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FOLK COLLECTION 8: FIELDWORK

Utah State University Student Fieldwork Collection

Introduction

Date of Items: 1981 to 1983
Collection Processed by: Randy Williams (Originally processed by Barbara Garrett.)
Register Prepared by: Randy Williams
Date Last Updated: August 2005
Linear Feet: 2.5
Restrictions: Patrons must sign and comply with the USU Special Collections and Archives Use Agreement and Reproduction Order form as well as any restrictions placed by the collector or informant(s).

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Please cite this collection in the following manner:

FOLK COLL 8: FIELDWORK, box and item number
collector
Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives
Utah State University Libraries, Logan, Utah


Historical Note

The Utah State University Student Fieldwork Collection consists of 18 USU student fieldwork projects from William A. Wilson's Folklore Colloquium Course: 1981 and 1983. The collection is closed.


Provenance

The Utah State University Student Fieldwork Collection: FIELDWORK is comprised of fieldwork conducted by USU students enrolled in the Folklore courses taught by Professor William A. Wilson. The projects were deposited in the Fife Folklore Archives by the Professor Wilson.


Scope and Content

The Utah State University Student Fieldwork Collection: FIELDWORK consists of 18 projects collected by USU students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for Folklore Colloquium course. Most items include assession sheet, release form, essay, journal, cassette-taped oral interview, tape transcription/log, and some contain photographs and/or slides. The projects are oral histories. Items are numbered by the year of the course (1981 or 1983) and an number for each student project. For example, FOLK COLL 8a: FIELDWORK 81-02, means that the item was submitted in 1981 and it is item 2 in that year. The items are stored in archival boxes. The materials do NOT circulate. Click for information on folklore collecting assignments for folklore classes, including examples.


Register

Box 1 81-01 Owens, Doris INTERVIEW WITH: Elaine Thatcher
4 Cassette Tapes (Folk Music: Revival Music, Singing)
Release Forms

81-02 Blake, Nikki INTERVIEW WITH: A. Michaels
4 Cassette Tapes (Oral History: A. Michaels: Adolescent Rebellion: Drug Culture; LDS Conversion)
Release Forms Included: RESTRICTIONS

81-03 Ballard, Clark INTERVIEW WITH: Melvin R. Ballard, Sr.
3 Cassette Tapes, 1 Photograph (Oral History: M. R. Ballard, Sr.: Family )
Release Forms

81-04 No Item

81-05 Abrams, James Dad, Granddad and Me: Personal Experience and Family Narratives Told by Lloyd Walker
4 Cassette Tapes (Family Folklore: Southern Utah, Cock Fighting, LDS)
Release Forms Included

81-06 No Item
Box 2 81-07 Olsen, Marie F. The Hospice Movement: Interview with Carol Martinez
2 Cassette Tapes (Vocational Folklore: Hospice Program in Cache Valley, UT; Personal Narrative: Cancer)
Release Forms Included

81-08 No Item

81-09 Thatcher, Elaine Rosamond Hurst Melartin: Keeper of Tradition
6 Cassette Tapes; 24 Slides (Oral History: Rosamond H. Melartin; Teaching, Childhood--Blanding, UT; Music: Songs; Customs: Games; Material Culture: Textiles)
Release Forms Included

81-10 Cannon, Marty Biography of Venetta King Gilgen
5 Cassette Tapes (Oral History: Venetta K. Gilgen: Childhood [early 1900s] and life in Cache Valley, UT)
Release Forms Included
Box 3 81-11 Compton, John A. INTERVIEW WITH: William A. Cunningham
4 Cassette Tapes (Custom: Hobby: Buckskinning; Rendezvous: 18th-19th Century Weaponry, Fur Trapper)
Release Forms Included

81-12 Larsen, Gregory A. Iver LaVon Larsen and The Homesteading of Pocatello Valley [ID]
4 Cassette Tapes; 10 Photographs (Oral History: Iver LaVon Larsen and Garnel E. Larsen)
Release Forms Included

81-13 Garrett, Barbara INTERVIEW WITH: Valerie Evans Atkins
4 Cassette Tapes; 2 Photographs (Oral History: Valerie E. Atkins: Childhood in Blackfoot, ID; Mormonism)
Release Forms Included

81-14 Malan, Timothy B., D.D.S.Biography of Newel E. Munk D.D.S.: A Sketch of his Professional Life
4 Cassette Tapes; 14 Slides (Occupational Folklore: Dentistry/Work Experiences in the Early 1900s)
Release Forms Included
Box 4 83-01 Brubaker, Robert Mike The Depression: An Era of Lost Innocence
4 Cassette Tapes (Oral History: Charles E. Brubaker: Childhood and School Days, Boise, ID; Depression Era: Selling Newspapers; Grandparents Ranch)
No Release Forms

83-02 Plucinik, Bonnie G. What Makes the Job Interesting is Success: The Story of J. Calvert Gridley, U.S. Postal Inspector
3 Cassette Tapes; 16 Photographs (Oral History: J. Calvert "Cal" Gridley: Occupational Folklore: U.S.P.S.)
No Release Forms

83-03 Suddreth, Diana Gus Ekstrom: A Man for All Ages
4 Cassette Tapes (Oral History: Gosta Ekstrom; Depression-Era Chicago, IL; Swedish-American)
No Release Forms

83-04 Eastmond, Daniel V. Karen Matsumoto Grah: The Japanese Identity
4 Cassette Tapes (Oral History: Karen M. Grah; Family Folklore: Japanese and Japanese-American; Racism)
Release Forms Included
Box 5 83-05 Macfarlane-Johnson, Annette R.Milo Dewey Gardner: A Celebration of the Ordinary Man
3 Cassette Tapes (Oral History: Milo Dewey Gardner: Childhood (born 1898) and life in the first 40 years of 20th Century: Deweyville, UT: Work: Farming, Cannery; Customs: Holiday and Pranks)
Release Forms Included

83-06 Taylor, Matthew J. INTERVIEW WITH: Reed Bullen
4 Cassette Tapes (Oral History: Reed Bullen: Family Life: Cache Valley, UT; Occupational Folklore: Utah State Senator, Radio Station Manager, Cable Company)
No Release Forms

83-07 Kathy Miller INTERVIEW WITH: Catherine Rogers
3 Cassette Tapes (Oral History: Catherine Rogers: Resistance and Analysis of Culture in Cache Valley, UT; Return to and Celebration of Southern (US) Childhood)
No Release Forms


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For reference questions: randy.williams@usu.edu or phone (435) 797-3493.
Fife Folklore Archives, Utah State University Libraries, Logan Utah 84322-3000