Identifier
USU_FOLK COLL 26 (local)

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

Date
2001 - 2002 (Inclusive dates)

Summary

Fifty-six oral interviews recorded on audio tape, tape logs, fieldwork data sheets, and in some instances, transcribed oral narratives.

Creator and/or Contributor
American Folklife Center (creator)

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of (56) oral interviews recorded on audio tape, tape logs, fieldwork data sheets, and in some instances transcribed oral narratives. The paperwork accompanying the audio tapes is contained in the first of four boxes in the collection, each informant having an individual folder within the box. The audio tapes are held in the remaining three boxes. The register is arranged alphabetically by collector. Below each collector's name the informant's name is found, followed by the numbers for both the interview paperwork and the corresponding audio tape, the date and place each interview occurred, as well as any other pertinent information

Administrative/Biographical History Element

Historical note

On September 12, 2001, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress extended an invitation to folklorists and others around the nation to document, by way of oral interviews, the tragic and historic events which occurred in the United States on September 11, 2001. The goal was to initiate a nation-wide effort to record the pressing and immediate responses of the general population during this national time of devastation, sorrow, and uncertainty

Professor Jeannie B. Thomas, a folklore professor at Utah State University, instigated this documentary project in her fall 2001 semester class(es). Some of her students participated in what was a larger (nation-wide) folklore collecting project. This project was formed in an attempt to document everyday people's reactions to the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Dr. Thomas' students interviewed a variety of people with diverse backgrounds about their feelings in response to the tragic events. This collection is a culmination of those interviews (recorded on audio tape), notes, and transcriptions. This is a closed collection

System of Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by collector

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

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 September 11, 2001 USU student documentary collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Collection donated by Dr. Jeannie Thomas, Spring 2002

General Note

Originally processed by Susan Gross. Register created by Susan Gross, May 2004; updated by Randy Williams, March 2012, January 2013

Extent
0.83 (linear foot)

Language
English. (Languages)

Other Subject Headings
Folklore and Folklife (Local)
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives, American (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))

Preferred Citation
September 11, 2001 USU student documentary collection, 2001-2002. (FOLK COLL 26). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department

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