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Box 44

 Container

Contains 18 Results:

Facer, Carol G.

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 1
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"Discussions with Utah Sheepranchers"; Oral Tradition--vocabulary; Human Condition--occupational: sheepranching. Includes interviews with ranchers (men and women), personal experience narratives; Coalville and Salt Lake City, Utah (3 mini cassettes).

Dates: 1989

Freed, Mary D.

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 2
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"Folklore as a Preservation Vehicle for the Utah Heritage Foundation"; Material Culture--vernacular architecture; Oral Tradition--stories about particular structures. Author has been a volunteer with the Utah Heritage Foundation. She relates stories told about various buildings. Includes an interview with Laura Young Wells. School project plan; Salt Lake City, Utah (2 cassettes, photos, drawings).

Dates: 1989

Grant, Sally

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 3
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"What a Tale a Gravestone Can Tell"--The author has done a study of headstones in the Salt Lake City cemetary and introduced the photo series with memories of her childhood visits to family cemetary plots; Salt Lake City, Utah (photos).

Dates: 1989

Groussman, Dan

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 4
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"The Folk Craft of Paper Airplane Folding"; Material Culture--paper airplane design, flights; Salt Lake City, Utah (photos, drawings).

Dates: 1989

Herrera, Kim

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 5
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"Park City Mining Community"; Human Condition--occupation: mining and mining community relations, ethnic group relationships; Oral Tradition--local legends, stories, nicknames; Customary--beliefs, practical jokes; Park City, Utah.

Dates: 1989

Hutchinson, Cassandra

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 6
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"The Verbal Art of Afro-American folklore"; Oral Tradition--stories told for entertainment and as exemplary guidelines; Salt Lake City, Utah (1 cassette).

Dates: 1989

Johnson, Matt

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 7
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"Utah Golf Team Jargon"; Oral Tradition--jargon used and understood by the University of Utah Golf Team; Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1989

Lach, Kimberly

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 8
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"The Games Children Play"--The author interviewed 10-and 11-year olds about the games they play. This paper details some traditional pastimes and some current favorites; Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1989

Lees, Tracey

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 9
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"To Which Witch Are You Referring?"--A comparison of David J. Hufford's and Patricia K. Rickel's essay, "Some Accounts of Witch Riding."

Dates: 1989

Lefkowitz, Tova

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 10
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"Children's Joke Telling"--The author relates jokes told by various children ages 4 to 10 both one on one and in a group and discusses motivation and implications of each. Includes tape transcript.

Salt Lake City, Utah (1 cassette).

Dates: 1989

Lyon, Cindy

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 11
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"May Day Celebration in Mendon"; Customary--annual spring ritual practiced in Mendon since 1882. The early settlers from England brought the tradition of the May Queen and Maypole dance to the area; Mendon, Utah.

Dates: 1989

Malson, Vicki Lynn

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 12
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"Folklore Project--Commercial Airline Pilots"; Human Condition--occupational: airline pilot; Oral Tradition--vocabulary and sayings, personal narratives; Customary--gestures; Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1989

McKee, Amber

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 13
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Folklore Collection"--Miscellaneous folklore items in oral, customary and material culture, some from Canada. Includes drawings and Xeroxlore and/or fax-lore. Utah and areas of Canada.

Dates: 1989

Nakamura, Jim

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 14
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"Jim Bridger, Munchausen?"--A comparison of Jim Bridger as a teller of tall tales with other American munchausens.

Dates: 1989

Naughton, Eileen

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 15
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"Traditional Woodcarving Today"; Human Condition--occupation: wood carver, character: Richard McDonald; Material Culture--woodcarving; Salt Lake City, Utah (photocopies of photos).

Dates: 1989

Nielsen, Mark D.

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 16
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"A Dollar for Your Thoughts: Folklore in the Funnies"--Concerns the use, or mis-use, of folklore genres in the comic pages of the newspaper. Includes samples and analysis.

Dates: 1989

Olpin, Corey

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 17
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"All in a Day's Folklore"; Customary--days of the week rituals and games in elementary school in 1989 and in 1975; Murray, Utah (1 cassette, map, schedule).

Dates: 1989

Owen, Kris

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 18
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"Folklore of Spring"--A summary of interviews (not included) the author conducted with informants of diverse backgrounds. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1989