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Heather S. Cromar collected personal narratives of family Christmas traditions. Included are stories of traditions involving food, decorations, Christmas Eve and morning, and month long celebrations. Project was written for an English 391class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

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Michele Henze collected personal narratives from family members. Included are stories of growing up, coming to America from Chihuaua, Mexico, and life after moving to America. Also included is an audiocassette tape containing informant interviews. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

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Lance Eli Black collected personal narratives about Christmas traditions. Included are narratives about activities before Christmas, decorations, and Christmas Eve and day activities. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

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Brett Macdonald collected personal narratives describing his great-grandfather's shooting and killing a man named Juan Sosa. Included are background stories that describe the turmoil in the Mormon settlement at the time, Sosa's attack on a man with shovel, and informant's descriptions of how they learned about the shooting. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

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Cabot Murdock collected personal narratives from his grandfather, Wallace Ott, also referred to "Mr. Southern Utah". Included are stories of Butch Cassidy, Elij Moore, and narrative jokes and stories. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

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N. Dan Garrard collected personal narratives from Lenna Harris describing her life. Included are stories of quality of goods, entertainment, hardships, travel, and danger. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

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Beth-Anee Johnson collected folk songs sung by children. Included are songs such as Down in the Valley, Luken Ester Vaten (Swedish), and Poursaita Aidin (Finnish). Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

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Jennifer L. Meekins collected and compared childhood narratives from her father Barry Meekins and his sister Donna Gonzon. Included are the informant's different versions of stories about a missionary dinner, their father's boat, moving day, summer at their grandfather's house, a BB gun, an incident at an orphanage, a house fire, and Sadie Hawkins day. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

Scope and Contents Christina Rousseau collected personal narratives of sister missionaries and their working relationship with the men in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories of arrogant Zone leaders, rivalries between sister and elder mission companionships, women being discouraged from serving a mission, and mission romances. Also included are two audiocassette tapes containing informant interviews. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young...