College students' writings
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4636 Collections and/or Records:
Thespian initiation / Diana Ward, 2003 December 11
Item — Box 265: [Barcode: 31197233255071], Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2950
Scope and Contents note
Ward analyzes the folkloric elements of initiation into her high school thespian society. She deems the initiatory process to be folkloric insofar as it is artistic, traditional, and part of a social act. She concludes by documenting the changes that have occurred in the initiation process since its inception 20 years before, and suggests that hazing lawsuits have tamed the once-raucous process of initiation. Created by Diana Ward when she was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 course in...
Dates:
Other: 2003 December 11
They know Americans are crazy / by Clarissa Helps, 2007 November 20
Item — Box 364: [Barcode: 31197233256657], Folder: 17
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4525
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Collection of stories involving differences between American and South African culture. Includes stories about different terminology between the countries, biases based on accent, and some environmental differences between the two nations. Created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University, Fall 2007.
Dates:
Other: 2007 November 20
They're dying to meet you : the fun in funeral directing, 2019
Item — Box 390: [Barcode: 31197233256889], Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4974
Scope and Contents
Submitted by BYU student Kayla Spencer for her English 391 course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch and informant interviews. About the occupational folklore of funeral directors.
Dates:
2019
Things that go bump in the night : a collection of childhood fears / Star Hulet, 2006
Item — Box 310: [Barcode: 31197233255659], Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 3431
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Hulet examines the natural reaction of fear as well as the various personal and general fears of children. Hulet compares and contrasts the most common of these fears with scientific research into what psychologists believe to be linked with particular variables. In addition, Hulet discusses whether siblings who are raised in similar circumstances tend to share similar fears more commonly than children of similar age groups share fears. Created by Star Hulet while enrolled in Jacqueline...
Dates:
2006
This cookie costs how much : an investigation into the passing of rumors with recipes of Mrs. Fields cookies / Amy Ashcraft, 2003 August 4
Item — Box 297: [Barcode: 31197233255592], Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 1 Item 3293
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Ashcraft discusses Mormon women's obsessions with creating the perfect chocolate chip cookie, exploring stories told in her own family about individuals seeking to obtain Mrs. Field's chocolate chip cookie recipe. Ashcraft then discusses stories involving people who attempt to get such recipes but are ultimately ripped off by companies who have the recipe. Ashcraft discusses similarities in each of these urban legends and how they continue to perpetuate myths and rumors regarding the recipes...
Dates:
Other: 2003 August 4
"This doll's beady eyes" : fear of our childhood / Camrianne Hunt, 2011
Item — Box 377: [Barcode: 31197233256749], Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4731
Scope and Contents
Submitted by BYU student Camrianne Hunt analyzing the childhood fears that many have had in common, such as inanimate objects with faces, scary characters from media, and fear of the dark. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informants interviews. Interviews include a woman's fear of her father's dried prianha, scorpions in the walls, sibling's practical jokes, dolls, being scared of the dark, things under the bed, movie characters, and more. Created for her Winter 2011...
Dates:
2011
This had better be good : a message about answering machines / Alaina Jordan, 2003
Item — Box 263: [Barcode: 31197233254959], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2940
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Jordan collects various answering machine messages people leave on their phones. She claims that answering machine messages fulfill one of Bascom's folkoric functions -- education -- by intentionally or unintentionally teaching us something about the person who owns the phone. Jordan especially focuses on the prevalence of strange machine messages left by young children and college freshman. She believes that message machines are subversive insofar as they allow a person to say things that...
Dates:
Other: 2003
This is the place : Salt Lake City, Utah is part of the mission field, too! / Jayann Macbeth Wright, 2000
Item — Box 180: [Barcode: 31197233256608], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1882
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Wriht interviewed fellow missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about their experiences while serving a mission in Salt Lake City. Included are stories of members of the church making jokes about the missionaries being called there, creepy feelings from investigators, and conversion stories. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.
Dates:
Other: 2000
This old house : how a house reflects a culture / Kami Anderson, 2000
Item — Box 242: [Barcode: 31197233254827], Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2646
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Gives an explanation of the history of Icelandic members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who settled in Spanish Fork, Utah. Explains the family's efforts to overcome the unfriendliness of the Mormon settlers who were already there. Discusses how different aspects of her grandparents' home reflects the family's heritage. For example, the large dining room window with a beautiful view of the mountains reflects her family's love of the outdoors, and the garden outside the...
Dates:
Other: 2000
"This one time in my D&D group..." : a study of dungeons and dragons and folklore, 2016
Item — Box 381: [Barcode: 31197233256830], Folder: 3
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4797
Scope and Contents
Submitted by BYU student Will Finlayson for his English 392 American folklore course for Dr. Eric Eliason. About the folklore of Dungeon and Dragon groups. Includes a student essay, informant interviews and images. Informants discuss individual game strategies, inside jokes, and group traditions.
Dates:
2016