Box 44
Contains 18 Results:
Facer, Carol G.
"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).
Freed, Mary D.
"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).
Grant, Sally
"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).
Groussman, Dan
"The Folk Craft of Paper Airplane Folding"; Material Culture--paper airplane design, flights; Salt Lake City, Utah (photos, drawings).
Herrera, Kim
"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.
Hutchinson, Cassandra
"The Verbal Art of Afro-American folklore"; Oral Tradition--stories told for entertainment and as exemplary guidelines; Salt Lake City, Utah (1 cassette).
Johnson, Matt
"Utah Golf Team Jargon"; Oral Tradition--jargon used and understood by the University of Utah Golf Team; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Lach, Kimberly
"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.
Lees, Tracey
"To Which Witch Are You Referring?"--A comparison of David J. Hufford's and Patricia K. Rickel's essay, "Some Accounts of Witch Riding."
Lefkowitz, Tova
"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).
Lyon, Cindy
"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.
Malson, Vicki Lynn
"Folklore Project--Commercial Airline Pilots"; Human Condition--occupational: airline pilot; Oral Tradition--vocabulary and sayings, personal narratives; Customary--gestures; Salt Lake City, Utah.
McKee, Amber
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.
Nakamura, Jim
"Jim Bridger, Munchausen?"--A comparison of Jim Bridger as a teller of tall tales with other American munchausens.
Naughton, Eileen
"Traditional Woodcarving Today"; Human Condition--occupation: wood carver, character: Richard McDonald; Material Culture--woodcarving; Salt Lake City, Utah (photocopies of photos).
Nielsen, Mark D.
"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.
Olpin, Corey
"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).
Owen, Kris
"Folklore of Spring"--A summary of interviews (not included) the author conducted with informants of diverse backgrounds. Salt Lake City, Utah.