BYU Library - Special Collections

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Betty Sharon Smith about how she and her childhood peers made toys by rubbing sandstone down into desired shapes. An included sketch shows how to form a truck out of sandstone.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Suzanne Christensen, who collected information from her friend, Talon Greeff, about how to create a blunt-nosed paper airplane. Folding and launching instructions are attached.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Kristen Hansen, who collected information from her best friend, Stacy Howell. Dolls in the form of an old man and woman are made from pantyhose stuffed with cotton. Each has clothes and other details.

Report by University of Utah student Kaye Shackelford about dolls with heads made from a peeled, dried apple, body of foam and cloth over wire, and clothes and other accoutrements.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Nancy Day about how a handkerchief is folded and rolled to resemble two babies in a blanket. Report includes drawings and instructions.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Susie Skarin about information she learned in childhood from her Swedish grandfather. Two hands are put together so as to form a lidded box. Report includes a drawing.

Report by Brigham Young University student Ken Nishimoto about information he learned in childhood from his grandmother. A string and button are used to make a spinning toy that whistles.

Report by Nancy Ford. Date of recording is at least 1968; learned at some earlier date [the claimed date of 1950 is hard to reconcile with the claimed birth in 1957]. Dolls made with ball-headed clothes pins, fabric, and marker or paint. Report includes a sketch.

Contains explanations of the folkloric significance of toys. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1960 to 2007. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected as well as explanations of social and cultural contexts.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Linda Hutchings, who collected information from her daughter, Sarah Hutchings. Linda's family creates intricate four- and six-pointed cut-paper snowflakes annually, with emphasis on creativity. Report includes a sample.