Scope and Contents note This project explores family rituals that surround bedtime. In the analysis paper, the collector states that the bedtime functions as a ritual that transmits life lessons and family identity. This 15 item collection contains the following experiences: reading to siblings, bedtime blankets, improvised songs with children's names, "Top Eight at Eight" songs before bed, special cups and bottles, audiocassettes at bedtime, special pillowcase, and prayers at bedtime. Collected by Melissa White,...

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Collection of stories and lullabies shared at bedtime. Includes lullabies and where they were first learned, stories from childhood that were told to children, and family traditions about bedtime. Created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University, Fall 2009.

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Collection of bedtime rituals and why they were in place. Includes stories of bedtimes, stories beforehand, and why the parents organized the time that way. Created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University, Fall 2007.

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Submitted by BYU student Jennifer Andrew for her Fall 1982 English 391 class. A collection of children's bedtime songs, stories, and poetry and its purpose and use in American culture. Contains a cover essay, informant list, autobiographical sketch, and informant items. Items include songs and lullabies such as Chady wicky woo, Bobby Lad, Rover, Stories such as Lestin and Pamina, Sammy the Plane, and Poetry such as Let's climb up the hill and make-believe-land.

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Collection of bedtime songs sung to children. Includes stories involving animals, spiritual messages, and urges to fall asleep. Created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University, Fall 2007.

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Submitted by BYU student Rachel Heathcote. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informant interviews. About the fairytales that her father told her and her siblings at bedtime.

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Ward records stories and songs told at bedtime within her family. Project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 392 taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Scope and Contents note Collection of bedtime stories. Glauser suggests that the current world is in great need of strong families. One way to create such a family is through the telling of bedtime stories which foster closeness and intellectual growth. She addresses how bedtime stories are full of tradition and folklore. Glauser spends time analyzing the structure of bedtime stories relating it to the nature of children and folklore in general. Glauser also includes an in-depth survey on story telling where...

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of bedtime stories as told by the collector's father. The analysis discusses the folklore of narratives and their appeal for children, noting particularly their qualities as an oral performance, and the involvement of the listener in the telling of the story. For these stories, the collector claims that the stories taught lessons about the world and how it functions. Stories collected include the following stories: Sheba the Timber Wolf, The Girl and her Horse,...

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of bedtime and other stories told in the collector's family. It includes poems and folk stories told by several family members. The collector documents stories about the following characters: The Old Prospector and his "muley mule", ghosts, The Badmen, Zippety Zoomer, The Skinwalker/Werewolf, Encyclopedia Horse, WomWoms, and several others. It also includes some material art printed on paper as part of her family's folklore. Collected by Katie Jensen, Dr. Eric...