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Box 16

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

'Tis the season--of tradition : four BYU families and their Christmas traditions / William Carl Boyce, 1972

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 172
Scope and Contents

Boyce collected four families' Christmas traditions including tree decorating, house decorating, Christmas food, family Christmas programs, Santa Claus traditions, and Christmas presents. Project was created for and English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1972.

Dates: 1972

A collection of dormitory pranks / Susan Brady, 1975

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 1 Item 173
Scope and Contents

Brady collected a series of pranks played on individuals while staying in college dorms. Includes bathroom pranks, bed pranks, car pranks, door pranks, food pranks, pranks intended to frighten, letter pranks, phone pranks, traditional pranks and prank wars. Project was created for an English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1975.

Dates: 1975

Children's folk toys / Susan Kay Brimley, 1974

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 3
Identifier: FA 1 Item 174
Scope and Contents

Brimley collected descriptions of both inside toys and outside toys that children use to entertain themselves. Included are folded paper toys, string games, bird traps, sling shots, stilts, whistles, tin can phones and other descriptions and drawings of games and toys. Project was created for an English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1974.

Dates: 1974

A living legend : Joe Halle / Camille Broadbent, 1974

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 175
Scope and Contents

Broadbent interviewed a friend about the trapping and wilderness legend Joe Halle. Included are stories about hunting adventures, clients for his kills, and trapping dangerous game. Project was created for Dr. Wilson's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1974.

Dates: 1974

Clarence Parrish : bearer of folklore / Sylvia Parrish Brown, 1972

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 176
Scope and Contents

Brown collected folklore from her father. Included are riddles, sayings, songs, beliefs, and superstitions about life, growing, and race. Project was created for and English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1972.

Dates: 1972

The Three Nephite stories in oral tradition / by James D. Browne, 1968

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 177
Scope and Contents

Browne collected stories that are told about the Three Nephites. Included are stories where one of the Three Nephites gives physical or spiritual assistance, gives a warning, or vanishes without a trace. Project was created for and English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1968.

Dates: 1968

The Mormons and the Blacks : modern folklore / Linda Brownell, 1975

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 7
Identifier: FA 1 Item 178
Scope and Contents

Brownell collected folklore involving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and African Americans. Included are legends about African Americans and the church, prejudiced jokes told by White Americans, and racist sayings about African Americans. Project was created for an English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1975.

Dates: 1975

Games played at young adult parties in Anchorage, Alaska / Pennie Brunson, 1977

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 8
Identifier: FA 1 Item 179
Scope and Contents

Brunson collected party games from her friends in Alaska. Included are initiation cames, games involving concentration, magic games, games involving boys and girls, and Sunday games. Project was created for an English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1977.

Dates: 1977

Old Mormon pioneer family remedies : from Utah and Mexico / Robert Brunson, 1973

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 180
Scope and Contents

Brunson collected remedies that have been around the Spencer family for generations. Included are cures and remedies for arthritis, slivers, infections, tonsillitis, pneumonia, head aches, colds, burns, rashes, warts, hair care, mumps and measles. Created for an English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1973.

Dates: 1973

Gems my grandmother gave to me : Margaret Melvina Bingham Hancock / Patricia Bryant, 1972

 Item — Box: 16, Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 181
Scope and Contents

Bryant recorded stories that her maternal grandmother told about her maternal grandmother Margaret Melvina Bingham Hancock. Included are stories about crossing the plains, parables about behaving, and stories about settling Utah. Project was created for and English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1972.

Dates: 1972