Personal narratives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Works which relate eyewitness accounts of events such as wars or disasters.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of folklore on the Latter-day Saint missionary experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 March-December
Series
Identifier: FA 45 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains interviews conducted by or under the direction of Christine Elyse Blythe with Latter-day Saint missionaries around the world about their experiences and beliefs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the items are audio recordings and associated transcriptions, as well as photographs, videos, and notes. Dated from March to December 2020.
Dates:
2020 March-December
William A. Wilson and John B. Harris Missionary Folklore collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 20
Scope and Contents
Contains folklore stories and accounts from missionaries or relatives and friends of missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, separated in 17 bound volumes with no inner chronological organization. The stories date back to the 1870s, and they were collected between 1958 and 1994. Includes accounts of missionaries' language mistakes, funny stories, miracles, songs, and experiences with the priesthood, the supernatural, or other people. The interviews for the accounts...
Dates:
1958-1994