MUNFLA in the Media
September 17, 2023
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September 11, 2023
Anthony Germain, CBC On the Go, sat down with Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist, to discuss MUNFLA's #MissusMonday campaign to give women their name. Listen to the broadcast here.
July 26, 2023
Lindsay Alcock, Librarian at the Health Sciences Library and a visual artist, used anecdotes of folk remedies from MUNFLA's collection and natural materials as inspiration to create art during her sabbatical. Read more about this project in The Gazette article by Kristine Power.
Ms. Alcock's art will be on display starting September 2023 in the First Space Gallery located in the Queen Elizabeth II Library, St. John's Campus. Visit the gallery's Facebook page for more information on this upcoming exhibit.
June 22, 2023
Chad Feehan, Saltwire Network Inc., met with MUNFLA's Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist, to do an updated article on the archive's weekly #MissusMonday social media post. This campaign aims to identify the first names of women who were previously only identified by their husbands' names. View the full article here.
February 16, 2023
Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, was quoted on "weather lore" in The Independent article, Both Sides Now: From up and down, science and folklore offer two different vantage points on the weather, and still–it remains unpredictable, written by Melissa E. Wong. Read the article here.
December 15, 2022
Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, spoke with Global News regarding mummering traditions. View the video clip below:
November 4, 2022
Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, spoke with VOCM News regarding Bonfire Night traditions. The article can be viewed here.
August 29, 2022
Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, spoke with Adam Walsh of CBC CrossTalk about superstitions. The audio can be streamed here.
August 1, 2022
Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, spoke with Jamie Fitzpatrick of the CBC St. John's Morning Show with Krissy Holmes on rare and unusual superstitions housed within MUNFLA's collection. The audio can be streamed here.
February 14, 2022
Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist at MUNFLA, spoke with Ramraajh Sharvendiran of the CBC St. John's Morning Show with Krissy Holmes on Valentines folklore. The audio can be streamed here.
November 24, 2021
Andrea McGuire's visit to the archive highlights to dive into the history and holdings of MUNFLA with Pauline Cox, Archivist, and Nicole Penney, Assistant Archivist. The segment was featured on CBC St. John's Morning Show with Krissy Holmes, Ramraajh Sharvendiran. The audio can be streamed here.
May 4, 2021
Pauline Cox, Archivist at MUNFLA was interviewed on Tuesday, May 4th, on CBC Gander as part of the CBC Newfoundland Morning Show with hosts Martin Jones and Bernice Hillier. The story is about Gertie Snow’s collection of poetry found in MUNFLA. The audio for this interview can be streamed here. (Clip starts at 13:00)
April 29, 2020
Karin Murray-Bergquist, MUN Folklore PhD Student, was featured on the NTV Evening News by Ben Cleary regarding her online maps of shipwrecks in Newfoundland and Labrador. Data contained in this was compiled using MUNFLA's collection of Folklore Survey Cards. Video of the news segment can be streamed here. Karin's interactive "Ghost Ships of Newfoundland and Labrador" map may be viewed online through MapHub.
April 27,2020
Karin Murray-Bergquist, MUN Folklore PhD Student, was featured in an article titled, "Ghost ships, dead pirates and phantoms: MUN student tracks ghastly tales with interactive map" by CBC News NL. The article highlights Karin's work creating an interactive map containing locations of ghost stories surrounding shipwrecks in the waters off Newfoundland and Labrador. The CBC News article can be viewed here. Karin's interactive "Ghost Ships of Newfoundland and Labrador" map may be viewed online through MapHub.
April 27, 2020
Karin Murray-Bergquist, MUN Folklore PhD Student, was featured in an article titled "Spirits of the Sea: Folklore Student Mapping Ghost Ships of NL" by VOCM News. The news article can be viewed here. Karin's interactive "Ghost Ships of Newfoundland and Labrador" map may be viewed online through MapHub.
April 17, 2020
Karin Murray-Bergquist, MUN Folklore PhD Student, was featured in an article titled "Folklorist creates interactive map of Newfoundland ghost ship stories" by Juanita Mercer, The Telegram (Saltwire). The article can be viewed online here.
May 26, 2019
MUN Department of Folklore's 50th anniversary highlighted by a CBC News article titled "Folklore at 50: Tradition and culture alive as MUN folklore celebrates 50 years." The article can be viewed online here.
May 23, 2019
MUNFLAs #MissusMonday social media initiative was featured by Jessica Leeder, The Globe and Mail, in an article titled, "Household names: Archivists take on task of identifying women who captured Newfoundland folklore." The article can be viewed online here.
April 18, 2019
MUNFLAs 50th anniversary reunion celebration was highlighted by The Gazette in an article titled, "Folklore 50Reunion to celebrate golden anniversary of storied department." The article can be viewed online here.
April 12, 2019
MUNFLAs #MissusMonday social media initiative was featured by Juanita Mercer, The Telegram (Saltwire), in an article titled, "Memorial University archivists rewrite history with #MissusMonday." The article can be viewed online here.