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College students' writings

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Found in 4635 Collections and/or Records:

Worst date stories , 2020

 Item
Identifier: FA 1 Item 5011
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Haley Judd for her English 391 fall course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews. About worst date personal narratives.

Dates: 2020
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Worst date stories of single Mormons in Provo, Utah / Camille Moffat, 2009

 Item — Box 351: [Barcode: 31197233256616], Folder: 7
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4276
Scope and Contents note This project is a collection of worst date stories of Mormon singles in Provo, Utah. It includes stories from the collector's roommates and other friends. The collector's analysis claims that dating in the Mormon community is awkward because of the immense pressure in the Mormon community to get married. Also notes the pressure in dates to be creative, fun, and original. All these factors lead to many bad dating scenarios, which she documents. Collected by Camille Moffat, Dr. Eric Eliason's...
Dates: Other: 2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Worst dates / Jana Watkins, 2010

 Item — Box 368: [Barcode: 31197233256673], Folder: 12
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4590
Scope and Contents note

Watkins collected stories of dates that went poorly from her friends. Included are narratives about dates with actors, dates with someone who is still in love with someone else, and dates that do not go according to plan. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 2010.

Dates: Other: 2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Worst dating stories : personal experience narratives / Jared Smith, 2008

 Item — Box 340: [Barcode: 31197233255931], Folder: 17
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4105
Scope and Contents note

This project contains personal narratives about "bad dates." This twenty-item collection contains narratives about unwanted marriage proposals, "creepy guy," Prom night mishaps, Temple Square blind dates, Valentines visit to parent's house, long-boarding, bad dancer, text-messaging adorations, and bowling. Collected by Jared Smith, Dr. Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Winter 2008.

Dates: Other: 2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Worst fears : the fear of helplessness / Becca Anderson, 2008

 Item — Box 340: [Barcode: 31197233255931], Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4089
Scope and Contents note This project contains stories about what the informants most fear. The informant group consists of students from Brigham Young University, Provo, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-eight. Analysis paper topics include "Physical Fears," and "Psychological Fears." This 15 item collection contains the following as "worst fears:" never find happiness, drowning, roller coasters, fear of the aged, closing eyes while driving, "wasting life," German Nazis, losing hands, mice, not marrying,...
Dates: Other: 2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Worst stuck stories / J. David Neal, 1990

 Item — Box 83: [Barcode: 31197233253720], Folder: 3
Identifier: FA 1 Item 887
Dates: 1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Worst/difficult mission companion personal narratives, 2016

 Item — Box 381: [Barcode: 31197233256830], Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4803
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Christine Wilkins for her English 392 American folklore winter semester. Contains autobiographical sketch, cover essay, and informant interviews. Includes stories about difficult missionary companions and how informants dealt with hardship.

Dates: 2016
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Wright Family folklore : traditions are their lifestyle / Jana McNaughtan, 1996

 Item — Box 129: [Barcode: 31197233256277], Folder: 3
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1337
Scope and Contents

McNaughtan collected traditions practiced by her immediate family, the Wrights. Included are a list and description of nearly fifty annual family traditions such as deer hunting, holidays, birthdays, and campouts. Project was collected for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1996.

Dates: 1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Writing on the wall : the custom of creative dating invitations and responses / by Ryan Williams, 2001

 Item — Box 251: [Barcode: 31197233255006], Folder: 6
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2734
Scope and Contents note Collection of stories about the creative dating customs found among Latter-day Saint college students. Each story has to do with the asking out and answer process. Williams suggests that the dating practices are a way to show true interested in dating as well as have an enjoyable time in what has the potential to be a never racking situation. He states that creative dating is a form of self expression. Created by Ryan Williams while he was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class fall...
Dates: Other: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

Xeroxlore / Andrea Birch, 1997

 Item — Box 135: [Barcode: 31197233256079], Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1400
Scope and Contents note

Birch collected "xeroxlore", humor passed through the office of the BYU campus police by way of the xerox machine. Included are comics altered to include co-worker's faces, embarrassing emails sent when an office member forgot to log out, and comics relating to police work. The project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

Dates: Other: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

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