Scope and Contents note A collection of narratives about the yearly family reunion to West Yellowstone, Montana in a cabin on Hebgen Lake. The cabin is a central location where family folklore is learned and spread. The six aspects of folklore recounted in these narratives are etiological legends about the area, legend trips, personal experience narratives, family law, folk art, and folk verse. There are six photographs printed on paper. Collected by Julianne Taylor, Dr. Eric Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Winter...

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A collection of narratives and folk art about the author's paternal grandfather, William Dunow, nicknamed Willie Whiskers. William was known as a mountain man that enjoyed hunting and wood carving. The collection includes 23 photographs printed on paper, 5 items of folk art, and 10 narratives. Collected by Jessica Dunow, Dr. Eric Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Fall 2008.

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A collection of narratives about the author's grandmother Lavern Rahlf. The themes present in the stories are the grandmother's unique discipline and her strict style in motherhood. The author also notes how important the father was to the cycle of stories, with the three groups of stories coming from the three fathers the children had. Collected by Dane Rahlf, Dr. Eric Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Fall 2008.

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This project is a collection of New England food lore the author collects from her mother and sister. The author notes the similarities and differences between regional tastes and values and those of her family. The narratives include family food values, food rules, recipes, cooking stories, food traditions, and regional tastes. Collected by Emily Belanger, Dr. Eric Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Fall 2008.

Scope and Contents note This project looks at stories about run-ins with the law. Nine of the stories collected are from BYU students, while six are from young adults from the author's hometown of Wayland, Massachusetts. The author notes the similarities, differences, and trends found in both sets of informants in how they view the police and their crimes. Some of the stories collected are from Ohio, Michigan, California, Washington, Utah, Texas, and Massachusetts. Collected by Stephanie Tardiff, Dr. Eric Eliason's...

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A collection of negative travel experiences and how they reflect society. These stories reflect our fear of the unknown and aim to teach an underlying moral to from the experience. The travel narratives come from Washington, New York, Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado, and Alaska. The stories are often told to trump another story that had just been told in order to create sympathy and shock. Collected by Coryse Templeman, Dr. Eric Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Fall 2008.

Scope and Contents note This project looks at the folklore of Spanish medical interpreters in the four categories of cultural, linguistic, sensory, and emotional. Humor is the key element that unites the categories and allows the interpreter to share the story without the fear of being presumptuous. These narratives are told to reinforce conceptions about the role of the interpreter, the interpreter's responsibility, and the decorum of the position. Cultural experience narratives expose the difference between...

Scope and Contents note A collection of family narratives told and collected around the dinner table. Nieto is the family folk hero that many of these stories revolve around and who also tells these family stories. The factors that influence the telling of these stories are newcomers entering the group or those that return from a long absence and reminiscing about food dishes. Exaggeration is a key figure in most stories, along with jokes and the use of relatives in stories. Stories were collected in California....

Scope and Contents note This project looks at the creative ways single Brigham Young University students and single Mormons ask people out on dates. The person asking someone out creates an asking mechanism that is usually delivered in secret or by someone other than themselves, in which their identity is made known and their proposal is addressed. Following the proposal, the expectation is that the recipient responds to the invitation in a similarly creative way. The most profound way of extending an invitation is...

Scope and Contents note A collection of narratives about the host families members of BYU performing groups had to stay with while on tour. Some of the common threads in the story are the rides from the concert venue to the family's home that serve as a precursor of what was to come at the house, mentioning something of the food served, a little child as a source of awkwardness, and an exclamation of appreciation for the host families. These stories are a way to educate the members of the performing groups about...