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Submitted by BYU student Thomas Goodwin for his English 391 fall course. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informant interviews. About LDS missionary stories. Includes several missionary legends and personal experience narratives on encountering other religions and supernatural dreams.

Scope and Contents note Collection of stories about the Latter-day Saint Missionary Training Center. As the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sends missionaries all over the world, it is necessary for the missionaries to receive instruction in doctrine as well as in foreign language. This instruction happens at the Missionary Training Center. Christensen suggests that many of the pranks serve as a release valve and help to build friendships. Created by Andrea Christensen while she was enrolled in Eric...

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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Submitted by BYU student Claire Jenkins for her English 391 course for Dr. Christopher Blythe. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews. About modern mixtape/playlist as artistic expression.

Scope and Contents note Olson collected second coming stories told by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Included are stories of prophets supposedly predicting the day of Christ's coming, recipients of Patriarchal blessings being told that they would be one of the two prophets in Jerusalem, and angels and prophets telling people to get their two years' supply of food storage in preparation for the second coming. The project was created for an English 356 class taught at Brigham Young...

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Submitted by BYU student Teresa Blauer for her Winter 1979 English 392 class. About why people who claim to be Mormon can also claim to be homosexual. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, concluscion, bilbiography and informant items. Items include stories like Gay missionary, Signing the statement, Anita, More Mormon Homosexuals, and more.

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Janice Nelson collected personal narratives about Latter-day Saint colonies in Mexico. Included are stories of early life in Mexico, stories about interactions with natives, and stories about culture differences or mishaps. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1995.

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This project discusses the Mormon colonists in Northern Mexico and their identity. The paper gives historical background, comments on the social climate, politics and patriotism, language, religion, and foodways of the Mormon colonies in Northern Mexico. The author comments on the diversity of the group and the similar cultural elements that bind the people together. Does not include a folklore item collection. Collected by Deb Stant, Professor Rudy's ENGL 495 class, Winter 1999.

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Scoffield writes about outlaws that had contact with early Utah Mormons. Scoffield was a student in Eliason's English 392 class at Brigham Young University in 2001.

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Brownell collected folklore involving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and African Americans. Included are legends about African Americans and the church, prejudiced jokes told by White Americans, and racist sayings about African Americans. Project was created for an English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1975.