Scope and Contents Brady Deucher collected personal narratives about returned missionaries and their dating experiences after their missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories about RMs (return missionaries) informing their dates that they are "the one", using revelation and prayer to try to manipulate their dates into marrying them, and being either extremely horny or completely socially inept. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young...

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Stacy Day collected personal narratives about the folklore of Cannonville, Utah, from lifetime resident George Thompson. Included are stories about the pioneer settlers of Cannonville, folk cures for common illnesses, and stories about the early days and life in Cannonville. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

Scope and Contents Jennifer Christensen Smith collected personal narratives about the role of spiritual experiences in the engagement process. Included are stories about a couple who dated for 5 years throughout high school and college, a couple who got engaged the day after the young man returned from his mission, and a man who knew he was supposed to marry his girlfriend when they got in a bad car accident and all he cared about was if she was safe. Project was collected for an English 391 class taught at...

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Melissa Noel Law collected personal narratives about her family's Christmas traditions. Included are stories about the Christmas tree and ornaments, house decorations, the Christmas season, believing in Santa Clause, Christmas Eve and gifts of love, sleeping in one room, Christmas morning, and memorable Christmases. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

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Gregor Makechnie collected personal narratives about his father, Arthur Makechnie. Included the collector's adopted brother's first impression of his adopted father as man with a lot of love in his heart, stories that emphasize Arthur's frugality and creativity, and his technological ineptitude. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

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Melissa Perkins collected personal narratives about folklore in her mother's family, the Seamans. Included are the beliefs that a good dinner must always have four different things on the plate (bread doesn't count), meat should be eaten with chili sauce, and dishes should be washed in a certain order (glasses, silverware, plates, pots and pans). Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

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Chad Astle collected personal narratives from his grandmother, Ola LaVerne Kanester Lethbridge. Included are stories about her childhood in New Mexico and California, her sister's tragic burns when she was 7 years old, family tragedies, memories from school and with friends, and her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

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Kara Raymer collected personal narratives about sister missionary folklore. Included are stories about pulling pranks on elders in the mission, divine protection, and adventures and strange events that happened to sisters on their missions. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

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Becky Bagley collected personal narratives about the Brigham Young University Writing Center. Included are forms used by tutors at the writing center, customs from the Writing Center, and stories about stressed students and bad tutoring experiences. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

Scope and Contents Katrina Leavitt collected personal narratives about spiritual revelations received by women on whether to serve missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories of women who found answers in blessings, had positive role models whose examples encouraged them to serve a mission, women who had a strong desire to share a specific truth of the gospel, and women who just felt that the Spirit was telling them they should serve a mission. Project was written for an...