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Folklore collected by USU folklore students on cassette tape, microcassette, photographic slides, and VCR tape. Most were donated with genre collections (FOLK COLL 8a); however, since media submissions are connected to more than one genre items, they are housed separately from the transcript.

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This collection includes community-driven oral histories and oral history projects that are donated to the Fife Folklore Archives oral histories: community-driven collections scholars and USU students. Collection products include oral history audio and/or transcripts, which may have release forms; some collections have associated correspondence and theses or project papers.

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Folklore ephemera specific to Utah and the surrounding area, including folk customs, beliefs, folk groups, material culture, legends, etc. Items include xeroxes of articles, newspaper clippings, brochures, programs, and other ephemeral folklore items (approx. 1973 to present)

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The Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives at Utah State University Libraries is the chosen repository for the official papers of the Folklore Society of Utah. The collection continues to grow through the submission of FSU Executive Board Member's papers and general FSU related submissions.

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In the Spring of 2019, Utah State Unviersity students from the English 6720 Oral History and Fieldwork class interviewed eight professionals about their connections to the food culture of Cache Valley. The interviewees shared stories of their families, traditions, and professional lives. Taken together, their words offer a beautiful illustration of the nuanced and complex ways that food sharing nourishes us all.

Abstract The Great Salt Lake Wetlands History Project is a joint effort of Utah State University (USU), Weber State University, Westminster College, and the University of Utah. The project’s aim was to gather oral histories, photographs of material culture and wetlands culture, and records to document the fascinating history of the Great Salt Lake wetlands (GSLW) and the people who work and play along its shores and marshes as well as to enhance the existing GSLW collections at the four institutions....

Abstract The Grouse Creek Cultural Survey was a field survey of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. It is the only survey housed off site from the LOC with a partner organization. The project was a joint effort of the American Folklife Center, the Folk Arts Program of the Utah Arts Council, National Park Service, the Utah State Historic Preservation Office, Utah State University, and the Western Folklife Center. The survey was conducted in the Grouse Creek region of Utah...

Abstract This collection houses the products from the 2017 Library of Congress/Utah State Univeristy/University of Wyoming Field School for Cultural Documentation at the historic Triangle X fieldwork in the Grand Teton National Park. The collection includes 26 interviews (audio, full transcripts, release forms, and images) with members of the Turner family (third, fourth, and fifth generations), Triangle X employees, and dude ranch guests. Also included are photographs from events and buildings at...

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Professor Jay Anderson's foodways research items: theses, books, and articles, correspondence with authors, etc.; most items are photocopies.

Abstract The Latinx Voices Project contains 54 oral history interviews with Cache Valley Utah Latinx community members. The collection was created in two phases. In 2007, 45 adults (46 interviews) were conducted. This first phase includes the original interview cassette tape(s), typed transcription, photo (if available), compact disc(s) of original cassette tapes, and translated transcripts (Spanish interviews translated into English and English interviews translated into Spanish). Also included in...