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Submitted by BYU student Dixie Pearce for her Summer 1970 Folklore class under Dr. Wilson. About the types throughout the different eras of silos, barns, and sheds, and the various types observed throughout the Wasatch front. Includes a cover essay, description of barn types, and the collected photographs of items. Photographs include those of Dutch-slant barns, different types of silos, houses from the 1800s and more.

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Submitted by BYU student Paige Tidwell for her May 1971 English 397 (391?) class. About the folklore of the "typical Mormon" family the Whatcotts. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include J. Golden Kimball stories, various sayings of his, Jacob Hamblin, various folk wisdom sayings that have been passed down through their family, various Mormon beliefs and more.

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Cronin interviewed Agatha Mannering about her personal beliefs and narratives that are folklore. Included are items in healing lore, dream lore, psychic lore, death lore, dowing lore, and spiritual warnings. Interview with Mrs. Mannering was in October 1977.

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Submitted by BYU student Charles B. Cummins for his Fall 1980 English 391 class. About white supremacism and various anti-semitic and dead baby jokes. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant list, and informant items. Items include various anti-semitic and cruelty to baby jokes.

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Rickenbach collected stories about ranch life from Dean J. Rickenbach and Dale Christofferson. Included are interviews with the men and their families, life stories of the ranchers, and photographs of the ranches. The project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

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Submitted by BYU student Jill Holley for her Fall 1984 English 391 class. A collection of girls' camp songs from New Jersey. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant list, and informant items. Items include songs sung in all three camps, song sung in old Morristown and Caldwell stakes, songs sung in old Morristown stake, and songs sung in the Caldwell stake.

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Carter collected euphemisms in modern speech, and examined why they are used. Included are euphemisms to refer to death, bodily functions, and expletives. The project was collected for Dr. Eliason's English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Scope and Contents note Includes a discussion about variations in traditions among families. Specifically discusses American families and their Thanksgiving traditions. Notes that Thanksgiving is more widely celebrated than many other holidays in America. Discusses the traditional location, participants, attire, decorations, food, and other traditions, including the sending of invitations and a family talent show, which are all involved in the author's family Thanksgiving celebration. Created by Jessica Griffin...

Scope and Contents note An oral history containing WWII experiences of Favero's grandfather, Giacomo Favero. Includes personal narratives and photographs from Favero's grandfather and grandmother. Describes her grandfather's three year service in the war, including his experience with the draft, the time he spent in Africa, and the time he spent in Italy. Discusses how the war changed her grandfather. Created by Jessica Favero while she was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 392 class during Fall Semester...

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Kitchen writes about jokes reflecting the popular culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are jokes about titles of church services, authority figures having divine abilities, and jokes of other churches 'ignorance'. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 368 course taught at Brigham Young University during 2001.