Adams Elementary Valentine's Tea Fieldwork Collection
Scope and Contents
3 boxes, representing 155 images (slides and digital copies),8 interviews (cassettes, transcripts, digital files, and interview fieldnotes), and a journal article.
Dates
- 1995-2001
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Adams Elementary Valentine's Tea Fieldwork collection must be obtained from theCurator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Historical Note
This collection represents interviews and documentary photographs regarding the Adams Elementary School Valentine’s TeaFieldwork collection of teachers, parents, and the principal regarding the school’s manner’s tea hosted on Valentine’s Day (14 February).
Extent
3 boxes (1 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection represents documentation of the Valentine’s Tea held at Adams Elementary School in Logan, Utah. The collection includes interviews of teachers, parents, and the principal regarding the this celebration day event, that includes manner’s tea hosted on Valentine’s Day (14 February) by the Partent Teachers Association (PTA). Folklorist Randy Williams conducted the research in 1995 and 2001. Williams published a journal article on the tradition in “Tea for Two” and the Rest of the School: Valentines’ Day at Adams Elementary,” in Children’s Folklore(Vol. 28:2005-2006), p 23-32.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Randy Williams created the collection from 1995 and 2001 and deposited at Utah State University Special Collections and Archives in 2019.
Existence and Location of Copies
Cassette Tapes
Images, slides, prints
Fieldnotes
Ephemera
Processing Information
Processed in October of 2019
- Afternoon teas--Interviews
- Afternoon teas--Photographs
- Cache Valley
- Children and Youth
- Children's parties--Photographs
- Children's partires--Interviews
- Elementary and Secondary Education
- Folklore and Folklife
- Logan
- Oral Histories
- Photographs
- Sound Recordings
- Utah
- Valentine's Day--Interviews
- Valentine's Day--Photographs
- Title
- Guide to the Adams Elementary Valentine's Tea Fieldwork collection 1995-2001
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Paul Daybell
- Date
- ©2019
- 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 aid encoded in English
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