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Submitted by BYU student Trent Anderson for his English 391 course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informant interviews. About legends surrounding video games objects and culture.

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Elizabeth Child collected personal narratives from her husband's grandmother, Viola Child. Included are stories of life before modern conveniences, appreciate for modern growth and improvements, the challenges of new technology, and missing the community and people of the past. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

Scope and Contents Mary McLaughlin collected personal narratives of violations of standards by students at Brigham Young University. Included are stories of a stolen cadaver that was built into a snowman which then melted in Spring to reveal the dead body, a student who placed a cat in the bell tower where it ran around all over the keyboard and rang bells, and students who decided to sleep over in the Harold B. Lee Library and weren't caught. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham...

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Submitted by BYU student Camille Brennan for her Fall 1986 Mormon folklore class. About visions future parents have of their future children. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include stories like "Girl sees future husband and children", "spirit child visits mother", "child is baptized", and more.

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Henrie's project focuses on her attempts to correlate her and her husband's different Christmas traditions into their new family traditions as newlyweds. Created by Danielle Henrie when she was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 in Fall 2001.

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Breinholt writes about supernatural religious legends dealing with temples and temple work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's Folklore 392 class at Brigham Young University in 1998.

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Walker gives a personal narrative of the experiences she and her companions had in the Republic of Ireland. Walker discusses their experiences in terms of cultural, spiritual and personal enlightenment as well as valuable folklore to be passed on to future generations. Created by Aubree L. Walker while enrolled in Jacqueline Thursby's English 356 class during winter.

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Anna Louise Nelson collected personal narratives about unusual events that involved animals. Included are stories about unusual pet deaths, pets and humans, pets with personality, and pet recoveries. Project was written for an Honors 200 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Leonard Ki Shield for his Summer 1969 Folklore 391 class. About the old wooden wheels and their continued use in American society in the 1960s. Contains a cover essay, list of informants, an introduction and the styles of wagons and wheels in the United States. Styles for the wagon include large cross-country freight wagons, heavy duty work wagons, Narrow wheeled wagons, and more, wagon wheel styles include wide rim, standard rims, and medium rims, and decorative...