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This collection consists of materials collected by Ashley Halko-Addley for her graduate research project, Waxing Away Illness, at the University of Alberta. In 2018, Ashley conducted interviews and observations of the wax ceremony in Saskatchewan and Alberta. This collection consists primarily of transcripts, audio recordings, and fieldnotes, with select supplementary materials.

A supplementary website was created by Ashley Halko-Addley. The website highlights some of the participants and important selections from their interviews. The website can be accessed here: https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/waxingawayillness/

These two small crystals were gifted to Ashley Halko-Addley from Diane Schitka during their interview. Diane uses the crystals in her healing and often send crystals home with people she pours wax for.

This file contains an interview transcript from an interview conducted with Mrs. N.D. and her son Mr. B.D., as well as photographs of wax. Mrs. N.D.'s mother was a prolific healer in the Edmonton area, up until the 1980s.

This item is an audio recording of an interview with wax pourer, Diane Schitka, which was conducted at her home near Wakaw, SK on June 9, 2018

This item is a business card for wax pourer, Diane Schitka

This item is a transcript of an interview with wax pourer, Diane Schitka, which was conducted at her home near Wakaw, SK on June 9, 2018

This series includes materials from interviews collected with people living in the Edmonton area. This series includes transcripts and audio recordings from interviews and photographs.

This file consists of transcripts and audio files collected with TJ and Gail Fenton

This file contains fieldnotes from interviews and observations. Fieldnotes were written up immediately following interviews and observations. Fieldnotes were anonymized according to the wishes of the participants.

This item is an audio recording of an interview with Gail Fenton conducted on October 3, 2018. The interview was conducted at a local coffee shop, and background noise reflects interview location.

This item is an audio recording of an interview with Gail Fenton, conducted October 3, 2018.

This item is a list of questions that were used during the interviews. As interviews were open-ended, allowing the participant to guide the interview, not all questions and topics discussed are included in the interview questionnaire.

This file contains materials collected from an interview with Jean. Jean is a healer who pours wax in the Edmonton area.