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Brantingham collected games played by families on long car trips. Included are the games Zap!, SNAPS, and Owe Me a Coke. The project was collected for a folklore class at Brigham Young University in 1998.

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Madsen collected folklore surrounding the city of Price, Utah, and it's history of coal mining. Included are stories about jokes played by the miners on each other, methods of testing mine safety, and myths and beliefs shared by the miners. The project was collected for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

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Submitted by BYU student Tate Lacey for her English 391 fall course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews. About the folklore of playign games. Includes the emic terms and house rules that folk groups create.

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Jacquier collected personal narratives about the Vietnam War from veteran soldier Carl Hatten Carpenter. Included are stories of his draft and basic training, experiences in Japan and Vietnam, and his return to America. Project was written for an English 392 clas taught by Dr. Jill Rudy in 2009.

Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of family car games. The analysis discusses how Americans perceive their cars and how family as a folkgroup can be associated with cars. Other topics include the impact of cars on American culture and the collector's personal views on American car games. Car games collected include the following: The Alphabet Game, The Quarter Game, The Licence Plate Game, Twenty Questions, The ABC Game, The Tongue Game, Radio Words, Finding Antelope, Audio Recordings, and Gift...

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Submitted by BYU student Jacquelyne Masotti about 1990s children's television shows. Contains autobiographical sketch and interviews with informants, who the author identifies as "90s babies" who reflect on how television has shifted since the 90s. Prepared for 2014 English 391 course for Dr. Jill Rudy.

Scope and Contents note Caswell collected stories from her father and mother, and also included a biography of her own life. Included are stories from her father's childhood in Berkeley, California, involving pets, family camping vacations, and grocery store trips. Her mother includes stories from communist Bulgaria, where she spent her childhood, and discusses stories that were told in her family, as well as games she played as a girl. The project was written for Dr. Thursby's class taught in 1998 at Brigham Young...

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Submitted by BYU student Susan S. Spackman for her Spring 1969 Folklore 391 class under Professor Bert (?) Wilson. About humorous Catholic folklore from the senior students and facult at St. Francis High School in Provo, Utah. Contains a cover essay, informant list, and informant items. Items include Father Matthias stories, Changes in the Church, other denominations, anti-Mormon jokes, Anti-Catholic jokes, and miscellaneous stories.

Scope and Contents note Gashler attempts to explain and analyze the rising importance of pets in American households. She believes that pets have increased in importance as the traditional nuclear family has declined, and that many people depend on pets to give them the love and support that they lack as a result of the difficult experiences that accompany disintegrating family life. She discusses the social and antisocial behaviors that motivate pet ownership. Created by Krisy Gashler when she was enrolled in Jill...

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Submitted by BYU student Augusta Robinson for her Fall 1970 English 391 class. About the means of marking domestic animals to denote their owner, and the history and reasons behind it. Contains a cover essay, list of informants, an autobiographical sketch, and informant items. Items include the C double bar, F slash B, Quarter Circle IL, V inverted V, Rocking JR, Lazy RL, M Bar R, Lazy JR, Barred Keyhole, Open book, Diamond Question, Key Stone, 2-2 backwards, and more.