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Contains surveys completed under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe by members of the Latter-day Saint community and members of broader Mormon diasporic groups about their experiences, beliefs, and customs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the items are the survey files, but there are also photographs, videos, letters in word documents and PDFs, emails, and digital images such as screenshots in the collection. Dated from March to September 2020.

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Contains surveys completed under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe by members of the Latter-day Saint community about their experiences, beliefs, and customs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the items are the survey files, but there are also photographs, letters, videos, screenshots, and emails. Dated from March to September 2020.

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Contains interviews completed under the direction of Christine Blythe with members of the Latter-day Saint community regarding their experiences, beliefs, and customs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews are audio recordings and their associated transcriptions. Dated March to July 2020.

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Contains personal narratives collected under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe from members of the Latter-day Saint community and of broader Mormon diasporic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also includes artifacts such as face masks and sacrament trays, and some photographs, written narrative, and digital images related to the personal narratives. Dated from June to September 2020.

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Contains narratives collected under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe from members of the Latter-day Saint community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also includes face masks created by some of the interviewees, and some digital images, photographs,, and written narrative. Dated from June to August 2020.

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Contains narratives collected during the COVID-19 pandemic under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe by members of the Latter-day Saint community, as well as sacrament trays and cups, and some screenshots of social media posts and listings about the trays. Dated June to September 2020.

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Contains accounts of legends relating to Mormon missionaries, including embarrassing, unusual, frightening, or miraculous experiences. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1965 to 2005.

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Contains surveys completed under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe by members of broader Mormon diasporic groups about their experiences, beliefs, and customs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the items are the survey files, but it also includes one video recording and a set of statements from the Community of Christ First Presidency. Dated from March to April 2020.

Scope and Contents Contains interviews conducted by or under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as some members of the broader Mormon diaspora, about their experiences, beliefs, customs and material lore during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the items are audio recordings and associated transcriptions, but several physical items such as masks and sacramento trays, as well as digital images and photographs, are also included within...

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...