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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...

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Throckmorton collected stories of individuals who waited for missionaries. Includes both stories of couples that were successful in dating after the missions were over and stories of break ups that occur after the missionary is home. Project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Ginger DeHart collected personal narratives of people who waited for their significant other to come back from a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories of special care packages, word-of-mouth statistics about how many "waiting for missionary" relationships work out, and examples of missionary/non-missionary relationships. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1993.

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Sherwood interviewed girls who had boyfriends serving missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Included are personal stories, stories about farewells, postal experiences, and feelings and emotions. The project was collected for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1996.

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A collection of the wipe-outs or stunt failures experienced by wakeboarders and other boaters. These crash stories are told to educate other boarders of what not to do in a given situation, and they also act as a release valve to relieve the tension of negative feelings involved in a crash. A common thread noted in the stories is the fear of failure. There are twelve narratives in all. Collected by Melanie McDonald, Dr. Eric Eliason's ENGL 392 class, Fall 2007.