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Box 11

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Legends of lost mines and hidden treasures / Gary T. Stuart, 1984

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 116
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories involving lost mines and hidden treasure. Includes stories of lost mines in Utah, lost mines in Idaho and Alaska, as well as stories involving hidden treasure. Created for Utah State University's History 423 course in the Winter Quarter, 1984.

Dates: 1984

Jump-rope rhymes / Jan Taggart, 1982

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 1 Item 117
Scope and Contents

Collection of children's jump-rope rhymes. Includes call in call out rhymes, action rhymes, endurance rhymes, and other rhymes for jumping rope. Created for Utah State University's English 459 course in the spring of 1982.

Dates: 1982

Returned missionary and dating folklore / Alan M. Thatcher, 1982

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 3
Identifier: FA 1 Item 118
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories about recently returned missionaries dating faux pas. Includes stories of stereotypes, missionaries calling their date to repentance, the line between being overly shy and overly aggressive, and stories about vision and revelations about future spouses. Created for Utah State University's History 524 course in the Winter Quarter, 1982.

Dates: 1982

Get your ax, we've got a gig : the folk language of musicians / Elaine Thatcher, 1980

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 119
Scope and Contents

Collection of jargon found used amongst musicians. Includes vocabulary of professional musicians and the context of when the term is encountered as well as what the term means. Created for Utah State University's English 459 course in the Spring of 1980.

Dates: 1980

You've got to pay your dues : a look at the folklore of musicians / Elaine Thatcher, 1980

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 120
Scope and Contents

Collection of traditions and practices of professional musicians. Includes getting ready traditions, superstitions, and rules of conduct. Created for Utah State University's Fife Conference, Summer, 1980.

Dates: 1980

Three Nephite stories / Colleen Thorley, 1979

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 121
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories involving the Three Nephites and their influence in the world. Includes stories from both the early days of the Mormon Church as well as stories of modern encounters with the Three Nephites. Created for Utah State University's English 423 course taught by Professor Wilson, Winter, 1979.

Dates: 1979

The Jones family legends / Jonathan Thow, 1984

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 7
Identifier: FA 1 Item 122
Scope and Contents

Collection of family stories as told to Thomas Jones by his Grandmothers. Includes stories from the Burges history, the Jones' history, and the Jackson history. The stories are about family life in early America including illness, odd occurrences, marriages, and moves West. Created for Utah State University's Utah Folklore course in the spring of 1984.

Dates: 1984

Paratrooper folklore / Robert N. Thummel, 1980

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 8
Identifier: FA 1 Item 123
Scope and Contents

Collection of folklore from paratroopers in the armed services. Includes initiation rites, songs, stories about other troopers, parachute malfunctions, pranks as well as a glossary. Created for Utah State University's English 459 course, Spring, 1980.

Dates: 1980

The gift of water witching / Bonnie Marie Vance, 1979

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 124
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories involving water witching. Includes descriptions of what water witching is and how it is done, relaying tales of large wells being dug thanks to a water witcher, and stories about encounters with those that don't believe in the ability. Created for Utah State University's English 524 course in the winter, 1979.

Dates: 1979

A worm's guide to the esoteric language of the oilfield / Melanie Wallis, 1982

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 125
Scope and Contents

Collection of vocabulary used while working in the oilfield. Includes terms and definitions, initiation pranks, as well as stories about blow outs and photographs of rigs. Created for Utah State University's History 524 course in Winter, 1982.

Dates: 1982