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Submitted by BYU student Sarah Hyde for her English 495 course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Essay on the honeymoon trail—a stretch of Arizona highway crossed by early Latter-day Saints on their way to the temple. Includes stories about men and women who crossed the highway in order to be sealed.

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Karen Nelson collected personal narratives of the Brigham Young University Honor Code and folklore surrounding it. Included are stories of dishonesty and cheating, breaking the Word of Wisdom, sex and inappropriate physical conduct, and dress code violations. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1991.

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Collection of various versions of the same folk story "the Hook". Includes ten separate accounts of the tale, and where the informant first heard the information. Project was created for Utah State University's Folklore 124 course in the fall of 1982.

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After hearing many stories that include Korean High School students committing suicide and haunting the school Jung decided to collect as many stories as she could involving the suicide of a student. Includes haunted schools, ghost stories, and gory revelations. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.

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Jennifer Lambert collected personal narratives about people's most embarrassing moments. Included are stories about clothes ripping or coming off in front of others, misunderstandings and mistaken identities, and instances where people were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Project was written for an Honors Intensive Writing Class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1996.

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Explores several rumors about people or houses in informants' neighborhoods. Defines a rumor as a story told by someone with no first-hand knowledge about the subject. Discusses three factors of spreading stories: the story becomes condensed, details that remain become more dominant, and changes based on each teller's interests or assumptions occur. Created by David Ahlgren while he was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 class during Winter Semester 2003.

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Merrill Oates collected information about an old home in Payson, Utah. Included are a description of the house as it was originally built, a history of the house, and photographs and blueprints of the home. Project was written for an Anthropology 315 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1987.

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April L. Allgaier wrote a life history of Arthur B. Smith. Included are stories about his childhood in Manassa, Colorado, service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his marriage to Edna Willis, and experiences during the Great Depression. Project was written for an Honors 207R-11 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1986.

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Tibbitts interviewed family members about their opinions on giving and receiving "gag" gifts. Included in all the interviews are the best gag gifts given and received, the reasons for giving gag gifts rather than more traditional gifts, and who receives the gag gifts the informant gives. Project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Scope and Contents note Farnsworth, because of the devotion to the Humanities Learning Resource Center (HLRC) for three years of her college life, has come to view the true value of the simple things that have shaped the folklore of the center. She explores the stories, handbooks, and other mediums that by their seemingly small contributions, have built the culture and purpose of the HLRC. Created by Kristina Farnsworth while enrolled in Kristi Young's English 391 class during winter semester of 2007 at Brigham...