FOLK COLLECTION 8b

Fife Folklore Archives Student Media Collection

Introduction

Date of Items:	1975 to present
Processed by:	Tricia Taylor and Randy Williams
Register by:	Randy Williams
Date Last Updated:	May 2006
Linear Feet:	1
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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Historical Note/Scope and Content

The Fife Folklore Archives Student Media Collection consists of folklore collected by USU folklore students on cassette tape, microcassette (which were transferred to cassette tapes and one CD for easier listening), VCR tape, color transparencies, ans color slides. Most media submissions (2000 forward) accompanied genre collections; however, as most media submissions are connected to more than one genre item, they are housed separately from the transcript. The collection is organized by date.

ITEM 1:   COLLECTOR: Karen Stewart, 1975. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANT:   Enid Waldron (born 1927, Cleveland, OH): Tom Thumb Wedding.

ITEM 2:   COLLECTOR: Unknown, unknown date, approximately 1980. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   [Unknown performer, singing songs she learned from her grandparents/parents that she taught to her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Although no full names are given, some family information is interspersed throughout the tape. The titles of the songs given are from the first line.] Songs: "I had a sweet little doll, dear," "I'm a little Alabama Coon," "Gum Tree Canoe," "My Brother and I look alike, in fact he is my twin," [Grandfather Murdoch sang:] "A skunk came into our backyard," "Brian O'Lynn had a great mare," "I've lost my little grey kitty," "Two little girls in blue;" Finger plays/songs: Up, up in the sky, where the little birds fly," Five little squirrels sat up in a tree," [Taught to Stacey] "My Mother gave me 50 cents to see the elephant jump the fence," "Rub a dub dub said the boy in blue I have a gun and I'll shoot you;" Phrases: [Informant's grandmother said this phrase to her children and grandchildren at dinner] "Let your vittles stop your mouth," [Grandparents and parents said] "I don't give a continental damn!" "[Phrase the informant said to her children that became one of the family slogan. She got it from a book she read about a poor family that had to pick cotton off of bushes that sheep grazed by. It means pay attention to the task at hand; don't wonder off to greener pastures, finish your job.] "Stick to your bush;" Finger plays: "Ring the Bell, Knock at the door," "Here sits Tom Tinker" and more.

ITEM 3:   COLLECTOR: David Eskelson, winter 1981. 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Charmaine Halversen; Lucille and Lester Knighton.

ITEM 4:   COLLECTOR: Nina Ricks, December 1984. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   Grandma's Story; Folk Song.

ITEM 5:   COLLECTOR: Karlette Rogers, March 1986. 120 VCR tape

INFORMANTS:   Shelley Nordick, LaNai Greenhalgh, Karlette Rogers, Joanne Goodwin : Camp Songs with Actions.

ITEM 6:   COLLECTOR: Jil Sommerville, April 1989. 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   "Hyrum" Legend.

ITEM 7:   COLLECTOR: Jackie Thursby, Fall 1989. VCR tape

INFORMATION:   Hy's Tack Room: Wild Game Feast, 4 November 1989, (with two-page handwritten paper).

ITEM 8:   COLLECTOR: Gary Taylor, no date, approximately 1990. 30 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   "Willie the Woodcutter," Folktale.

ITEM 9:   COLLECTOR: Pete Brooks, no date, approximately 1990, English/History 423. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   J.C.H.'s Skinwalker Story.

ITEM 10:   COLLECTOR: Unknown, no date, approximately 1990. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Brenda McBeth: "Peter," Ukranian folksong (sung and interpreted); Nancy Stephensen, Lewiston UT: "The Bed Bug," (camp song).

ITEM 11:   COLLECTOR: Kate Graves, no date, approximately 1990. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Clark Graves, Catherine Graves, [?] Graves, Jessie Bell, Art Gardner: Oral Narratives.

ITEM 12:   COLLECTOR: Unknown, no date, approximately 1990. 60 minute cassette tape.

INFORMANT:   Morgan Decker: "Who Needs a Chairlift?"

ITEM 13:   COLLECTOR: LaDonna Christensen, 6 July 1990. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANT:   Maureen Spencer.

ITEM 14:   COLLECTOR: Amy S. Ellsworth, 20 February 1993. VCR tape

INFORMANT:   Esther Smack Bradley: Folk Artist: Tatting and Crocheting.

ITEM 15:   COLLECTOR: Jeremy Wooden, Fall 1999. 60 minute microcassette tape (transferred to 90 cassette tape,

side A used only and found on CD: FOLK COLL 8b, Box 3, item 16)

INFORMATION:   Rap Shows and the Magic Twelve

ITEM 1:   COLLECTOR: Unknown, no date, approximately 2000. 60 minute cassette tape.

INFORMANT:   Todd Haueter: Missionary Stories.

ITEM 2:   COLLECTOR: Unknown, no date, approximately 2000. 60 minute cassette tape.

INFORMANT:   Megan Fish: Missionary Stories.

