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Supernatural -- Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 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

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