Scope and Contents note Jordan collects various answering machine messages people leave on their phones. She claims that answering machine messages fulfill one of Bascom's folkoric functions -- education -- by intentionally or unintentionally teaching us something about the person who owns the phone. Jordan especially focuses on the prevalence of strange machine messages left by young children and college freshman. She believes that message machines are subversive insofar as they allow a person to say things that...

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Wriht interviewed fellow missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about their experiences while serving a mission in Salt Lake City. Included are stories of members of the church making jokes about the missionaries being called there, creepy feelings from investigators, and conversion stories. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

Scope and Contents note Gives an explanation of the history of Icelandic members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who settled in Spanish Fork, Utah. Explains the family's efforts to overcome the unfriendliness of the Mormon settlers who were already there. Discusses how different aspects of her grandparents' home reflects the family's heritage. For example, the large dining room window with a beautiful view of the mountains reflects her family's love of the outdoors, and the garden outside the...

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Submitted by BYU student Will Finlayson for his English 392 American folklore course for Dr. Eric Eliason. About the folklore of Dungeon and Dragon groups. Includes a student essay, informant interviews and images. Informants discuss individual game strategies, inside jokes, and group traditions.

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of stories and photos of artifacts relating to the Thomas Rhoades' Spanish Uinta Gold. It gives stories that claim that the Spanish had gold mines in Salt Lake Valley before the Mormon pioneers had arrived. The collector claims that tree symbols and maps are evidence of the mines' existence. The analysis also comments on gold mine protection stories and unanswered questions regarding the gold mines. Collected by Mark Wagner, Dr. Deirdre Paulsen's ENGL 391 class,...

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Collection of stories involving California hunters, and their lack of skill. Includes stories of rituals, shooting the wrong animal, and mishaps. Created for Utah State University's History 526 course, fall, 1982.

Scope and Contents note Huntsman discusses popular family stories about her father, Ralph Dean Steiner, and his childhood in a small, rural town during the 1930s. Huntsman categorizes her favorite stories including dry farm stories, living in town, life on the farm, stories of her father and his dog, little boy antics and school stories. Through these folkloric telling, Huntsman seeks to create a work that will help others learn about, laugh, and identify with Steiner. Created by Jill Huntsman while enrolled in...

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Jill Hunstman collected personal narratives from his father, Ralph Huntsman, about growing up in Rexburg, Idaho. Included are stories about living on a farm, living in town, stories about the informant's dog, and childhood experiences. Project was was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1991.

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Christine Stone collected personal narratives of threats used to scare or threaten children into behaving. Included are stories of using physical items like belts or wooden spoons on a child, counting, telling a parent, and miscellaneous oral threats. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter 1989.

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of family birth stories from three generations of the collector's own family. The analysis discusses how the collected worked in a maternity store, but didn't understand pregnancy and birth until she had her own child. Claims that going through the birthing process creates a folk group that shares a common bond. Topics include "don't act like you know, because you don't", female bonding, why we share our stories, a description of the participants in the project,...