Scope and Contents Contains droodles on objects, Mexicans, animals, people, men, and women. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1971 to 2011. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected as well as explanations of social and cultural contexts. Droodles are a kind of cartoon in which humorous...

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Contains a collection of rebuses (puzzles consisting of objects, letters, or symbols to represent words or phrases). The answers to rebuses are simple, but the obvious answer is often what makes them difficult. They are meant to test one's ability to look at things with a different perspective. Includes picture and pictureless rebuses. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1978 to 2009.

Scope and Contents Contains various kinds of riddles, droodles, and rebuses. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1960 to 2020. Digital collections (2007-2020)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 are handwritten....

Scope and Contents Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1960 to 211. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected as well as explanations of social and cultural contexts. This series is separated according to type of riddle: genealogical, number, what is/what has, explanatory, word games/puns,...