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William A. Wilson Folklore Archives

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Dates

  • Existence: 1999-

Biography

The William A. Wilson Folklore Archives (established 1999) is an institutional folklore repository in Utah.

The repository was established in 1999 within the Harold B. Lee Library's Department of Special Collections & Manuscripts. Committed to collecting and preserving folklore, the William A. Wilson Folklore Archives focuses on families, religious life of Latter-day Saints, university students, and regional life in the Intermountain West. It houses the largest collection of Mormon folklore. The Archives house the papers of prominent folklorists Louise Pound, Thomas E. Cheney, and William A. Wilson. The archives also house significant collections of legends, customs, speech, beliefs, songs, material culture, tales and jokes, games, riddles, and personal narratives.

Citation:
sites.lib.byu, via WWW, Jan. 4, 2016 (Folklore (William A. Wilson Folklore Archives; established 1999 in HBLL Dep. of Special Collections and Manuscripts; focus on family, LDS religious life, students, regional life of West; largest collection of Mormon folklore; houses papers of Louise Pound, Thomas Cheney, William Wilson; house legends, customs, speech, beliefs, songs, material culture, tales and jokes, games, riddles, and personal narratives)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Collection on speech

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 011
Scope and Contents Collection contains field work reports of folklore related to speech. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1958 to 2020. Digital collections (2016-2020) can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the...
Dates: 1959-2020
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection on speech

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