Scope and Contents note Discusses family dinner conversations in her home. Describes the entertaining and the instructing aspects of her father's stories, which fall into two categories: stories about his childhood in Alpine, Utah, and stories about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy. Compares her father's stories to current conditions in Alpine and in Italy, which her family recently visited. Includes several narratives from her father. Created by Heidi June Beck while she was...

Scope and Contents note Spurred by his own tendency toward road rage, Wallis explores the seemingly unexplainable phenomenon, which Wallis contends, goes against human nature and any common sense. Through a set of narratives, Wallis shows a common trend in all road rage stories, concluding that telling of these stories is simply for humor and bonding purposes rather than warning about the dangers of aggressive and reckless behavior while driving. Created by Brad Wallis while enrolled in Kristi Young's English 391...

Scope and Contents note Howe takes a closer look at stories of the beginnings of love, or when couples first met. Her purposes for doing this are twofold: to see if there are predictable differences in the details males and females each recall, and to see if both genders perceive the beginnings of their love in the same light. Howe finds there are some predictable differences in details recalled. She believes that when recounting the story of their meeting, males tend to focus on a singular event, while women weave...

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Collection of words used by white, Latter-day Saint students as replacements for swear words. Includes normal words, manipulations of real curse words, slips-of-the tongue, and nonsense words. Also includes an analysis of the accounts received. Project created for English 391 at Brigham Young University during the winter semester, 1999.

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This project contains Christmas traditions related to religious traditions, traditional foods, gift giving rituals, and traditional family activities. There is also a discussion on how Christmas traditions came about and how others have died out. In the collection are two Christmas photos printed on paper and 15 tradition narratives. Traditions are collected from Ohio, Idaho, Illinois, and Michigan. Collected by Caitlyn Hair, Dr. Eric Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Winter 2008.

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Collection of stories of various dates and engagement activities. Includes unusual dating invitations, unusual dates, unique holiday engagements, billboard and banner engagements, engagements using animals, as well as engagements using food, special settings for "popping the question," religious settings for becoming engaged, and casual ways and settings to propose. Created for Utah State University's History 459 course in the spring, 1980.

Scope and Contents note Bird collects and analyzes unique and unusual family traditions. She suggests that the power of traditions can be stronger and more consistent than individual preferences, but that, in unique family traditions, personal preferences can shape the tradition to the particular needs and tastes of the family during a specific stage of its growth. She discusses the ways in which traditions fulfill Bascom's folklore functions, focusing especially on the power of traditions to develop identity. Bird...

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Bailey writes about spiritual experiences indicating whom people should marry. Includes couples learning to love each other as a way of knowing, missionaries falling in love, and high school romances. Project was created for Professor Eric A. Eliason's English 368 class at Brigham Young University in 2001.

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Submitted by BYU student Denise Evans for her Winter 1979 English 392 class. About the unique marriage proposals that BYU students have heard about or done. Contains a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, list of informants, informant items. Items include stories such as Giving Back her Class Ring, Birthday Present, Ice in Ice Water, Card Stunt, What are we Doing in the graveyard, I have a Sunburn, and more.

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Cooley collected stories of unusual wedding receptions. Included are a fairytale wedding, a cowboy/ Wester reception, and Luau reception. The project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.