Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Sean Nowling for his Fall 2010 English 392 class under Prof. Eliason. About returned missionaries folklore and how this helps them engage in Church callings and develop unique bonds with other missionaries. Contains a cover essay, autobiograhpical sketch, and informants' inteviews, including the "halfway" rituals like burning a tie or taking a "pregnant" pic, truant missionaries showing up at a televised football game, finding clever ways to preach in hostile...

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Submitted by BYU students Hayley Hicks and Rob Polo for their Winter 2012 English 392 class. About Dungeons and Dragons and role-playing games being a viable form of folklore, and the stories that are developed by playing and of players. Contains a DVD with explanatinon of gameplay, the storyline of a particular game, and how D&D brings people together and attributes a certain status, as well as how two people got married through the game. Includes a DVD.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Kellie Bowen for her Winter 2011 Introduction to Folklore class for Dr. Eric Eliason. About folklore obtained from students who attended BYU Jerusalem Center and the similarities, as well as the similarities and differences between students and years. Contains an autobiographical sketch, a cover essay, and informants' interviews about the orientation meeting, "Kearl" jokes, covering your clavicle, Aladdin the money-changer, birthday celebrations in the Oasis and...

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Submitted by BYU student Maggie Plothow for her Winter 2011 English 391 class for Dr. Eric Eliason. About the culture and folklore of high school students from Orem High School, and how the shared experiences bind them togther but how high school social status does not remain in later years. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews about the old building, "true tigers", the old lounge and its rules, and Mr. Downs jokes.

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Submitted by BYU student Lexie Orvin for her Fall 2010 English 392 class under Professor Eliason. About dating stories and the variables within the folkgroups that she interviewed. Includes a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' interviews. Interviews include the story of two shy childhood sweethearts, long-distance marriages, meeting through a church calling, church dances, meeting through church basketball, meeting in Jr. High, and much more. Includes a DVD.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Lydia Ross for her Fall 2010 English 392 class for Dr. Eric A. Eliason. About the traditions of her American family, the Hirschi's, and how they reflect the larger American and Mormon cultures. Includes an autobiographical sketch, a cover essay, and informants' interviews. Interviews include the testimony of a four-year-old for a mission, not doing an Easter Egg hunt on Easter day, "No Empty Chairs", tripping over big ants, Ken "peeping", eating a snicker bar, their...