Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Ronda Knudsen for her Master's thesis in American Studies with Folklore emphasis. About the role and rites of LDS women and their relationships with their children. Contains information about the supposed subjugation of LDS women versus the reality, mother's relationships with their children, especially missionary children, and how LDS women traditionally prepare for marriage and family, as well as contemporary implications. Prepared on April 22, 2003 for the thesis...

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Submitted by BYU student Lisa Jackson New about crocheting and how it is passed down from mother to daughter, common conceptions about crocheting and how the practice has changed over time. Includes a cover essay, autobiography, informants' interviews about how they first started/became interested in crocheting, as well as their styles, male crocheters, and pictures of the things they make. Prepared for New's Winter 2012 English 392 class for Professor Eric Eliason.

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Submitted by BYU student Nicole Black for her Fall 2010 English 392 class under Dr. Eliason. About fast food worker's social hierarchies and cohesion, and the experiences that solidify them. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informant's interviews about their customers, opinions on the uniforms, their easiest days and worst days, worst injuries received on the job, other people's opinions of their job, and wedding proposals.

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Submitted by BYU student David Gillis for his Fall 2010 Introduction to American Folklore class for Dr. Eliason. About the KarateDo Shotokai Club at BYU, why people chose it and their various Shotokai stories. Contains a videodisc with film of people doing karate, explaining why they chose it, and how to do Shotokai karate. Includes a DVD.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Kelsey Smith for her Winter 2011 English 356 class for Dr. Thursby. About how Utahn Icelanders have guarded their heritage and community until this day, focusing on the Icelandic organization in Utah and the descendants of the original Icelandic pioneers. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews about their Icelandic heritage. Interviews include the trends in Icelandic speakers in Utah, the Icelandic President's love of Utah,...

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Submitted by BYU student Whitney Rashae Jackson for her Fall 2010 English 392 class under Dr. Eliason. About how an integral part of softball are the ritualistic songs, cheers and chants that help alleviate the stress of the game as well as help the group become more cohesive. Includes a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews. Interviews include songs and chants that informants have participated in, from "Boom-chicka-boom" to fight songs.

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Submitted by BYU student Katie Sparks for her Winter 2010 English 392 class for Prof. Eliason. About how hunting stories turn into rituals after the hunters come home and share their experiences, thus strengthening family ties. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews about scary or exciting hunting experiences that her family went through.

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Submitted by BYU student Sarah Beale for her Fall 2010 English 392 class under Dr. Eliason. About how folkgroups originate, and modern-day diasporas on small-scales. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews that include recipes for cookies, chicken puffs, puppy chow or mud buddies, and memories from other family member's life events.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Erin Collins for her Fall 2010 Enlgish 392 class under Dr. Eliason. About how bedtime stories bring families together and reflect the folkgroup that they come from, and specifically focuses on Bobby Bunny. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews, which include all the Bobby Bunny chapters and stories, how informant's felt about their dad or friend's dad's stories about Bobby Bunny, how Bobby Bunny's escapades echoed back and forth...

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Merril Mead for his Fall 2010 English 392 class under Prof. Eliason. About the folk group that a missionary's lifestyle creates, and the connections they feel with each other especially in the mission field, and the folklore they create, in this case, "apostate" stories from the Georgia Atlanta Mission. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews about misbehaving missionaries, Elders and Sisters in a baptismal font, the "Twelve...