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Williams focused his project on folklore of angels and spirits visiting the earth. Included are descriptions of and scriptural stories about translated beings, preexistent spirits, and fallen angels. The project was written for Dr. Rudy's English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University.

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Fieldsted collected folklore relating to angels and visitations. Included are stories of angels singing at temple dedications, an expecting mother seeing her daughter in dreams and at the temple, and a lonely widow feeling her husband's arms around her waist and a kiss on her cheek as she was lying in bed feeling lonely. The project was collected for Dr. Eliason's English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

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A collection of the narratives recounting the experiences of ten BYU students shared serving in the hospitals and orphanages in Romania. The stories of helping and comforting the patients and parents have had a lasting impact on the lives of the students. The plight of Romanian orphans is noted as well as a hope for the future. There are seventeen items collected with six photographs printed on paper. Collected by Ryan Moore, Dr. Deirdre Paulsen's HONRS 300R class, Fall 2007.

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Project focuses on personal experience narratives and urban legends about God's protection over missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Created by Sherami Jara while she was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course in Fall 2000.

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Collection of anecdotes involving animals from the town Genola in Utah. Includes anecdotes where animals trying to show off goes poorly, hunting stories, and lessons animals taught the human onlookers. Created for Dr. Eliason's English 392 course at Brigham Young University during winter, 2010.

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Weinert collected stories from her friends about their encounters with animals. Included are stories with wild animals encountered in Utah woods and mountains, farm animals and domestic animals encounters with wild animals. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2000.

Scope and Contents note Green discusses his family folklore, which reveals a common theme of animals. The family unites under this topic because they have each had experiences with animals. All of the stories are told with humor, which shows that each person has overcome the negative emotions they experienced at the time. The animal theme points to the family's heritage and ancestry of farmers and pioneers. Created by Freeman Green while enrolled in Kristi A. Bell's English 391 class during winter semester of 2004...

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Laurel suggests the possible motivations for the American obsession with owning pets, and correlates the motivations for pet ownership with prominent American values. Included in the list of motivations that typify American values are the need for companionship, security, teaching of responsibility and respect, familial bonds, and leisure time. Created by Jacqueline Laurel when she was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 392 course in Winter 2001.

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Leaming writes about legends, beliefs, customs, and folk songs of Salina, Utah, and surrounding areas involving the ghost/witch Annie Bangs. Includes parents admitting to dressing up as Annie Bangs to scare children, ghost stories, and religious beliefs about Annie Bangs. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 392 class at Brigham Young University in 2000.

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Dastrup collected narratives that involve Annie Bangs, a local legend of Salina Utah. Included are narrative of who Annie Bangs is, and where the stories originated from, how the myth is performed in the area, and reported sightings of Annie Bangs. Project was created for an English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.