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Gardner analyzes first impressions of married couples, a dating couple, and roommates in order to gain a better understanding of the role first impressions play in defining a future relationship. Gardner contends that first impressions may affect the timing of a relationship and the speed at which it moves. Created by James Gardner while enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course during fall semester 2006 at Brigham Young University.

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Collection of stories involving cats and the events around their death. Includes tales of the owners receiving a sense of gratitude as the animal died, the various personalities that cat holds, and spirituality in cat stories. Created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University, June 2009.

Scope and Contents note This project takes a look at the importance of food in Russian culture. The analysis claims that for Russians, food is a cultural, religious, and historical tie to "Mother Russia." The paper discusses food as Russian history from the early Slavs, the Russian Orthodox church, the Mongols, Peter the Great, peasant life, the 19th century, Soviet Russia, after Perestroika, and the collapse of Soviet Russia. Also includes one interview (in Russian) and a glossary of Russian foods. Collected by...

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Cortney Gerstner collected personal narratives about athletic superstitions and rituals. Included are stories about putting uniforms on in a certain order, avoiding unlucky items of clothing, and traditions such as baptizing lacrosse teams by sprinkling water on them. Project was written for an Honors 200 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Alysen Young about the folk group athletic trainers have created for themselves, and the educating, initiating, or entertainment purposes they serve. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants' injuries and how they coped with them, or others injuries and how the informants treated them, from torn ACLs to concussions, to spinal dislocations and near-death experiences to sliced-off fingers and broken femurs, and also how to treat various minor...

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Submitted by BYU student Emily LarsenLauren Truman for her English 391 fall course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews. About the personal experience narratives of the BYU creator's "great aunt Mary." Includes stories about Mary Mitchell's career as the first women television host in Little Rock, Arkansas in the 1950s.

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of stories and experiences of four generations of the Bastian family living in Aurora, Utah. The analysis comments on how the small town of Aurora is rich with tradition, and that the evolution of these traditions can be traced through the Bastian family, beginning with the collector's great grandparents, Alma and Elnora Bastian. Also gives examples of the history and traditions of several Bastian family members. Items include biographies and interviews with...

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Dunn explores what elements in a date are stereotypical for a Brigham Young University date. Include food eaten, activities engaged in, and the amount of physical affection displayed. Project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Colledge collected middle and high school students year book autographs and analyzed the function the poems and sayings played in the life of the teens. Included are styles of writing in yearbooks, autographs dealing with dating and marriage, derogatory comments in rimes, autographs that give praises, and rimes that play on letters and words. Project was created for an English 391 course taught in 1968.

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Rayback studies the nature of autographs and considers the effects of technology on the old arts of writing and personal expression. He finds that the autograph is declining in expressive importance due to the anonymity and efficiency required by the computer era, but he finds that people still feel a need to express themselves artistically despite the rise of technology. Created by Matthew Rayback when he was enrolled in Jacqueline Thursby's Folklore 667 course in Winter 2003.