Collection on speech
Scope and Contents
Collection contains field work reports of folklore related to speech. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1958 to 2020.
Digital collections (2016-2020) can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected. The jokes contain social and cultural contexts to explain their humor.
Dates
- 1959-2020
Creator
- William A. Wilson Folklore Archives (repository, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Access is restricted for any items without release forms.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Wilson Folklore Archives must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Physical items are arranged into 14 series: 1. Collection of proverbs, proverb-like sayings, and homilies 1959-2013. 2. Collection of proverbial comparisons 1971-2008. 3. Collection of children's rhymes and sayings, 1966-2009. 4. Collection of fun and humorous rhymes and sayings, 1958-2013. 5. Collection of occupational and avocational rhymes and sayings, 1961-2013. 6. Collection of written rhymes, poetry, and sayings. 7. Collection of parodies, 1970-2011. 8. Collection of folk speech, 1964-2013. 9. Collection of colloquialisms, 1968-1993. 10. Collection of phrase substitutes, 1970-1992. 11. Collection of farcical rhymes, 1970-1990. 12. Collection of wellerisms, tongue twisters. and pick-up lines, 1971-2007. 13. Collection of folk poetry, 1980-1997. 14. Collection of spoonerisms or shaggy dog stories, 1970-2006.
Digital collections (2016-2020) 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; [1960-2007]
Appraisal
The folklore of university students, families, religious life, Polynesia and the Intermountain West (William A. Wilson Folklore Archives collection development policy IV.a.i.4, October 2009.)
Processing Information
Updated; Jayna Gottenbos for Ryan Lee, curator; 2018.
- Title
- Register of Collection on speech
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jayna Gottenbos
- Date
- 2018 August 9
- 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