Identifier
USU_FOLK COLL 8: FFC (local)

Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division

Date
1977 - 1995 (Inclusive dates)

Summary

Folklore projects collected by Utah State University students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for coursework in the Fife Folklore Conference (1977-1995).

Scope and Content Note

The Utah State University Fife Folklore Conference Student Fieldwork Collection consists of approximately 440 projects collected by undergraduate and graduate students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for the Fife Folklore Conference. Most items include informant, context, text (the folklore item), and collector data. Collector and informant release forms accompany most of the collections from 1986 forward. The projects examine a wide variety of topics ranging from specific genres (like jokes, legends, beliefs, and folksongs) to area interests (such as regional, occupational, and family folklore). The Collection inventory includes a subject index and a register. The register includes the item number, student name, title of the project, number of items, content description, and release form and restriction information. Items are numbered by the year the student attended the Fife Folklore Conference and the individual number of the item. For example, FOLK COLL 8a: FFC 87-02, means that the student attended the Conference in 1987 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

Administrative/Biographical History Element

The Utah State University Fife Folklore Conference Student Fieldwork Collection consists of student folklore projects created by Fife Folklore Conference participants from 1977-1995. The collection does not grow

System of Arrangement

Each fieldwork collection is arranged chronologically. Collections include:

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions

Open to public research. To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, box number, folder number and item number. The materials do not circulate and are available in USU's Special Collections and Archives. 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)

Conditions Governing Access

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright

Permission to publish material from the Utah State University Fife Folklore Conference student fieldwork collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Items in the Utah State University Fife Folklore Conference Student Fieldwork Collection are comprised of focused folklore projects created by participants in the Fife Folklore Conference during the years 1977-1995. The projects were deposited in the Fife Folklore Archives by the conference directors (William A. Wilson, Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd, Steve Siporin, and Barre Toelken). The collection was created in 1977 Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd

General Note

Originally processed by Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd and updated over the years by Fife Folklore Archives staff. Most recently updated by Maria Walters and Randy Williams. Finding aid created by Randy Williams, May 2005; updated by Randy Williams, March 2012

Extent
21 (linear feet)

Language
English. (Languages)

Other Subject Headings
Folklore (Local)
Folklore--West (U.S.) (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folklore--Utah (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folklore archives--Utah (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
West (U.S.)--Folklore (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Utah--Folklore (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))

Preferred Citation
USU Fife Folklore Conference Student Fieldwork collection, 1977-1995. (FOLK COLL 8: FFC, box, no.). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department