Box 48
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Plautz, Kim B.
File — Box: 48, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
"Superstitions"--The author has collected from her mother and mother-in-law; also some "ghost" stories from a woman acquainted with the Holladay, Utah, area; Utah (2 cassettes).
Dates:
1992
Reeser, Courtney
File — Box: 48, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
"Superstitions and Rituals in Baseball"--Reeser interviewed the manager and assistant manager of the Salt Lake Trappers. He also discusses his own superstition as a fan in wearing a certain bandana to games; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dates:
1992
Ridge, R. Jayne
File — Box: 48, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
"Threads"--The author interviewed four mother-daughter groups to determine what things are passed on and how they are passed on regarding three topics: sex education, housekeeping, and family relations; Salt Lake City, Utah (3 cassettes).
Dates:
1992
Robinson, Rick
File — Box: 48, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
"Nyle Sawyer's Wooden Chain Narrative"; Material Culture--wood carving; The author, who has done some wood carving, interviews the man who inspired his interest. Sawyer began carving as a young man, left it for twenty years, then returned to carving, and to his childhood home in southern Utah; Panguitch and Hatch, Utah.
Dates:
1992
Sands, Stephen C.
File — Box: 48, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
"Introduction to Bridgelore"; Customary Behavior and Lore--bridge (card) games; The author shows how playing bridge keeps his informants mentally alert and socially involved. Includes questionnaires and analysis; Salt Lake City, Utah (2 cassettes).
Dates:
1992
Seeley, Rusley Ann
File — Box: 48, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
"Christmas Traditions in Family Folklore"; Customary Beliefs and Lore--seven informants describe their family traditions at Christmastime; (Informants in) Salt Lake City, Utah (1 cassette, 12 photos).
Dates:
1992
Shootman, Mary E.
File — Box: 48, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
"'Old Boss Wants Into Heaven,' Well Go Ahead and Try"--Using Houston A. Baker's theory of mastery of form, the author discusses the Old Boss and Slave story.
Dates:
1992
Smith, Karen
File — Box: 48, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
"Believe It or Not...The Vanishing Nephite Hitchhiker"; Oral Tradition--legend: The Three Nephites, The Vanishing Hitchhiker; The author discusses the re-surfacing of the vanishing Nephite and the possible reasons for it. Tape transcript and fieldnotes included; Informants in (Salt Lake City, Sandy, and West Jordan, Utah (1 cassette).
Dates:
1992
Sutton, Amy
File — Box: 48, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
"Beyond Green Jell-o: The Value-Teaching Function of Mormon Cooking"--Based on interviews and printed sources of pioneer and farmlife food ways among Mormon women, the author draws conclusions regarding ethics and values; Layton and Laverkin, Utah.
Dates:
1992
Tourbier, Sven
File — Box: 48, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
"Drinking Games"; Customary Lore--games; The author discusses three types of drinking games played with friends in Park City, Utah: card games, coin games, and word games. Rules and actual situations are described; Park City, Utah.
Dates:
1992