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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).

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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.

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...

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This collection consists of duplicates from Folk Collection 4.

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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.

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...

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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.

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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.