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Dinger collected the oral history of his paternal grandmother, Marjorie Viola Kisling Dinger. Included are stories of her childhood, life on a farm during the Great Depression, life during and after World War II, religion and life in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The project was collected for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

Scope and Contents note Explains that the author's outlook on life in the United States changed because of her experience recording a life history of her grandmother, Rachel Ham. Describes Ham's childhood in rural Idaho, including the kinds of chores she did, the introduction of electricity to the community, modes of entertainment, the family's Model T Ford, and school. Includes descriptions of Ham's father, mother, and each of her siblings. Includes Ham's memories of holidays, the Great Depression, college and...

Scope and Contents note Briefly discusses missionaries as a folk group and explains that missionaries enjoy sharing stories about their experiences with other missionaries. Includes stories about initiation pranks played on new missionaries, stories about disobedient missionaries who suffer some kind of mishap or obedient missionaries who receive blessings. Also includes stories about tragedies that happen to people who reject the missionaries' message or blessings that come to people who accept the message. These...

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Stephen Van Orden collected personal narratives about the beliefs, practices, and stories of missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Germany Dresden Mission in 1990. Included are stories about belief that the mission was the most successful in Europe, unofficial rules of the mission, and stories about investigators and missionaries. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1995.

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Andelin asked her family to send her their versions to the family folktale "the little girl who fell down the well." Included are 9 versions of the story from both her immediate family and her extended family. Project was created for Dr. Rudy's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Scope and Contents Submitted by BYU student Carla Macbeth for her Winter 1975 English 392 class. About the stories that Carla Macbeth's father John told, and the morals they contained. Includes a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informant abstracts, and her father's stories. Stories include Mrs. Schmurzlicher's Cow and its corn and pearl her father found, the pearl-handled knife and how he prayed to find it, his "swearing", the grumpy church janitor, not calling Italians "wops", the side-hill galoots, the...

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Kristine Jesse collected personal narratives of lore about black people from the perspective of white people. Included are stories of women being unnecessarily frightened by black men entering an elevator, stereotypes of black people, and childhood memories about racist comments. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1989.

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Submitted by BYU student Megan Peterson for her English 391 fall course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains autobiographical sketch, cover essay, and informant interviews. About the BFA studio located in the Harrison Fine Arts Center. Includes interviews about the culture and folklore of the BFA Studio from decorating workspaces to classroom pranks.

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Roy McDaniel collected personal narratives about the folklore of Civil Engineering students. Included are stories about why informants became engineers, civil engineering jokes and humor, internship narratives, surveying narratives, stories about engineering mistakes, and miscellaneous narratives. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1996.

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Curtis collected folklore from two informants one from Venice Italy and one who served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy. Included are lore from Southern Italy, Italy in general, and Catholic lore, in each category includes cures for common ailments, ways to remove the evil eye, and traditions with customs. Project was created for English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1975.