Fife Folklore Archives Curator

Randy Williams (pictured here with colleague and friend Barre Toelken) is curator of the Fife Folklore Archives at Utah State University. Randy participates in fieldwork projects that bring the voice of diverse people from the Inter-Mountain West into the Archives. Most recent fieldwork activity includes the USU Veterans History Project and Living Traditions of the Bear River Area. She is the folklore subject librarian at the Merrill-Cazier Library, a member of the USU Digital Library Committee, editor-at-large for Marginalia, the newsletter for the Friends of the Library, and a member of the Library Marketing Committee. She currently serves on the Board of the Folklore Society of Utah and as the Archival Liaison for the American Folklore Society.

Activity in the Arts in Education Program led to her Folklore and Folk Art Resource Guide, co-sponsored by the Utah Arts Council. She co-Directed the Fife Folklore Conference for five years, created and directed USU's Kinship Conference, and has taught university courses in folklore. Areas of academic interest include Mormon, family, and public folklore, belief systems, archiving, and diversity awareness.


Photo: Barre Toelken and Randy Williams, American Folklore Society Meeting, Salt Lake City UT, October 2004; Photo by: Carol Edison, Courtesy Utah Arts Council.

For reference questions: randy.williams@usu.edu or phone (435) 797-3439. Fife Folklore Archives, Utah State University Libraries, Logan Utah 84322-3000