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English wrote about light bulb jokes, their origin and basis in stereotypes. Included are discussions on where light bulb jokes are told, why light bulbs lend themselves to jokes, and examples of light bulb jokes. The paper was written for an English 495 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.

Scope and Contents note Collection of marriage advice stories. The advice originates from Latter-day Saint mission presidents. A mission president is in charge of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's missionaries serving in a particular area of the world. The advice tends to encourage the young people to marry soon after their two year mission, and to realize how important that marriage is to their life and life hereafter. Schumann found many reoccurring themes with in the stories. She discusses the...

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of bad roommate stories. The analysis comments on the significance of a comfortable home in American culture, and how bad roommates upset that ideal. Also compares the stories to the disrupted ideals of a childhood home. Includes a ten-item collection including stories about roommates who would wear an informant's underwear, nose picking, parties involving alcohol and marijuana, angry roommates, and others. Collected by Taylor Donohoo, Dr. Rudy's ENGL 392 class,...

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Thompson interviewed her great-grandmother in an effort to better understand the head of her family. She made a point of learning about her great-grandmother's early childhood and education as well as her adult life raising and attending to a family. Project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Bonham collected interviews from family member about favorite memories that involve Joyce Mitchell. Included are stories from her friends, her siblings, and her grandchildren. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 386 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Broadbent interviewed a friend about the trapping and wilderness legend Joe Halle. Included are stories about hunting adventures, clients for his kills, and trapping dangerous game. Project was created for Dr. Wilson's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1974.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Laura Lee Luther for her January 1971 English 391 class. About the hereditary folklore and traditions as told by New England natives about traditional Hadlyme, Connecticut. Contains a cover essay, informant abstracts, and informant's items. Items include a letter from Laura Lee Luther's father about his life growing up in Hadlyme, from his one-room schoolhouse to his memories of WWI and his everyday life, her father's college diary on his daily impressions, the...

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Kerril Sue Rollins for her Summer 1977 English 520R class under Professor Wm. A. Wilson. About collecting Mormons folk narratives about the spirit world. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant lists, and informant's items. Items include a father urging his daughter to do his temple work, an angel in the room, a spirit that kept close watch on a man's wife and family, a spirit visiting his future mother and father, motivation to do temple work,...

Scope and Contents note This project is a compilation of the life story of the collector's grandfather, Sterling Monroe Bylund. The history includes the importance of religion in the informant's life, his jobs, experience in the merchant marines, his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Norway, his courtship and marriage, church callings, and many other aspects of Sterling Monroe Bylund's life. Based on an interview with the informant. Introduction comments on informant's quiet nature and...