Utah State University graduate student fieldwork collection
Scope and Contents
The Utah State University Student Fieldwork Collection: GRAD consists of approximately 200 projects collected by USU graduate students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for the Folklore Fieldwork course. Most items include title page, essay, cassette-taped oral interview, tape transcription, collector and informant release form(s), and some contain photographs and/or slides. The projects examine a wide variety of topics ranging from specific genres (like jokes, legends, and belief) to area interests (such as local and regional history, occupational folklore and history, and family folklore). Items are numbered by the year the student submitted the project to their instructor and the individual number of the item. For example, FOLK COLL 8a: GRAD 97-02, means that the item was submitted in 1997 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
- Creation: 1984-2012
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 graduate 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 Graduate Student Fieldwork Collection consists of USU graduate student fieldwork projects from 1984 to the present. The collection continues to grow.
Extent
50 boxes (18 linear feet)
Abstract
Folklore fieldwork projects collected by Utah State University students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for coursework in graduate folklore classes, primarily Folklore Fieldwork (1984 to present).
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: GRAD is comprised of fieldwork conducted by USU graduate students enrolled in the Folklore Fieldwork course. The projects were deposited in the Fife Folklore Archives by the course instructors, including Professors Steve Siporin, Jeannie Thomas, and Barre Toelken. The collection was created in 1984 by Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd.
Processing Information
Originally processed by Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd and updated over the years by Fife Folklore Archives staff. Updated by Ana Hildago, Fall 2011; Randy Williams 2012. Finding aid created by Tricia Harrison and Randy Williams, February 2006; updated by Randy Williams, March 2012.
- Title
- Guide to the Utah State University graduate student fieldwork collection1984-2012
- 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