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Box 371

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

Parallel perpendiculars : two women in Provo / Jessie Riddle, 2011

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4631
Scope and Contents

Riddle collected and compared stories about her two grandmothers who lived and raised families in Provo, Utah. Included are comparisons of the two women's education and professional experience, courtship and marriages, and family lives. Project was written for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy at Brigham Young University in 2011.

Dates: 2011

Life in the Pacific : the life story of Dale Workman / Allyson Edde, 2011

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4632
Scope and Contents

Edde collected personal narratives about World War II from her grandfather, Dale Workman. Included are stories of unified support for the war, the change in Americans' perception of Asians, and of his opinion of America's place in world politics. Project was collected for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2011 at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 2011

Jack Shelburne : a life story by his grandson / Chad McFadyen, undated

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 3
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4633
Scope and Contents

McFadyen collected personal narratives from his maternal grandfather, Jack Shelburne. Included are stories of his ancestors, his youth and early work experience, his failed marriage, and his later business endeavors. Project was written for an English class taught at Brigham Young University.

Dates: undated

Potatoes, motorcycles, and a pencil : the first 25 years of the life of Mark A. May / Sterling May, 2011

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4634
Scope and Contents

May collected personal narratives from his father, Mark Andrew May. Included are stories describing his childhood and youth in rural Provo, Utah, his adolescent love of motorcycles, and his courtship and engagement to his wife, Yvette Ward May. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 2011.

Dates: 2011

Carl Hatten Carpenter : memories of a Korean war veteran / Sarah R. Jacquier, 2009

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4635
Scope and Contents

Jacquier collected personal narratives about the Vietnam War from veteran soldier Carl Hatten Carpenter. Included are stories of his draft and basic training, experiences in Japan and Vietnam, and his return to America. Project was written for an English 392 clas taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2009.

Dates: 2009

The Pluim Clan est 1984 : a folk-life approach to the folklore of the Howard and Margie Pluim family / Joshua Willem Pluim, 2011

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4636
Scope and Contents

Pluim collected folklore surrounding his family, the Howard and Margie Pluim family. Included are family traditions of dancing to movie credits, saying dramatic goodbyes to family members as if they are rockstars, and intense playing of the board game RISK. Project was collected for an English 391 class taught by Dr. Eliason in 2011 at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 2011

Thanksgiving traditions / Shoshanah Kent, 2005

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 7
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4637
Scope and Contents

Kent collected folklore and traditions surrounding the American holiday of Thanksgiving. Included are stories of a having a meal divided into courses, having a table especially for the children, and a family who didn't have a traditional turkey dinner and instead worked all day at a soup kitchen together. Project collected for an English 495 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2005 at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 2005

Porter Family stories : investigating place as tradition keeper / Jill Larsen, 2005

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 8
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4638
Scope and Contents

Larsen collected folklore surrounding the Porter family and their reunions at family property on Cove Mountain in Utah. Included are stories of dutch oven cooking competitions, descriptions of the old cabin on the property, and several stories of getting stranded there. Project was written for an English 667 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2005 at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 2005

America's funniest home narratives : humorous, personal narratives in American folklore / Amber Averett, 2011

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4639
Scope and Contents

Averett collected humorous personal narratives from friends and family. Included are stories of a man zipping his pant fly up and accidentally catching the table cloth in it, a Stake President mouthing swear words at a driver in a fit of road rage, and a girl buying a drink at a drive through and driving away without it on accident. Project was collected for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2011 at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 2011

The family vehicle : where morals are made / Elizabeth Thomas, 2011

 Item — Box: 371, Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4640
Scope and Contents

Thomas collected folklore surrounding family cars. Included are stories of buying the cars, memories of road trips and children learning to drive, and when and how the cars were sold. Project written for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2011 at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 2011