Communications Division: annual review, 1973


Book Description

A summary of the activities of the Communications Division, National Museum of Man, in 1973.




Skill and status


Book Description

A study of a ten-member rural sibling group, characterized by a high degree of specialization in traditional skills, which determines the factors regulating the achievement of status in a family setting.




People in the tobacco belt


Book Description

During the summer of 1972 the life histories of four Hungarian immigrants to Canada were recorded on tape in and around Delhi in southwestern Ontario, a major tobacco farming district.




Greeks of Vancouver


Book Description

An examination of the unparalleled retention of cultural traditions by Greek immigrants in the Kitsilano region of Vancouver, British Columbia.




Lunenburg County folklore and oral hishistory


Book Description

This volume offers a compilation of folklore material gathered from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, including data relating to traditional work patterns, education, values, beliefs, and songs.




Wilderness and storytelling


Book Description

A critical assessment of traditional approaches to life histories is juxtaposed against the presentation of stories related by an eighty-eight year old man living on the north shore of Lake Superior describing his experiences living and working in the bush.




CCFCS collection of musical instruments: Volume 2


Book Description

This volume constitutes a catalogue of one hundred and sixteen idiophones and membranophones from a wide range of cultures in the collections of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies.