Skip to main content

Family Anecdotes, Undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 15
Identifier: 3.10.2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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.

From the Collection:
  1. Wars
  2. Ethnic or Religious Encounters
  3. Misconceptions of a Specific Group
  4. Slavery
  5. Migration
  6. Poverty and Wealth
  7. Loss/Gain of Money/Treasure - Laws and Crimes
  8. Occupation/Avocation
  9. Courtship
  10. Marriage and Family
  11. Polygamy
  12. Animals, Nature, and Weather
  13. Sickness
  14. Human Traits
From the Collection:

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

  • Creation: Undated

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

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

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)