Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of worst date stories of Mormon singles in Provo, Utah. It includes stories from the collector's roommates and other friends. The collector's analysis claims that dating in the Mormon community is awkward because of the immense pressure in the Mormon community to get married. Also notes the pressure in dates to be creative, fun, and original. All these factors lead to many bad dating scenarios, which she documents. Collected by Camille Moffat, Dr. Eric Eliason's...

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Watkins collected stories of dates that went poorly from her friends. Included are narratives about dates with actors, dates with someone who is still in love with someone else, and dates that do not go according to plan. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2010.

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This project contains personal narratives about "bad dates." This twenty-item collection contains narratives about unwanted marriage proposals, "creepy guy," Prom night mishaps, Temple Square blind dates, Valentines visit to parent's house, long-boarding, bad dancer, text-messaging adorations, and bowling. Collected by Jared Smith, Dr. Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Winter 2008.

Scope and Contents note This project contains stories about what the informants most fear. The informant group consists of students from Brigham Young University, Provo, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-eight. Analysis paper topics include "Physical Fears," and "Psychological Fears." This 15 item collection contains the following as "worst fears:" never find happiness, drowning, roller coasters, fear of the aged, closing eyes while driving, "wasting life," German Nazis, losing hands, mice, not marrying,...

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Submitted by BYU student Christine Wilkins for her English 392 American folklore winter semester. Contains autobiographical sketch, cover essay, and informant interviews. Includes stories about difficult missionary companions and how informants dealt with hardship.

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McNaughtan collected traditions practiced by her immediate family, the Wrights. Included are a list and description of nearly fifty annual family traditions such as deer hunting, holidays, birthdays, and campouts. Project was collected for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1996.

Scope and Contents note Collection of stories about the creative dating customs found among Latter-day Saint college students. Each story has to do with the asking out and answer process. Williams suggests that the dating practices are a way to show true interested in dating as well as have an enjoyable time in what has the potential to be a never racking situation. He states that creative dating is a form of self expression. Created by Ryan Williams while he was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class fall...

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Report by Utah State University history student Sheri Packham, who collected information from her coworker Linda Harris. Swiss braided bread, made for friends at Christmas.

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Birch collected "xeroxlore", humor passed through the office of the BYU campus police by way of the xerox machine. Included are comics altered to include co-worker's faces, embarrassing emails sent when an office member forgot to log out, and comics relating to police work. The project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.