Collection of personal narratives
Scope and Contents
Contains personal experience narratives. Items were collected by students taking folklore classes at Brigham Young University. Narratives fall into several categories, and describe informants' thoughts, feelings, and memories relating to the occurances described. The collection contains narratives that fall into multiple categories and span several decades. Dated 1954 to 2020.
Digital collections (2016-2021)can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/.
Dates
- 1954-2021
Conditions Governing Access
Access restricted for those without release forms.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Extent
10 boxes (5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series: 1. Collection of women's narratives, 1978-2017. 2. Collection of men's narratives, 1978-2019. 3. Collection of religious narratives, 1960-2019. 4. Collection of supernatural narratives, 1964-2018. 5. Collection of dream narratives, 1961-2013. 6. Collection of Brigham Young University narratives, 1990-2018 7. Collection of family narratives, 1954-2019 8. Collection of pioneer and early Mormon history narratives, 1961-2011. 9. Collection of immigrant narratives, 1992-2017. 10. Collection of travel narratives, 1979-2016 11. Collection of improvised or fictive narratives, 1970-2012. 12. Collection of occupational narratives, 1983-2017. 13. Collection of physical ailment narratives, 1980-2016. 14. Collection of sports narratives, 1979-2018. 15. Collection of military service narratives, 1992-2016. 16. Collection of narratives about confronting death, 1961-2013. 17. Collection of lamentations about yesterday, 1992-2001. 18. Collection of disaster narratives, 1999-2007. 19. Collection of speech error narratives, 1999-2002. 20. Collection of miscellaneous narratives, 1982-2018.
Digital collections (2016-2021) can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/. Digital collections are organized at collection rather than series level.
Custodial History
Personal narratives in the collection were generally collected from informants by students in Brigham Young University folklore classes. These narratives were submitted for class, then submitted to the William A. Wilson Folklore Archives at Brigham Young University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Various folklore students; 1954-.
Processing Information
Processed; Libby Thomas and Claire Sorenson for Kristi Bell, curator; 2012.
Updated; Jayna Gottenbos for Ryan Lee, curator; 2018.
- Title
- Register of Collection of personal narratives
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Kristi Bell
- Date
- 2018 February 13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States