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Submitted by BYU student Robin Branham for her Fall 1985 English 391 class. A collection of various ethnic jokes, mostly about Mexicans, black people, and Pollocks. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include black jokes, Mexican jokes, and Pollock jokes.

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Dianne Tollestrup collected personal narratives from Mr. William Oral Pendleton. Included are stories of raising livestock, working to improve land and property, and pioneer activities. Project was written for Dr. Cheney's English 367 class taught at Brigham Young University in May 1972.

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Submitted by BYU student Sherry Sondrup for her Fall 1974 English 391 class. About junior high students' folktales and superstitions. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informants items. Items include superstitions like Ways to Prevent Bad Luck, To Do or Not To Do, Beliefs, and legends or fakelore such as Paul Bunyan stories, Daedalus, Hephaestus, historical legends and fables.

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Item is a collection of lullabies. Includes romantic lullabies, religious lullabies, and educational tunes remembered from the author's childhood. Created for Dr. Thursby's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University during Winter 2007.

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Submitted by BYU student Sharlene Polvadore for her Summer 1969 English 391 class. About the many customs and beliefs that accompany marriage. Includes a cover essay, list of informants, and informant items. Items include the Wedding Song customs like "here comes the Bride", an engagement chant, "Happy Bride Proverb", Wedding apparel, wedding cake, Bobbie-Kim stories, and customs from foreign countries.

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Merilynne Rich collected personal narratives about missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories of supernatural experiences, healings, premonitions and prophecies, requesting of the missionaries, humorous experiences, experiences with other ministers, poems and other writings, jokes and sayings, mission songs, and miscellaneous stories. Project was written for an English class in 1961.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student David G. McLellan for his Winter 1976 English 392 class. A collection of missionary stories from David E. Summers, who served in Illinois. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstract and informant stories. Stories include initiation rites such as a "phony" transfer, the numbered prayers, the jealous husband, famous missionaries that included Peter James and Curly, elders who participated in a race and got in trouble, two Elders who tried to...

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Submitted by BYU student Elaine Peterson for her 1972 English 367 class. About the unauthorized trip stories and their prevalence among missionaries and why that is. Contains a cover essay, list of informants, and informant items. Items include unauthorized trips from many different missions throughout the United States and various other missions including Australia, the Netherlands, and Argentina.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Molly Miller for her Summer 1977 English 520R class. About the wide range of missionary stories and the common ties between them. Contains a cover essay, an autobiographical sketch, informant abstracts, and informant items. Items include stories about initiation pranks such as a cracker for dinner, fake beer, and the rigors of missionary life such as skipping out to go to events, remarkable spiritual events such as the escape from the snow-plow, the sleeping driver,...

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Submitted by BYU student Margie McRae for her Spring 1969 English 391 class. A collection of ethnic Pollack jokes. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include various Pollack jokes, such as about their intelligence, physical inadequacy and more.