BYU Library - Special Collections

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Regan Peterson, who collected information from her husband's paternal grandfather, Frank Peterson. Frank made a belt buckle and brooch with polished stones as wedding presents. Report includes photographs.

Report by a Brigham Young University folklore student about how woven bracelets are woven by teenage girls for friends, by Dead Heads (with bright colors and suspected psychedelic influence) for income, and in earth tones by "granolas" (peace/civil rights advocates). Two samples are attached.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Heather B. Hamilton about how choolchildren exchanged friendship pins, made from safety pins and colored beads, and wore them primarily on their shoelaces.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Leslie Shelley about how flowers were chained into necklaces, used as a grade-school symbol of friendship or admiration. Keeping the necklace after it dries is believed to make the friendship permanent.

Contains explanations of the folkloric significance of jewelry. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University and Utah State University from 1975 to 1997. 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 as well as explanations of social and cultural contexts.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Cherie Stoddard about how, around 1962, she and other girls made chains of gum wrappers in church.

Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Krista Miner about how, in 1987, she and her two best friends as schoolchildren strongly influenced a fad for collecting, trading, and chaining gummy bracelets.

Report by Utah State University history student Becky Bradley, who collected information from her grandmother, Mardell Fear. Children make necklaces and bracelets out of wire grass.