonder tales" was published in 1923. These tales were re-told by Ella Young. This work was printed in Ireland and contains decorations by Maud Gonne.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on the catalog records of the print works also by the Wayne State University Library System
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Date Issued:
- [1860 TO 1869]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Notes:
- Title vignette in colors. Adapted and abridged from the translation of William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon, 1869.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Notes:
- Translation from the Norke folkeeventyr of AsbjØrsen and Moe.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Eloise Ramsey Collection of Literature for Young People
- Notes:
- 5 v. 19 1/2cm., "Letters from Bunsen to Max Müller in the years 1848 to 1859": v. 3, p. [391]-492., On t.-p. of v. 3-5: By F. Max Müller., and v. 1. Essays on the science of religion.--v. 2. Essays on mythology, traditions, and customs.--v. 3. Essays on literature, biography, and antiquities.--v. 4. Essays chiefly on the science of language. With index to vols. III and IV.--v. 5. Miscellaneous later essays.
- Date Issued:
- [1871 TO 1881]
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- New York,: C. Scribner and company, and Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library
- Notes:
- 5 v. 19 1/2cm., "Letters from Bunsen to Max Müller in the years 1848 to 1859": v. 3, p. [391]-492., On t.-p. of v. 3-5: By F. Max Müller., and v. 1. Essays on the science of religion.--v. 2. Essays on mythology, traditions, and customs.--v. 3. Essays on literature, biography, and antiquities.--v. 4. Essays chiefly on the science of language. With index to vols. III and IV.--v. 5. Miscellaneous later essays.
- Date Issued:
- [1871 TO 1881]
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- New York,: C. Scribner and company, and Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library