This collection consists of three albums with images collected and taken by folklorists Alta and Austin Fife. The first album (boxes 1 and 2) depicts a "Mormon Pilgrimage" taken by the Fifes to historical sites pertinent to the history of the LDS Church both in the east and Midwest as well as in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Arizona. The second album (box 3) consists of photographs of Mormon material culture such as fences and gravestones. The last album (box 4) consists of photographs of prominent folklorists and some family images.

The collection is comprised of approximately 359 black-and-white and color prints, 30.5 cm. x 24.5 cm. and smaller. 5:68-5:105 are Slides. For digital examples of material culture images by Alta and Austin Fife see the Fife Slide Collection of Western U.S. Vernacular Architecture. For more Fife folklore material see the Austin and Alta Fife Fieldwork Folk Collection 4.