Supernatural -- Folklore
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of legends about appearances and manifestations of supernatural beings and revenants, 1958-2019
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 02 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains fieldwork reports on legends of visitation by God, Mary, angels, deathless or resurrected saints, dead relatives, other dead (both benign and malign), the Devil, Cain, and demons. Some items, particularly the reports of visits from dead relatives, span the boundary between family history and folklore; they have identifiable creators and often report complete, short chains of transmission. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State...
Dates:
Other: 1958-2019
Collection of legends on supernatural creatures, 1959-2018
Series — Box 2: Series 2; Series 3; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197239240382], Folder: 9-13
Identifier: FA 03 Series 5
Scope and Contents
Contains legends about supernatural creatures. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1959 to 2018.
Dates:
1959-2018
Collection of legends on supernatural powers, 1959-2018
Series — Box 2: Series 2; Series 3; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197239240382], Folder: 8- 13
Identifier: FA 03 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains legends about supernatural powers and the people who use them. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1959 to 2018.
Dates:
1959-2018
Collection of legends on unexplained phenomena, 1957-2019
Series — Box 2: Series 2; Series 3; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197239240382], Folder: 1-7
Identifier: FA 03 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains accounts of unexplained phenomenon. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1957 to 2019.
Dates:
1957-2019
Collection of supernatural non-religious legends
Collection
Identifier: FA 03
Scope and Contents
Contains legends about supernatural events of a non-religious character. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1959 to 2020. Digital collections (2019-2021) can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items...
Dates:
Other: 1957-2021
The legend of Redgie Child, 1975
Item — Box 379: [Barcode: 31197233609558], Folder: 16
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4775
Scope and Contents
Student generated paper by Clark Bishop. A series of local legends about Redginal Child who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Springville, Utah.
Dates:
1975
William A. Wilson and John B. Harris Missionary Folklore collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 20
Scope and Contents
Contains folklore stories and accounts from missionaries or relatives and friends of missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, separated in 17 bound volumes with no inner chronological organization. The stories date back to the 1870s, and they were collected between 1958 and 1994. Includes accounts of missionaries' language mistakes, funny stories, miracles, songs, and experiences with the priesthood, the supernatural, or other people. The interviews for the accounts...
Dates:
1958-1994