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College students' writings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4636 Collections and/or Records:

The unique language of cheerleaders / Sam Jenkins, 2013

 Item — Box 380: [Barcode: 31197233256707], Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4779

The urban legends of missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2019

 Item — Box 387: [Barcode: 31197233256871], Folder: 13
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4920
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Cosenza Hendrickson. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and informant interviews. About legends on disobedient missionaries. Includes legends such as hot tubbing in the baptismal font, secret organizations, and eloping missionaries.

Dates: 2019

The use of initiative games in the out-of-doors / Julia Dillman, 1977

 Item — Box 20: [Barcode: 31197233253241], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 217
Scope and Contents

Dillman collected instructions for initiative games that are played out of doors. The games are played as a form of team building. Situations are presented to a team in which there is an end goal and limited ways to solve the problem. Included are instructions for the team to play through each challenge and the physical set up of each scenario. Project was created for an English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1977.

Dates: 1977

The use of medical folklore in modern times / Cynthia Rich, 1971

 Item — Box 34: [Barcode: 31197233253340], Folder: 11
Identifier: FA 1 Item 366
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Cynthia Rich for her Fall 1971 English 391 class. About how, despite modern advances in medicine, people still use traditional home remedies that may or may not be scientifically backed. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, and informant items. Items include cures like hot whiskey and sugar, stuff and starve, an ice-cold sheet, wreath of garlic keeping a cold away, dead cats, and much more.

Dates: 1971

The validating formula: convergence of folklore with internet culture, 2021

 Item
Identifier: FA 1 Item 5116
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Regan Poulsenfor her ENG 391 fall course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews. About how folklore is increasingly transmitted online rather than face to face. Includes narratives on the squatting man, bigfoot, haunted test centers, vanishing hitchhikers, and car crashes.

Dates: 2021

The value of a kiss : a comparison of first kiss and first spouse kiss stories, 2007

 Item — Box 336: [Barcode: 31197233255899], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4043
Scope and Contents note

Item is a collection of first kiss stories and how they vary from the first time the wedded interviewee kissed his or her spouse. Includes four married couples telling of there individual first kisses, and then how they compared to the first kiss that they shared as a couple. Created for Dr. Rudy's English 392 course taught at Brigham Young University during the Winter Semester, 2007.

Dates: Other: 2007

The Variwood Farm Creamery of Lakeview, Utah / Dayna Bunnell, 1984

 Item — Box 99: [Barcode: 31197233254017], Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1045
Scope and Contents

Dayna Bunnell collected information about the 19th century Variwood Farm Creamery in Lakeview, Utah. Included are descriptions of the structure, the process of milk separation and butter making, and and a description of the community of Lakeview at the time of the Variwood Farm Creamery. Project was written for an Anthropology 390R class taught by Pamela Blakely at Brigham Young University during Spring semester 1984.

Dates: 1984

The verbal lore of Edward Bleak Powell : why which stories are told when / Kim M. Thompson, 1995

 Item — Box 113: [Barcode: 31197233254090], Folder: 4
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1181
Scope and Contents

Kim M. Thompson transcribed and analyzed an interview conducted by her sister, Sage Marie Thompson, with her grandfather, Edward Bleak Powell. Included are stories about the informant's homestead, service in the Civilian Conservation Corps, the informant's ancestors, stories from his mission, and his courtship and marriage to his wife, Evelyn.

Dates: 1995

The vibes : narrative collection / Gavin McCaleb, 1998

 Item — Box 212: [Barcode: 31197233254520], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2229
Scope and Contents note

McCaleb writes about non-verbal communication. Includes sending "vibes" for other people to pick up, catching the non-verbal cues from someone else, and situations that would not have worked out without the "vibes". Project was created for an English 356 class at Brigham Young University in 1998.

Dates: Other: 1998

The view from the top / Brittany Bogle, 2010 June 6

 Item — Box 375: [Barcode: 31197233256764], Folder: 11
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4703
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Missouri-native Brittany Bogle, who collected the stories for her English 392 class in 2010. Item includes a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, informants' first time climbing, informants' feelings when climbing, and various stories of deaths and injuries sustained rock climbing.

Dates: 2010 June 6