Utah State University student fieldwork collection
Scope and Contents
The Utah State University Student Fieldwork Collection: FIELDWORK consists of 18 projects collected by USU students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for Folklore Colloquium course. Most items include accession sheet, release form, essay, journal, cassette-taped oral interview, tape transcription/log, and some contain photographs and/or slides. The projects are oral histories. Items are numbered by the year of the course (1981 or 1983) and an number for each student project. For example, FOLK COLL 8a: FIELDWORK 81-02, means that the item was submitted in 1981 and it is item 2 in that year. The items are stored in archival boxes. The materials do NOT circulate. Click for information on folklore collecting assignments for folklore classes, including examples.
Dates
- 1981-1983
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, box number, folder number and item number. The materials do not circulate and are available in USU's Special Collections and Archives. Patrons must sign and comply with the USU Special Collections and Archives Use Agreement and Reproduction Order form as well as any restrictions placed by the collector or informant(s).
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Utah State University student fieldwork collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical / Historical
The Utah State University Student Fieldwork Collection consists of 18 USU student fieldwork projects from William A. Wilson's Folklore Colloquium Course: 1981 and 1983. The collection is closed.
Extent
5 boxes (2.5 linear foot)
Abstract
Early fieldwork projects conducted by Utah State University students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for coursework in graduate folklore classes (1981-1983).
Arrangement
Each fieldwork collection is arranged chronologically. Collections include:
- Utah State University undergraduate student collections (FOLK COLL 8: USU)
- Utah State University graduate student fieldwork collection (FOLK COLL 8: GRAD)
- Utah State University student fieldwork collection (FOLK COLL 8: Fieldwork)
- Utah State University Fife Conference student collections (FOLK COLL 8: FFC)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Utah State University Student Fieldwork Collection: FIELDWORK is comprised of fieldwork conducted by USU students enrolled in the folklore courses taught by Professor William A. Wilson. The projects were deposited in the Fife Folklore Archives by the Professor Wilson.
Processing Information
Originally processed by Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd and updated by Maria Walters and Randy Williams. Finding aid created by Tricia Harrison and Randy Williams, February 2006; updated by Randy Williams, May 2012.
- Title
- Guide to the Utah State University student fieldwork collection 1981-1983
- Author
- Finding aid created by Tricia Harrison and Randy Williams, February 2006.
- Date
- ©2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
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