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Latter Day Saints -- Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4596 Collections and/or Records:

"And then they lost my luggage" : a folkloric analysis of why negative airline stories are told / Ashley Seelos, 2011

 Item — Box 373: [Barcode: 31197233256814], Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4662
Scope and Contents

Seelos analyzed negative stories told about airline services . Included are stories of employee mistakes, security problems, mechanical failures and miscillaneous issues. The project was collected for an English 392 class taught by Dr. Jill Rudy at Brigham Young University in 2011.

Dates: 2011

"And this just proves that Amway people are weird" : Amway reaction culture reflected in folklore / Kayla Deru, 1998

 Item — Box 160: [Barcode: 31197233256400], Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1669
Scope and Contents note

Deru collected folklore surrounding the Amway marketing company. Included are stories of the Amway cult mentality, a girl being charged for thirty dollars for something she found later at Wal-Mart for seven dollars, and a divorced man who gave the Amway recruiting speech for a Family Home Evening lesson to his ex-wife's family. The project was written for an Introduction to Folklore class taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Dates: Other: 1998

Anderson adventures : a look at the importance of family stories / Faith Anderson, 2005

 Item — Box 307: [Barcode: 31197233255626], Folder: 8
Identifier: FA 1 Item 3403
Scope and Contents note

Anderson examines the role of story telling amongst her siblings and self as a form of familiar communication within the family. These stories, Anderson explains, create a sense of closeness and spark memories of previous activities and events. In addition, the "inside jokes" and associations formed through shared experiences are analyzed and explained for the reader's convenience. Created by Faith Anderson while enrolled in Jill Rudy's English 392 course during winter semester of 2005.

Dates: Other: 2005

Anecdotal recipes / Brittany Apgar Maxwell, 1996

 Item — Box 154: [Barcode: 31197233256251], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1606
Scope and Contents note

Maxwell collected stories surrounding the making and eating of food. Included are stories of dogs eating bagels and cream cheese, green eggs and ham gone wrong, and a lollipop tree. The project was created for Dr. Grahm's English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University.

Dates: Other: 1996

Anecdotes of the Order of Aaron / Curtis McCarthy, 1980

 Item — Box 7: [Barcode: 31197233253167], Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 1 Item 71
Scope and Contents

Collection of stories and anecdotes about the Order of Aaron. Includes stories of their founder, misconceptions of their beliefs, and stories that reaffirm their belief in their faith. Created for Utah State University's History 459 course in spring, 1980.

Dates: 1980

Angels among us / Jeremy T. Williams, 1998

 Item — Box 160: [Barcode: 31197233256400], Folder: 8
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1673
Scope and Contents note

Williams focused his project on folklore of angels and spirits visiting the earth. Included are descriptions of and scriptural stories about translated beings, preexistent spirits, and fallen angels. The project was written for Dr. Rudy's English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University.

Dates: Other: 1998

Angels among us : why are they here? / LoAnn Fieldsted, 1998

 Item — Box 153: [Barcode: 31197233256137], Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1589
Scope and Contents note

Fieldsted collected folklore relating to angels and visitations. Included are stories of angels singing at temple dedications, an expecting mother seeing her daughter in dreams and at the temple, and a lonely widow feeling her husband's arms around her waist and a kiss on her cheek as she was lying in bed feeling lonely. The project was collected for Dr. Eliason's English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Dates: Other: 1998

Angels descending : BYU students serving in Romanian orphanages / Ryan Moore, 2007

 Item — Box 347: [Barcode: 31197233255998], Folder: 11
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4228
Scope and Contents note

A collection of the narratives recounting the experiences of ten BYU students shared serving in the hospitals and orphanages in Romania. The stories of helping and comforting the patients and parents have had a lasting impact on the lives of the students. The plight of Romanian orphans is noted as well as a hope for the future. There are seventeen items collected with six photographs printed on paper. Collected by Ryan Moore, Dr. Deirdre Paulsen's HONRS 300R class, Fall 2007.

Dates: Other: 2007

Angels to bear us up / Sherami Jara, 2000

 Item — Box 235: [Barcode: 31197233254777], Folder: 11
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2524
Scope and Contents note

Project focuses on personal experience narratives and urban legends about God's protection over missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Created by Sherami Jara while she was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course in Fall 2000.

Dates: Other: 2000

Animal anecdotes and other Genola goodness / Jenni Conder, 2010

 Item — Box 368: [Barcode: 31197233256673], Folder: 18
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4596
Scope and Contents note

Collection of anecdotes involving animals from the town Genola in Utah. Includes anecdotes where animals trying to show off goes poorly, hunting stories, and lessons animals taught the human onlookers. Created for Dr. Eliason's English 392 course at Brigham Young University during winter, 2010.

Dates: Other: 2010