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After having her first child the author and her husband became interested in how to develop standards of discipline for their family. This is a project based on questionnaires about discipline that the collector gave to extended family members and friends. The project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 392 course at Brigham Young University during winter semester 2000.

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Knell writes about family narratives relating to his father. Includes stories of faith, of injury and of celebration. The project was collected after Lee Campbell Knell had a terrible stroke. His family not knowing how much time he had left to live took the opportunity to share memories and love of their father, brother, and husband. The project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 392 course during winter semester 2000 at Brigham Young University.

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Rayback relates accounts of role-playing fantasy games. Included are both interviews about role-playing games as well as transcripts of the final result of the role-playing game. Rayback was a student in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 class at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Summerhays discusses the influence that much older siblings have on their younger siblings. She interviewed younger siblings asking them to share stories of their older brothers and sisters to see if the stories were more gruesome or more heroic when expressed through the eyes of a younger sibling. Summerhays created this project for Dr. Thursby's English 495 course taught at Brigham Young University in summer 2000.

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Reno presents accounts of three engagements as told by the couples and their friends. Reno was a student in Jill Terry Rudy's English 392 class at Brigham Young University in Winter Semester of 2000.

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A collection of stories of children and their relationships with their fathers. Stories of hunting, of mission farewells, and favorite recipes that the interviewees fathers' made are all included in the fatherhood lore. Rash created this project for Dr. Jill Rudy's English 391 course taught during the fall semester of 2000 at Brigham Young University.

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Warner writes about latrinalia, graffiti, and other anonymous forms of folk writing. Warner was a student in English 391 at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Johnston writes about the German folksongs sung by his mother at bedtime. Included are the translations of the lyrics into English as well as the original German transcripts. Johnston was a student in Jill Rudy's English 391 course at Brigham Young University in 2000.

Scope and Contents note After discovering that her brother was suffering from a terminal form of cancer Jessica Barker and her family began to collect cherished family memories and stories so that the family dynamics and history could be preserved even once members of the family passed away. Contributors shared humorous family stories from their childhood lives including vacations and kitchen mishaps. The parents also contributed stories that they recall from their children's rivalries and adventures. Barker wrote...

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Crawford writes about immigrants adapting to customs in the USA. Included are old traditions, confusion on the new culture's existing traditions, and how traditions of old and new came together to form new customs. Project was created for Dr. Jill Rudy's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University during Winter 2000.