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Collection of folksongs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 013

Scope and Contents

Contains a collection of folksongs. Items were collected by students in folklore classes at Brigham Young University, Utah State University, and the University of Utah from 1935 to 2020.

Digital collections (2015-2020) can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/. 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.

Dates

  • 1935-2020

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Wilson Folklore Archives must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Extent

4 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged into 19 series; 1. Collection of nonsense songs 1959-2011. 2. Collection of songs about the body. 3. Collection of songs about food 2008. 4. Collection of foreign language songs 1959-2011. 5. Collection of songs about animals 2005-2017. 6. Collection of songs about occasion 2005-2008. 7. Collection of songs about marching 2008. 8. Collection of songs about death 1959-2008. 9. Collection of songs about love 1935-2008. 10. Collection of songs about drinking 1959-2007. 11. Collection of songs about drugs 1971-1989. 12. Collection of lullabies and reveilles 1959-2017. 13. Collection of songs about people 1959-2017 14. Collection of songs about places 1959-2017. 15. Collection of songs about religion 1959-2000. 16. Collection of songs about domestic things 1954-2000. 17. Collection of camp songs 1959-1999. 18. Collection of children's school songs 1961-1999. 19. Collection of college songs 1971-2008. 20. Collection of songs about vehicles 2000. 21. Collection of songs about music 2000-2011.

Digital collections (2015-2020)can be accessed at https://lib.byu.edu/collections/wilson-folklore-archive/. Digital collections are organized at collection rather than series level.

Custodial History

Donated by various folklore students from 1935 to 2017.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; Various folklore students; 1935-2017

Appraisal

The folklore of university students, families, religious life, Polynesia and the Intermountain West (William A. Wilson Folklore Archives collection development policy IV.a.i.4, October 2009.)

Existence and Location of Originals

All items located in the "MISSING" series have been entered into Archivist's Toolkit, but are not numbered and the physical copies are missing. If found, they are to be numbered and put in boxes with the rest of FA13. The student processor put keywords in the Component Unique Identifier box to indicate where the items should be moved to if found.

Processing Information

Updated; Jayna Gottenbos for Ryan Lee, curator; 2018.

Title
Register of the Collection of folksongs
Status
Completed
Author
Jayna Gottenbos
Date
2018 August 9
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States