Contains periodicals collected by L. DeWayne Young. The substantial content reflects folk dance and culture all over the world. Most of the publications were collected as a subscriber, and are incomplete sets. The exception is Viltis Magazine, of which Young was a co-editor for fifteen years. Dates range from 1944-2014.

Contains information on folk festivals from a wide array, in culture, dance style, and time. The festival materials include program flags, programs, photo books, and news clippings. The National Folk Festival, Rocky Mountain Dance Roundup, Tydzién Kultory Beskidzkiej, and Swieto Dzieci Gór materials comprise the majority of the L. DeWayne Young’s collection. Dates range approximately 1940-2012.

Young was one of Brigham Young University’s Folk Dancers. These materials reflect his time as a dancer, and also the director of the BYU Women’s Dance Group. There are programs, newspapers clippings, 1959 Montana tour itineraries, posters, and a typed history of the BYU Women’s Dance Group. Young appears in programs as both a student and alumni. The posters feature Young, and advertise the 1968 European Folk Festivals Tour. Dates range 1959-1979.

Contains a variety of materials collected by L. DeWayne Young over his years as a folk dancer and instructor. The resources include festival handouts, programs, cultural information, histories of folk dancing, information on fellow folk dancers, and instructional resources. These resources take the form of news clippings, video materials, published and unpublished texts, pamphlets, posters, periodicals and some correspondence. Dates range from 1940-2014.