ITEM 3:   COLLECTOR: Unknown, no date, approximately 2000. 60 minute cassette tape.

INFORMANT:   Mike Everton: Missionary Stories.

ITEM 4:   COLLECTOR: Unknown, no date, approximately 2000. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANT:   Chantal Broways: Missionary Stories.

ITEM 5:   COLLECTOR: Unknown, no date, approximately 2000. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANT:   Billy Allen: Missionary Stories.

ITEM 6:   COLLECTOR: Margaret Garr Jaggi, 25 March 2000. 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMANT:   Opal Naylor.

ITEM 7:   COLLECTOR: Barry Livingston, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   (Nicknames) 1. Angie Henderson: Pug; 2. Melanie: Chuck; 3. JaniMarie Lester: "J"; 4. Elizabeth Lester: Ibis;
5. Rob: The Lung; 6. Sara McNamee: Doodle; 7. Dustin Crawford: Mex; 8. Emily Mills: Pooh; 9. Jim Martucci: Dirty; 10. Jim Martucci: Bombaliini; 11. Steve Marty: Steve-O; 12. Barry Livingston: Seagull.

ITEM 8:   COLLECTOR: Aaron Law, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   Animal sounds and Polish folk songs.

ITEM 9:   COLLECTOR: Elizabeth Ann Lester, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   (Local Legends): Betty, Josh and Rusty Marcus: Hippie, Northern Lights, Fairy Road, Space Ship, Lights Follow, Dresser, Swing, Bone, Ghost Dog, Big George, Corinne Bridge, Honeyville Pond, Picking Gravestone, Central, Wi[t]ch, The Growl, Canyon, Haunted House, Tabernacle, Flood.

ITEM 10:   COLLECTOR: Vicky Campbell, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   (USU Student Folklore): Vicky Campbell and Megan Morris: Roommate Song, 27 November 2000; Doug Smith: Taggart Student Center Ghost, 29 November 2000; Leah L. Culler: Kidnapper, 29 November 2000.

ITEM 11:   COLLECTOR: Katie Acherman, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Sage Davis, Brian Bahr, Vanessa Brenchley, Theatrical Traditions and Folklore, 17 November2000.

ITEM 12:   COLLECTOR: Mandy McKenna, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 90 cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Sharina Cheney, Kasey Child, Emily Dent, Melanie Mason, Stephanie Morgan, Rick West, Barry Beutler, Jake Carter, Mike Christensen: Utah State University Student Pranks, November 2000.

ITEM 13:   COLLECTOR: Charity Lund, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 90 cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Gavin Cox: Playing Jailbreak; Donna Beach: I'm OK; Mindy Techmeyer: I Got My Pink Slip; Donna Beach: Pink Slips?; Gavin Cox: Pink Slip Bitterness, Jailbreak & Bases; Mindy Techmeyrer: Criss-Cross; Donna Beach: Kissing Tag, Swish-Plop; Steven Lund: Fun Things to do in Milford County.

ITEM 14:   COLLECTOR: Kellianne Jensen, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 110 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   (Potty-Training Customs): 1. Anonymous #1, 4 November 2000; 2. Clara Jensen, 14 November 2000; 3. Sandra J. Buck, 23 November 2000; 4. Karen D. Huckaby, 23 November 2000; 5. Anonymous #2, 24 November 2000.

ITEM 15:   COLLECTOR: Kirsten Broschinsky, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANT:   (Wal-Mart Culture) Kirsten Broschinsky and Adam Frederick: Adam's Revenge; Denet Yazzi: Denet's Interview; Jason Griffiths: Jason's Interview; Adam Frederick: Adam's Elaborations; Jeneca Coombs: Jeneca's Interview.

ITEM 16:   COLLECTOR: Kandice Knight, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Norma and Thomas Brenchley: The Boys Without Clothes, The Drunken Mexican and Indians, The Weapon of Prayer, Charles Dickens and The Saints in England, Grandpa's Remembrance of the Depression, Jack Dempsey and My Great-Great Grandpa Brenchley, Origins of Power in Wellsville, Utah.

ITEM 17:   COLLECTOR: Kandice Knight, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Bill and Shirlene Udink: Sarah Richins' Journey to America, The Witch Rocks image, [digital image of painting of Witch Rocks by George Beard, 1911, oil on canvas], An Encounter with One of the Three Nephites, Kidnap case of 1927; Norma and Thomas Brenchley: Aunt Harriet and the Indians.

ITEM 18:   COLLECTOR: Michelle Jensen, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Julie Strate: A Marriage Proposal Based on a Lie, Awkward First Date; Judy Jensen: Yearning for a Wedding Proposal, Rude Awakening; Scott Jensen: A Snowman for a Snowball, Wedding Proposal in a Stone Quarry; Jason Strate: Pay Back with Mice; Michelle Jensen: Painful Hide-and-Go-Seek; Julie Strate: Humorous First Kiss; Shari Winters: The Dreaded Wedding Proposal; Scott Jensen: First Kiss in a Movie Theater; Clint Winters: Wedding Proposal a with a Joke; Kevin Watson: First Date on a Hill; Kevin Watson: Womanly Kiss, Marriage by the Temple.

