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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 2714 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of ethnic and racial beliefs, 1964-2011

 Series — Box 6: Series 31; Series 32; Series 33; Series 34; Series 35; Series 35; Series 37 [Barcode: 31197239241976], Folder: 22-27
Identifier: FA 010 Series 37
Scope and Contents

Contains ethnic and racial beliefs. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1964 to 2011.

Dates: 1964-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of beliefs

Collection of etiological legends

 Collection
Identifier: FA 06
Scope and Contents Contains legends concerning the origin of people, animals, plants, practices, placenames, celestial phenomena, surnames, and names of products. Also, legends about the ways natural features, plants, animals, customary names of years, human skin color, and locations acquired attributes or names. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1960 to 2020. Digital collections (2019-2021) can be...
Dates: 1960-2021
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Collection of farcical rhymes, 1970-1990

 Series — Box 4: Series 13; Series 10; Series 11; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197232570975], Folder: 5-7
Identifier: FA 011 Series 11
Scope and Contents

Collection of farcical rhymes. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1970-1990.

Dates: 1970-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection on speech

Collection of folk poetry, 1980-1997

 Series — Box 4: Series 13; Series 10; Series 11; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197232570975], Folder: 11
Identifier: FA 011 Series 13
Scope and Contents

Collection of folk poetry. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1980-1997.

Dates: 1980-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection on speech

Collection of folk speech, 1964-2013

 Series — Box 3: Series 7; Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232570983], Folder: 6-11
Identifier: FA 011 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Collection of folk speech. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1964-2013.

Dates: 1964-2013
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection on speech

Collection of folksongs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 013
Scope and Contents Contains a collection of folksongs. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1935 to 2020. Digital collections (2015-2020) can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/. Most of the items are typewritten, but a few of the older items are handwritten. Many of the items...
Dates: 1935-2020
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Collection of folktales

 Collection
Identifier: FA 09
Scope and Contents Collection contains jokes, anecdotes, folktales, formula tales, and tall tales. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1956 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. The jokes contain social and cultural contexts to explain their humor. Digital collections (2016-2021)can be...
Dates: 1956-2021
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Collection of foreign language songs, 1959-2013

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8; Series 9; Series 10 [Barcode: 31197232570967], Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 013 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains collection of foreign language songs. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1959 to 2013.

Dates: 1959-2013
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of folksongs

Collection of games

 Collection
Identifier: FA 015
Scope and Contents

Contains a collection of games. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1957 to 2020.

Digital collections (2016-2020) can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/. Digital collections are organized at collection rather than series level.

Dates: 1957-2020
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Collection of games for particular groups of people, 1974-2013

 Series — Box 3: Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197239243626], Folder: 3
Identifier: FA 015 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Collection of games for particular groups of people. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1974-2013.

Dates: 1974-2013
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of games

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