Box 47
Container
Contains 23 Results:
Cochran, Stacy
File — Box: 47, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
"La Llorona: The Weeping Woman"--In a discussion of this story of jealousy, infanticide, and remorse, the author includes several variations beginning with one associated with Cortez and concluding with a variation told by a local informant; Southwestern United States.
Dates:
1992
Crawford, John
File — Box: 47, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
"Down in the Dumpster: Modern Military Folklore"; Oral Tradition--cadences, pranks, jokes; Customary Lore and Behavior--superstitions; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1992
Durfey, Gary
File — Box: 47, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
"Personal Stories--Examples of Folklore"--Author describes life in a small south-eastern Utah town through interviews with his father and uncle about their childhood; Notom, Utah.
Dates:
1992
Duthie, Tammy
File — Box: 47, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
"The Legend of Annalee Skarin"--The author's great aunt, Annalee Skarin, wrote Ye Are Gods which describes her belief that one need not die but can be "translated" to the immortal state. Interviews with family members and Skarin's daughter; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1992
Floisand, Scott
File — Box: 47, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
"River Running Folklore"; Oral Tradition--three stories and variants of them: one involving friends running the Snake River, one of how Skull Rapid got its name, one involving legendary Georgie Clark; (Informants in) Salt Lake City, Utah (l mini cassette).
Dates:
1992
Halperin, Amy B.
File — Box: 47, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
"What It Would Be Like If I Could Skate"; Human Condition-sports: skateboarding; Material Culture--clothing, boards; Oral Tradition--terminology; The author gives a brief history of skateboarding and interviews three active participants in the sport. Some tape transcription; Salt Lake City, Utah (2 mini cassettes).
Dates:
1992
Higgs, Elizabeth
File — Box: 47, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
"The Boy Scouts More Than Just Campfire Stories"--The author has interviewed two scouts and one scout leader who agree that games are more important to scouts today than stories; Bountiful, Utah.
Dates:
1992
Holder James
File — Box: 47, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
"Personal Experience Narratives of a World War II Fighter Pilot"--In writing about the experiences of his grandfather the author has made note of personal values he perceived his grandfather was attempting to pass on as well as commentary on his grandfather's storytelling technique; Murray, Utah (2 casettes).
Dates:
1992
Hutchings, Janet
File — Box: 47, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
"Meaningful Haunted House Stories"; Customary Lore and Behavior--ghost stories collected from informants associated with the Capitol Theater, a prison, a house, a condominium; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1992
James, Kenneth W.
File — Box: 47, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
"Missionary Folklore: A Rite of Passage"; Human Condition: occupation--Mormon missionary; Oral Tradition--terminology; 'leaving the boundaries' stories; food stories. In his summary the author writes "The event of exchange, rather than the stories themselves...creates the bond of belonging"; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1992