College students' writings
Found in 4636 Collections and/or Records:
The Wright way : stories of the Wright family / Charlotte Wright, 1982
Collection of folklore from the Wright family. Includes childhood stories, courtship stories, miraculous healing stories, premonition stories and remarkable deliverance stories. Created for Utah State University's English 524, Western folklore class in the Winter, 1982.
The writing on the wall : creating personal identity through Facebook / Talia Stotts, 2009 November 24
Submitted by BYU student Talia Stotts on how Facebook helps construct personal and public identities through human interactions and presentation. Includes a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant's use of facebook, and their memorable expriences from Facebook. Prepared for her Fall 2009 English 392 class under Prof. Jill Rudy.
The Y files : campus folklore at Brigham Young University / Bethany Wilson, 2006
The year-long secret, 1990 February 14
Submitted by BYU student Amy Browning for her English 392 course for Dr. William A. Wilson. Contains interviews and a photo copy of pages from the journal of Latter-day Saint who served in the Swedish Stockholm Mission. About road mishaps in the mission-home van.
Theater disasters : a narrative collection / Paul Horwinski, 1998
Horwinksi collected narratives in which subjects remembered disasters that happened in theaters. Included are a rotating stage that wouldn't stop revolving, an actor falling into the orchestra pit, and an actor getting stabbed with a real spear rather than a spring-loaded one. The project was written for Dr. Thursby's English 356 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.
Theater folklore / Whitney Erin Scott, 2001
Collection of stories about those that participate in theater. Scott addresses theater superstitions, traditions and jargon. Scott relies on William Basom's four function of folklore to explain how the stories relate to folklore. Created by Whitney Erin Scott while she was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class fall semester of 2001.
Theater pranks / by Jennifer Griffith, 1999
Griffith collected pranks that theatre casts play on one another. Included are both the description of the prank and the reaction the character had that either held or broke character. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.
Theatre folklore : tradition ritual rehearsal , 2017
Submitted by BYU student Rebecca McKee for her fall course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informant interviews. About the folklore customs and culture of theatre troupes as occupational folklore.
Theatre for dummies : a collection of stories about what not to do while working in a theatre / Benjamin Hegvik, 2002 April 25
Hegvik explores the lore created amongst employees of theatres, particularly those in the Provo, Utah area. Created by while enrolled in Jacqueline Thursby's English 391 class during winter semester 2002.