Scope and Contents note Mollerup discusses the folklore of Red Cliff Ascent, a wilderness camp for troubled youth in southern Utah. The stories told at Red Cliff center around the kidnapping Bangeter Brothers, Coyote Jake, and Native American Skinwalkers. Explains how the staff and students do not have conflict, but are united by their equal situations. Describes how material culture and Native American folklore are part of the Red Cliff experience. Created by Troy R. Mollerup while enrolled in Eric Eliason's...

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De La Paz discusses her family's traditions. Explains the background of each of her parents and how they had to join traditions. Many of their family traditions were created by blending the cultures of Mexico and America. Gives examples of their traditions and explains how laughing and making fun of each other are important traditions. Created by Trisha De La Paz while enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class during fall semester of 2001 at Brigham Young University.

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Bushman discusses the folkloric significance of quote boards in college apartments. Explains the purpose of quote boards and how they are created. Discusses how quote boards serve to unify an apartment and act as a release valve. Describes gender differences, explaining that girls have quote boards much more than boys. Created by Kimberly M. Bushman while enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class during fall semester of 2001 at Brigham Young University.

Scope and Contents note Gerstner explores marriage proposals, focusing on generational and gender differences. Explains the nature of proposals and their significance. Younger couples tend to think it is important to make a special effort in proposing, while older couples place more value on their feelings during the proposal. Discusses how women remember more details about the proposal than men do. Also gives examples of bad proposals. Created by Maren Gerstner while enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 392 class...

Scope and Contents note McCarty explores how parents choose names for their children. Begins by giving some history of names. Discusses the four main reasons parents choose certain names: family names, popular or traditional meanings, social control, and aesthetic pleasure. Tells stories giving examples of each situation. Explains who usually chooses the name and when the name is chosen. Created by Heather McCarty while enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class during winter semester of 2003 at Brigham Young...

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Barker looks at customs and traditions surrounding the football team at Kahuku High School, where she attended school. Barker was a student in Bell's English 391 class in the Winter Semester 2004.

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Foster collected stories from his friends and family about sleepwalking. Included are not only the story, but the context in which they are told, stories included narratives of sleepwalking prompted after watching scary movies, sleepwalkers moving furniture, and the vivid dreams sleepwalker remember having as they walked. Project was created for Professor Bell's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2004.

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Project is a transcribed interview with Florence Morrison. The interview includes Morrison's personal narratives about surviving World War II, maintaining a ranch in Colorado, raising foster children, and doing genealogy work. Created by Kathryn Samson when she was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 class in Fall 2002.

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Project is a collection of jokes that are told at the beginning of sacrament meeting talks given on Sundays. By using the art of humor effectively one can see an increase in understanding the topic at hand and also find it edifying. Created by Robert J. Cunningham when he was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course in the Spring of 2002.

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Paugh's project focuses on the different creative qualities of boredom, and the different activities people invent while being bored. Created by Keith Paugh when he was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course in the Fall of 2001.