Box 377
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Hobo witch of Provo : creating a legend / Kristy G. Stewart, 2010
Item — Box: 377, Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4729
Scope and Contents
Submitted by BYU student Kristy G. Stewart about how three brothers attending BYU in the 1970s created their own folklore of the Hobo Witch of Provo in Rock Canyon, in an attempt to create social adhesion between themselves. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, an audio disc, and the informants telling the legend of "the Witch", how the Witch came to be, and subsequent sightings and retellings of the legend. Prepared by Kristy Steward for her Winter 2010 English 391 class under...
Dates:
2010
Grafitti and street art as a form of art and self expression in Utah County / Natalie Christensen, 2011 April 12
Item — Box: 377, Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4735
Scope and Contents
Submitted by BYU student Natalie Christensen about grafitti as an art form of self-expression, and what grafitti says about its folk group. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews. Interviews contain the inspiration for grafittists, laws concerining grafitti in Utah county, and grafittists culture. Prepared for her Spring 2011 English 391 class for Dr. Eliason. Includes a DVD.
Dates:
2011 April 12
The folklore factor / Elizabeth Rhondeau, 2011
Item — Box: 377, Folder: 12
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4737
Scope and Contents
Submitted by BYU student Elizabeth Rhondeau about the true meaning of folklore, and why people's reactions to folklore are usually negative and distorted. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants interviews. Interviews include people's reactions to the question, What is folklore? Most common answers were that they were fictional, old, cultural stories passed down from generation to generation, or that they were myths or legends. Also contains a few folklore stories....
Dates:
2011