Were encoded in HTML as a means of hosting them on-line for greater research accessibility. More physically stable and easier to manage and use. Hundreds of three-ringed binders to archival folders and boxes, making the collection Release from the performer informant).In 2002, the collection was moved from Needing a release) but also the performance of the lore (and therefore necessary for a Like a joke, may been seen as part of the public domain materials and therefore not In 1998, students were asked to include release forms with their genre items, followingĪ trend in the folklore field that addresses not only the item (which in some cases, Wilson created a collectingįormat that included: informant data, contextual data, and text (item of folklore).īarre Toelken and Randy Williams added "texture" to the format of genre collections,Īllowing the collector to give "the feel" of the item to potential researchers. As stated above, many of the early submissions had little contextualĭata, and often limited, if any, informant data. The format has changed somewhat over the years to reflect the trends And thus, the USU Student Genre CollectionĬontinues to grow. Randy Williams, and Michael Christensen (and others) have all had their students collect and depositįolklore items to the Fife Folklore Archives. Jan Roush, Jeannie Thomas, Lisa Gabbert and Lynne McNeill and instructors Barbara Lloyd, Over the years Professors Steve Siporin, Patricia Gardner, He continued the folklore-collecting legacy that Austin Fife and In 1985 Professor Barre Toelken came to USU (from the University of Oregon) to direct Other, as students generally collect the kinds of materials their professors talk about Submitted by students from the two universities began, of course, to differ from each Randy Williams at the Fife Folklore Archives at USU worked to maintain the sameĬlassification system at both universities' folklore archives. Wilson Folklore Archives) and Barbara Lloyd and later Wilson and later Kristi Bell at BYU's Folklore Archives (now named the " Thus, in 1985 the BYU and USUįolklore genre and focused collections were identical. First we copied the entire BYU genre collection. Max brought a copy machine into the archive, and we copiedĭay after day. Wilson notes: "Hannele and I practically lived in the USU archive. Student materials in the Fife Folklore Archives at USU and bring them with him to BYU. However, the BYU administration gave him a year's leave of absence to copy all the Wilson was at USU until 1985 when he returned to BYU to head the English Department. This classification system, with its roots in theįinnish archive tradition, is still used at the Fife Folklore Archives. Lloyd used the already sorted BYU materials when creating theĬollection classification system. At the USU folklore archives (later named theįife Folklore Archives for Austin and Alta Fife), William A. The student genre collection that he had amassed at BYU, with a copy of the genreĬollection remaining at the BYU library. Wilson left Brigham Young University to direct the newly establishedįolklore Program and Folklore Archives at Utah State University. The upper right hand corner above all other information, Wilson noted "SC" for SorensonĬollection and "CC" for Cheney Collection. He added them to the genre collection along with his students' work. The student collections from Sorenson and Cheney were given to Wilson and Two other BYU professors who had their students collect folklore: John Sorenson and Also included in the BYU genre collection were items from Wilson had his students collect folklore usingīoth genre collections and major project (focused) collections. Same time (1967) at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, Professor William A. The information on the cards has now been transferred to 8 ½ xġ1 sheets of paper and the items have been added to the genre collection. In the late 1960s, folklore courses were first taught at USU by Professor Austin Fife.Īt this time, Fife (a French professor) had his students collect items of folklore on Group 9: e-lore: electronically transmitted folklore (Xerox, facsimile and e-mail).Supernatural non-religious (boxes 7-12), and supernatural religious (boxes 1-6) Group 7: legends: character (boxes 15-16), contemporary (boxes 20-27), etiological (boxes 17-19), human condition (boxes 13-14.2),.The collection is separated into nine groups: Since, 1999 genre items also include release forms. The items of folklore are in text form on 8 ½ x 11 sheets of Include informant data, context, text (the folklore item), texture (stylistic notation),Īnd collector data. Late 1960s to the present and folklore items collected by undergraduate students inīrigham Young University folklore and anthropology classes during 1960-1978. The Fife Folklore Archives Student Folklore Genre Collection consists of folklore itemsĬollected by undergraduate students in Utah State University folklore classes from the
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