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Wegren, Joseph Leander : Pioneer folklore questionnaire
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- Textual record
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- Source of title proper: Saskatchewan Archives Questionnaire 7 : Pioneer folklore
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1953 or after (Creation)
- Creator
- Wegren, Joseph Leander
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1953 or after (Creation)
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- Saskatchewan Archives Board
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Physical description
ca. 0.002m of textual records
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Scope and content
File consists of the response by/about Joseph Leander Wegren to the Saskatchewan Archives' questionnaire pertaining to pioneer folklore. Archives staff recorded that the respondent indicated on the questionnaire that they or their family came to Saskatchewan and/or the Canadian prairies in 1904.
Questionnaire number 7 on folklore was organized into sections on: introductory information; settlement - the land (location, man-made features; associated stories and jokes), climate (tales/believe about weather phenomenon; associated animal behaviour), celestial bodies (associated stores/beliefs), supernatural beings (stories of ghosts/fairies/strange beings), human beings (anecdotes on individuals who performed unusual deeds), animals; supporting oneself after settlement (how were skills developed; household help); family or group gatherings in the pioneer community (storytelling, singing, jokes); life cycle in the pioneer community - childhood (naming; birthdays; songs, rhymes and stories; superstitions), marriage (accessories; good and bad luck), death (foreshadowing; ceremonies); good and bad luck (signs; attracting/avoiding); and proverbs and proverbial phrases.
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Physical condition
Records are in good physical condition.
Immediate source of acquisition
Questionnaires were returned to the offices of the Saskatchewan Archives over multiple years by individual respondents to the survey request.
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
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Restrictions on access
Records are open for research use.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use, publication, and/or reproduction of records are subject to terms and conditions of the Crown Copyright. Please consult reference archivist for assistance.
To consult the records, visit or contact the Saskatoon office.
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No further accruals are expected.
General note
Location for retrieval: Saskatoon - Murray.
Physical description
Unless specified otherwise, textual records extent is based upon an estimate of 0.002 m per questionnaire.
Alpha-numeric designations
Pioneer Questionnaire Database Reference ID: 1293
Conservation
Conservation practices in place at the time of processing were applied to the records in this file.
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Subject access points
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Land settlement
- Homesteading
- Canada, Western - History
- Mail surveys
- Government questionnaires
- Wegren, Joseph Leander - Biography
- Wegren, Joseph Leander - Addresses, essays, lectures
- Bradwell - History - Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
- Bradwell - Personalities
- Folklore
- Folk art
- Dance - Folk
- Folk literature
- Folk music
- Traditional medicine
- Animals - Stories and legends
- Names, Geographical - Legends and stories
- Charms
- Devil
- Diving-rod
- Fables
- Fairies
- Fairy tales
- Folklorists
- Geographical myths
- Ghosts
- Ghouls and ogres
- Incantations
- Legends
- Marriage customs and rites
- Myth
- Mythology
- Oral tradition
- Plant lore
- Proverbs
- Riddles
- Sagas
- Story-telling
- Superstition
- Tales
- Weather lore
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Rules or conventions
Saskatchewan Archives. Archival Description Manual 2004.
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Language of description
- English
Script of description
- Latin
Sources
Content of the file.
Saskatchewan Archives Board. Pioneers Questionnaire [database].
Saskatchewan Archives Board. Saskatoon Shelf List [database]
Barry, Bill (2005). Geographic names of Saskatchewan. Regina: People Places Publishing Ltd.