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Personal narratives

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Works which relate eyewitness accounts of events such as wars or disasters.

Found in 353 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of folklore on the Latter-day Saint missionary experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 March-December

 Series
Identifier: FA 45 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains interviews conducted by or under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe with Latter-day Saint missionaries around the world about their experiences and beliefs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the items are audio recordings and associated transcriptions, as well as photographs, videos, and notes. Dated from March to December 2020.

Dates: 2020 March-December

Collection of Latter-day Saint folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 March-July

 Series
Identifier: FA 45 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains interviews completed under the direction of Christine Blythe with members of the Latter-day Saint community regarding their experiences, beliefs, and customs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews are audio recordings and their associated transcriptions. Dated March to July 2020.

Dates: 2020 March-July

Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 June-September

 Series
Identifier: FA 45 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains personal narratives collected under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe from members of the Latter-day Saint community and of broader Mormon diasporic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also includes artifacts such as face masks and sacrament trays, and some photographs, written narrative, and digital images related to the personal narratives. Dated from June to September 2020.

Dates: 2020 June-September

Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore on masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 June-August

 Sub-Series
Identifier: FA 45 Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains narratives collected under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe from members of the Latter-day Saint community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also includes face masks created by some of the interviewees, and some digital images, photographs,, and written narrative. Dated from June to August 2020.

Dates: 2020 June-August

Collection of Latter-day Saint material folklore on sacrament trays during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 June-September

 Sub-Series
Identifier: FA 45 Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains narratives collected during the COVID-19 pandemic under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe by members of the Latter-day Saint community, as well as sacrament trays and cups, and some screenshots of social media posts and listings about the trays. Dated June to September 2020.

Dates: 2020 June-September

Collection of men's narratives, 1978-2019

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232566445], Folder: 5-8
Identifier: FA 08 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Collection of narratives about men and men's issues. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1978 to 2019. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected.

Dates: 1978-2019

Collection of miscellaneous narratives, 1982-2018

 Series — Box 10: Series 20; Series 15; Series 16; Series 17; Series 18; Series 19 [Barcode: 31197232566502], Folder: 13-16
Identifier: FA 08 Series 20
Scope and Contents

Collection of miscellaneous narratives. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1982 to 2018. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected.

Dates: 1982-2018

Collection of Mormon folklore during the COVID-19 pandemic

 Collection
Identifier: FA 45
Scope and Contents Contains interviews conducted by or under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as some members of the broader Mormon diaspora, about their experiences, beliefs, customs and material lore during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the items are audio recordings and associated transcriptions, but several physical items such as masks and sacramento trays, as well as digital images and photographs, are also included within...
Dates: 2020 March-November

Collection of personal narratives

 Collection
Identifier: FA 08
Scope and Contents Contains personal experience narratives. Items were collected by students taking folklore classes at Brigham Young University. Narratives fall into several categories, and describe informants' thoughts, feelings, and memories relating to the occurances described. The collection contains narratives that fall into multiple categories and span several decades. Dated 1954 to 2020. Digital collections (2016-2021)can be accessed at ...
Dates: 1954-2021

Collection of religious narratives, 1960-2019

 Series — Box 2: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232566452], Folder: 1-8
Identifier: FA 08 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Collection of narratives about religion. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1960 to 2019. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items contain a description of how, when, and where they were collected.

Dates: 1960-2019