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College students' writings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4636 Collections and/or Records:

Bet you won't guess my middle name : middle name customs in LDS culture, 2021

 Item
Identifier: FA 1 Item 5064
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Kayla Rane for her English 391 fall course for Dr. Eric Eliason. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch, and contributor interviews. About the Latter-day Saint tradition of withholding a daughter's middle name. Includes interviews about women who legally adopted their maiden name as a middle name upon marriage.

Dates: 2021
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of student folklore projects

Between a rock and a hard place : rock climbing folklore / Sandi Swain, 1995

 Item — Box 116: [Barcode: 31197233254157], Folder: 7
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1214
Scope and Contents

Sandi Swain collected personal narratives about rock climbing. Included is a list of terms and common rockclimbing jargon, stories about climbers, and stories about falls. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1995.

Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of student folklore projects

Between here and there : the liminality of the airport / Gianna Hodge, 2008

 Item — Box 339: [Barcode: 31197233255907], Folder: 14
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4084
Scope and Contents note This project explores the liminality of airports and contains various experiences of airline travelers. In the analysis paper, the collector states that an airport is a location where every individual becomes socially equal, regardless of outside status. This 15 item collection contains stories about a lost boarding pass, perfume at security checkpoint, lost purse, honeymoon mishap, and connections with other travelers. Collected by Gianna Hodge, Dr. Jaqueline Thursby's ENGL 356 class,...
Dates: Other: 2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of student folklore projects

Between religious doctrines and folk beliefs: a great divide, 2020 November

 Item — Box 390: [Barcode: 31197233256889], Folder: 11
Identifier: FA 1 Item 5018
Scope and Contents

Submitted by BYU student Jackie Lautaha for her English 391 course for Dr. Jill Rudy. Contains cover essay, autobiographical sketch and informant interviews. About the personal experience narratives and legends that circulate about temple square missions and missionaries.

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

Between two worlds : switching cultures and frames of mind / Abe Acosta, 1996

 Item — Box 125: [Barcode: 31197233254207], Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 1294
Scope and Contents

Abe Acosta collected personal narratives about cultural differences between Americans and the Portuguese. Included are stories of Portuguese family closeness, the American practice of polite lying, and the American emphasis on individuality. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1996.

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

Beverly Bona : because of you, we are, family stories / David Bona, 2003

 Item — Box 318: [Barcode: 31197233255709], Folder: 2
Identifier: FA 1 Item 3528
Scope and Contents note

Bona presents a personal narrative of his grandmother, Beverly Bona, through personal interviews with his grandfather, an uncle, an aunt and his father. Bona groups each small story into three categories: "because of you", "wife and mother", and "spiritual stories". Bona analyzes the role that his grandmother has played in the shaping of other people, particularly his family and himself. Created by David Bona while enrolled in English 391 class during fall semester of 2003.

Dates: Other: 2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of student folklore projects

Beverly Bona, because of you, we are : family stories / David Bona, 2003

 Item — Box 341: [Barcode: 31197233255923], Folder: 9
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4115
Scope and Contents note This project contains family stories about the collector's grandmother, Beverly Bona. This twenty-five item includes the following stories: They Met, From First Dance to First Date to Marriage, Anxiously Engaged, Wet Feet, The Reception, There's a Song in My Heart, The Late Start on the Honeymoon, Their First Child, Dinner Time, Wind Beneath My Wings, Phantom Spanking, Get Him Out of There, Damnit!, Believe in Santa Claus, New Wallpaper, Stop Goofing Around!, Wash Your Mouths Out, Keep...
Dates: Other: 2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of student folklore projects

Beware : amateur driver ahead / Candice Abo, 2006 November 21

 Item — Box 326: [Barcode: 31197233255790], Folder: 10
Identifier: FA 1 Item 3617
Scope and Contents note Abo explores the memories of 11 friends when asked about their first driving experiences. From these stories, Abo finds three common types of stories including experiences dealing with learning to drive, experiences dealing with those who didn't know they were doing anything wrong while driving, and experiences that include accidents or near accidents. Within each type she draws correlations to gender and analyzes why this is. Created by Candice Abo while enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's...
Dates: Other: 2006 November 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of student folklore projects

Beware of the Bad Eye : stories of the interns of BYU's fall 2006 Romania program / Sheri Money, 2008

 Item — Box 343: [Barcode: 31197233255949], Folder: 14
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4157
Scope and Contents note This project contains stories and photographs of 10 student interns at an orphanage in eastern Romania. Analysis paper topics include: "The Group," "Pre-Romania," "Living Arrangements," "Romanian Culture and History," "Day-to-day Life," "Trips," "The Branch," and "Research." This 19 item collection contains the following experiences: pressing grapes into wine, outhouses, cutting in lines, eating liver, Scala cultural center visit, children's folk dances, punched by an orphan, loving...
Dates: Other: 2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of student folklore projects

Beyond food, games, and family : experiences about British and American culture from the BYU London study abroad live-in program / Erin Hallmark, 2004

 Item — Box 241: [Barcode: 31197233254835], Folder: 5
Identifier: FA 1 Item 2631
Scope and Contents note Hallmark analyzes the experiences students from Brigham Young University have while on Study Abroad in London. She focuses on the unique cultural experiences provided by the portion of the Study Abroad known as the live-in, in which students are separated from each other and sent for week-long stays with British families. Hallmark sees the live-in experience as providing the cultural immersion that is lacking in a study abroad program that houses its students in dorms rather than with...
Dates: Other: 2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of student folklore projects

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