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Nichol interviewed students living in Brigham Young University's Foreign Language Housing Complex about ways the students bond and communicate while learning new languages. Included are jokes, birthday songs, and different quirks from the various language students. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.

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Reid collected personal narratives from the life of Bonnie Jean Douglas Cluff. Included are stories about her childhood and the games she played with friends in the street, her courtship with and marriage to Emmett Cluff, and the activities she occupied herself with in old age. The project was written for an English class taught at Brigham Young University in 1997.

Scope and Contents note This project contains experiences about military life. Analysis paper topics include: "Contribution," "Service Member Story-Tellers," "Military Rites of Passage," and "Change." This 29 item collection contains the following experiences: boot camp first impressions, psychology of boot camp, boot camp terminology, boot camp rigors, missing home, polishing shoes for money, women in the military, dangers of volunteerism, rites of passage, hazing, send off ceremony with horses, pinning...

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Yates writes about occupational folklore of Borders bookstore employees. Includes stories of customers being difficult, holiday's rush, and searching for merchandise. Project was created for Professor Bell's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University during the fall semester of 1999

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Paugh's project focuses on the different creative qualities of boredom, and the different activities people invent while being bored. Created by Keith Paugh when he was enrolled in Jill Terry Rudy's English 391 course in the Fall of 2001.

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Submitted by BYU student Becki Johnson, about the similarities of values and beliefs among LDS women about birth. Includes a cover essay, autobiographical sketch, stories of women's experiences of birth and how their faith helped them to understand and accept the experience. Prepared for her Fall 2009 English 392 class under Prof. Jill Rudy.

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After returning from a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Romania McRae translated a folktale that she had encountered. The text of the item is the English translation to the story of The Emperor's Boy and Josephina the Beautiful, a tale describing a young man's quest to retrieve a beautiful maiden from a scary monster. Project was created for Professor Thursby's English 495 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.

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Kristine Barnett collected personal narratives about creative dance invitations by students of Bountiful High School. Included are invitations that utilized a play on words, live animals, or made the invitation a memorable experience for the person who received it. Project was written for an English 391 class taught at Brigham Young University during Fall semester 1994.

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LeFevre interviewed friends and peers on their opinions on date-asking etiquette. Includes men and women opinions on whether or not is appropriate for a woman to ask a man on a date if she is interested in him. Project was created for Dr. Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.

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Barbara Thompson collected personal narratives of boy-girl relationships and dating situations. Included are stories of Mormon and Non-Mormon dating, kissing, and engagements, as well as awkward situations and dates. Project was written for Dr. Cheney's English 669 class taught at Brigham Young University in May 1969.