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Submitted by BYU student Jerry R. Nelson for his Fall 1981 English 391 class. About illegal excursions on an LDS mission. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include various illegal excursions such as the concert, the lightpole, the statue, President's inspiration, Acapulco, Ski Trip, Baot Ride, Trip to Singapore and more.

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Submitted by BYU student Jolene Nelson for her Fall 1980 English 391 class. About the dating scene at college, and the "stages" it comes in. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include High school dating customs, college dating customs, and dating outside of a school environment.

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Submitted by BYU student Craig William Oler for his Winter 1983 English 392 class. About the Equal Rights Amendment and the role of women in LDS society. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include cautionary statements from the Church about women's movement, and various stories about the "liberation" of women, and possible causes. Includes color and black and white slides.

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Submitted by BYU student Sigrid Olsen for his/her December 1980 Folklore class under Brother Poulsen. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include pre-Christmas celebrations, the trimmings of Christmas, Christmas food, Christmas Eves and Mornings, Christmas gifts, Santa Food, and more.

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Submitted by BYU student Jill Oxborrow for her Winter 1982 English 392 class. About various conversion stories in the LDS faith. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include peaceful, simple conversions, baptism through friendship and fellowshipping, and inspirational conversions.

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Submitted by BYU student Angela Palmer for her Fall 1982 English 391 class. About the rigors of missionary life and why some missionaries find it so hard to adapt. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Debra Pearson for her Winter 1982 English 392 class. About the various stories Mormons have about the Three Nephites and Mormon's providential world view. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include genealogy lgends, the three Nephites in the early period of the church, Nephites building and strengthening testimonies, Nephites visiting Indians, the three Nephites as hitchhikers, a Nephite comes to church,...

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Submitted by BYU student Kristi Perisho for her Winter 1981 English 392 class. About the various nonsense folksongs prevalent in (then) modern culture. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include nonsense songs about women, and various other topics, such as funerals, and camp songs.

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Submitted by BYU student Gary A. Petersen for his FAll 1978 English 391 class. About the differences and similarities between children's rhymes when in different socio-economic backgrounds. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include rhymes like one potatoe, two potatoe, patty cake, eeny meeny miny mo, teacher teacher, blue shoes, one for the money, and na na nanny goat.

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Submitted by BYU student LeAnn Peterson for her Winter 1978 English 391 class. About the customs and jokes about BYU coed, missionaries, and women in general at Ricks college and at BYU. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include coed jokes, returned missionary jokes, BYU men, phone answers, customs and more.