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Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5056 Collections and/or Records:

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without : Grandma Ivie's recipes / by Jaci Baughman Thomas, 1998

 Item — Box 211: [Barcode: 31197233254538], Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2222
Scope and Contents note

Thomas writes about her grandmother's recipes for laundry soap and family customary foods. Includes bread recipes, recipes for sweets, and sides. Project was created for an English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University, Fall 1998.

Dates: Other: 1998

Using humorous openings for Mormon sacrament meeting talks / Robert J. Cunningham, 2002

 Item — Box 233: [Barcode: 31197233254751], Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2501
Scope and Contents note

Project is a collection of jokes that are told at the beginning of sacrament meeting talks given on Sundays. By using the art of humor effectively one can see an increase in understanding the topic at hand and also find it edifying. Created by Robert J. Cunningham when he was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course in the Spring of 2002.

Dates: Other: 2002

Utah coal-mining lore : a sample from Provo-Orem / Jan Tueller, 1975

 Item — Box 40: [Barcode: 31197233253415], Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 1 Item 424
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Jan Tueller for her April 1975 English 392 class under Dr. Wilson. About the history and folklore of traditional coal-mining in Utah, as part of the National Science Foundation grant research of the socio-economic study of coal-mining and farming towns in the U.S. and Canada. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informants, and informant items. Items include syaings, customs, expressions, stories, songs, legends, beliefs, and attitudes.

Dates: 1975

Utah County : early schools (also early buildings) / Sally M. Stead, 1970

 Item — Box 37: [Barcode: 31197233253381], Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 399
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Sally M. Stead for her Spring 1970 English 391 class. About the Utahn architecture from 1860 - 1915, mostly school buildings. Contains a cover essay and collected pictures of items. Items range from American Fork Jr. High building, to Benjamin, to Provo, Brigham Young Academy building, the Maeser building, Orem Elementary, Peteetneet, and more.

Dates: 1970

Utah county grave markers / Kristine S. Sturgill, 1980

 Item — Box 58: [Barcode: 31197233253530], Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 637
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Kristine S. Sturgill for her Fall 1980 English 391 class. A collection of headstones and epitpaphs in Utah county, particularly those to do with the Masons. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and collected epitaphs. Epitaphs include sayings about the sun, the sun and the open book, the sun and the rose, the sun and handsclaps, and the sun and the all-seeing eye.

Dates: 1980

Utah folkculture : creative asking for dates / Michelle Jensen , 1990

 Item — Box 103: [Barcode: 31197233254058], Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1086
Scope and Contents

Michelle Jensen collected personal narratives of creative ways to ask for a date. Included are stories of invitations that involved clever plays on words, quirky humor, or extravagant plans. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1990.

Dates: 1990

Utah lore / Mark Haugo, 1981

 Item — Box 50: [Barcode: 31197233253522], Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 535
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Mark Haugo for his Winter 1981 English 392 class. About the folklore of the Latter-day saints in Utah from various perspectives. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include stories like The Hook, The monster of Bear Lake, The Ghoul of Great Salt Lake, First Utahn Hanged Gives Own Funeral Oration, She wanted to be alone, and more.

Dates: 1981

Utah traditions of creative dating / Don MacArthur, 1999

 Item — Box 187: [Barcode: 31197233254298], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1963
Scope and Contents note

MacArthur interviewed friend and family about creative dating traditions. Included are creative ways to ask others for a date as well as creative activities to do on dates. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught in 1999.

Dates: Other: 1999

Utah Valley folklore / James A. Kleparek, 1977

 Item — Box 27: [Barcode: 31197233253282], Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 288
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student James A. Kleparek for his Winter 1977 English 392 class. About the origin and then current status of Utah Valley Mormon folklore. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstracts and informant items. Items include "The Gold Rush Vision", "The Toothless Cow", "Indians for Dinner", "Sunflower face", "The Lost Wallet", "Grandpa Gleason's Gloves", "The Bedtime Song", "The Vanishing Woman", "The Second Wife", and much more.

Dates: 1977

V3 sauce t : a true folk-group / Michael Dunn, 2000

 Item — Box 188: [Barcode: 31197233254280], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1973
Scope and Contents note

Dunn writes about the Desert Towers V-Hall 3rd floor men at Brigham Young University and the special traditions that bind them together. Included are traditions, stories, and sayings unique to the group. Project was created for Professor Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

Dates: Other: 2000