ITEM 19:   COLLECTOR: Wes Garland, Fall 2000, English 3700 (Thomas). 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   Pranks.

ITEM 1:   COLLECTOR: Aimee Hall, Spring 2001, History 2720 (Toelken). VCR tape

INFORMATION:   Olsen Family Traditions: Item 1: Dale [?] Delight (Old Hunting movie, no sound); Item 2: To Grandmother's House We Go (family singing); Item 3: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas (Video taped family Christmas Party, 1985, including singing, piano music, and nativity story); Item 4: King Wenceslas reading at LDS Church); Item 5: Story; Item 6: Song For: Grandma and Grandpa (at Reunion); Item 7: 1992 Family Reunion (singing with piano); Item 8: Happy Birthday to Who?

ITEM 2:   COLLECTOR: Jeremy Beal, Fall 2002, English 3700, (Thomas). 60 minute microcassette tape

(transferred to 90 cassette tape, side A used only and found on CD: FOLK COLL 8b, Box 3, item 16)

INFORMATION:   Conversation.

ITEM 3:   COLLECTOR: Jeremy Beal, Fall 2002, English 3700, (Thomas). 120 minute cassette tape

INFORMANT:   Rachel Wilson: Conversations/Personal Narratives.

ITEM 4:   COLLECTOR: Kent Fletcher, Spring 2002. 60 minute cassette tape (being transferred to cassette tape)

INFORMATION:   Homemade Holiday Memories.

ITEM 5:   COLLECTOR: Janica Kynason, Spring 2002. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   The Haunting of Eccles Mansion.

ITEM 6:   COLLECTOR: Joseph Chambers, Spring 2002. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   Dog Naming Tradition, (with 24 color transparencies of tradition: ITEM 6a).

ITEM 7:   COLLECTOR: Janice Schofield, Fall 2002, English 3700, 60 minute microcassette tape

(transferred to 60 cassette tape, side A used only and found on CD: FOLK COLL 8b, Box 3, item 16)

INFORMATION:   Personal Experience Narratives.

ITEM 8:   COLLECTOR: Ashley Gorrell, Fall 2002, English 3700. 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   Pranks.

ITEM 9:   COLLECTOR: N. Jill Pritchard, Fall 2002. 90 cassette tape

INFORMANT:   Amber Degraw: Mormon Wedding Traditions; Laura Hook: Family Holiday Traditions.

ITEM 10:   COLLECTOR: Janice Schofield, Spring 2003, English 1710. 60 minute microcassette tape

(transferred to 60 cassette tape, side A used only and found on CD: FOLK COLL 8b, Box 3, item 16)

INFORMATION:   Car Games.

ITEM 11:   COLLECTOR: Patricia Christophiades, Fall 2003, English 1710. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Brent, Vanessa, Robin, Sarah, Jenny, Merri: Courtship Stories

ITEM 12:   COLLECTOR: Patricia Christophiades, Fall 2003, English 1710. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Brent, Vanessa, Robin, Sarah, Jenny, Merri: Courtship Stories

ITEM 13:   COLLECTOR: Janae Jenson, Fall 2003, English 1710. 60 minute cassette tape

INFORMATION:   Family Narratives.

ITEM 14:   COLLECTOR: Stephanie Wilson, Fall 2005, 3700 (Thomas). 90 minute microcassette tape

(transferred to 60 cassette tape, side A used only and found on CD: FOLK COLL 8b, Box 3, item 16)

INFORMANTS:   Jacob Beck, Jonathon M. Gooch, Jerrica Hall, Sunnie Hansen, Boonie Luce, Mike Molyneux, Clark Sessions, Natalie Shaw, Todd Walden, Kurt Wilson, Marcia Wilson: Sports Superstitions.

ITEM 15:   COLLECTOR: Ralph D. Merrill, Fall 2005, 3700 (Thomas). 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Diane L. Merrill and Zelda Gertrude Bartlett Packer, Food Dishes for Special Occasions, November 2005.

ITEM 16:   COLLECTOR: Megan Griffiths, Fall 2005, English 3700 (Thomas). 90 minute cassette tape

INFORMANTS:   Kelly Griffiths, Randy Griffiths, David Tovey, Paige Tovey.

ITEM 17:   CD of items on microcassettes (see items: FOLK COLL 8a, Box 1, item 15, FOLK COLL 8a, Box 3, items: 2, 7, 10, 14)

BOX   4:

ITEM 1:   COLLECTOR: Unknown (Wilson). 23 Color Slides

INFORMATION:   Swiss Easter Egg Dying (Easter in Southern Utah).

ITEM 2:   COLLECTOR: Gabrielle Hamilton. (Toelken) 76 Color Slides

INFORMATION:   Halloween Yard Art and Costumes: Wyoming and Logan, North Logan and Smithfield, UT.

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