Obtaining Scarce Items
Scope and Contents
The USU Student Folklore Genre Collection: Group 7: Human Condition Legends consists of approximately 1,500 individual items of legends collected by undergraduate students. Most items include informant, context, text (the folklore item), texture (stylistic notation), and collector data. The materials reflect both insider (esoteric) and outsider (exoteric) views of a folk group and may be prejudiced or stereotyped.
- Wars
- Ethnic or Religious Encounters
- Misconceptions of a Specific Group
- Slavery
- Migration
- Poverty and Wealth
- Loss/Gain of Money/Treasure - Laws and Crimes
- Occupation/Avocation
- Courtship
- Marriage and Family
- Polygamy
- Animals, Nature, and Weather
- Sickness
- Human Traits
Forms one of nine subgroups in the Utah State University student genre collection, housed in the Fife Folklore Archives. Guide to folklore collecting assignments.
For items submitted since December 2017, please see Student Folklore Fieldwork, housed in DigitalCommons.
Dates
- 1960-2011
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research. To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, series number, sub-series number, if applicable, box number and folder number (or image number).
Extent
From the Collection: 4 boxes (3 linear feet)
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu