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Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Sam Agins fieldwork cassette tapes

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_FOLK COLL 30f
Abstract

Cassette tapes from the 1950s to 1996, which were recorded by Singin' Sam Agins; Mr. Agins own recordings made during sound recording sessions, folk festivals, radio interviews, conferences, etc. Musical content includes: cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, bluegrass, American folksongs, and folksongs of other nationalities. Also includes interviews, Hector Lee lecture, and an interview conducted by John Powell (USU Manuscript Curator) with Mrs. Fredrica Agins, 24 September 1996).

Dates: 1950-1996

American Folklore Society records

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 206
Abstract

Correspondence, memorandums, financial records, membership records, meeting agendas, conferences, notes, questionnaires, surveys, election records, bylaws, applications, grants, committee records, and affiliate records generated by the administrative offices of the AFS.

Dates: 1890-2017

Brigham Young University student fieldwork collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_FOLK COLL 7
Abstract 324 projects produced by Brigham Young University students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for upper division folklore courses taught by William A. Wilson. (This collection is a copy, the originals are at BYU.) Most items include title page, table of contents, cover essay, and several folklore items with informant, context, text (the folklore item), and collector data. The projects examine a wide variety of topics ranging from specific genres; like jokes, legends, beliefs, and...
Dates: 1968-1978

Fife Americana collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 212
Abstract

This collection consists of duplicates from Folk Collection 4.

Dates: 1811-1980

Austin and Alta S. Fife collection on Mormon foklkore

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_FOLK COLL 4 no.1
Abstract

Tapes, recordings, bound transcriptions of interviews, bound typescripts of excerpts from manuscript collections, and bound typescripts of materials found in printed sources focusing on Mormon folksongs and narratives.

Dates: 1940-1976

Fife American Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_FOLK COLL 4 no.2
Abstract Tapes, transcriptions of interviews, and musical notations of western songs, ballads, and poetry. Also includes bound typescripts of extracts concerning western folksongs from other collections: John Lomax papers (originals housed at the Texas Historical Society); Gordon Oregon collection (originals housed at the Library of Congress and Univ. of Oregon); Stella M. Hendren collection of western folksongs clipped from periodicals; Edwin Ford Piper collection (originals housed at University...
Dates: 1940-1976

Austin E. and Alta S. Fife papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 281
Abstract

The papers of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife cover primarily the personal lives and correspondence of this prolific husband and wife research team who were the founders of the Fife Folklore Collection at Utah State University.

Dates: 1844-1996

Folklore newsletter collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_FOLK COLL 15
Abstract

Miscellaneous folklore-related newsletters (and like media) that have been donated to the Fife Folklore Archives. Most are newsletters of folklore societies, folklife programs, and similar institutions.

Dates: 1950-2012

Wayland D. Hand folklore papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 297
Abstract

This collection consists of Wayland D. Hand's professional papers in the form of his personal files, folklore papers, correspondence, and photographs spanning from 1930 to 1986. The collection is divided into three series: Series I, Papers and Files; Series II, Correspondence (divided into two sub-series); and Series III, Folklore Papers. Due to the highly organized nature of Hand's papers when they were donated, this order has been retained.

Dates: 1930-1986

G. Malcolm Laws Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 232
Abstract The G. Malcolm Laws collection consists of correspondence, catalogs, English class notes, maps and tourist guides, memoirs, royalties, Voice of America correspondence, John I. White correspondence, White House Library organization, articles and writings, Princeton fifty-year class reunion book, diverse writings and articles from Laws, general information forms on Laws' personal and public life, writings and book reviews on Laws' three published books: Native...
Dates: 1943-1978