Utah State University student fieldwork collection

Utah State University student fieldwork collection, 1981-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Wilson, William A.
Title: Utah State University student fieldwork collection
Dates: 1981-1983 (inclusive)
19811983
Quantity: 5 boxes, (2.5 linear foot)
Collection Number: UUS_FOLK COLL 8: Fieldwork
Summary: Early fieldwork projects conducted by Utah State University students in fulfillment of graded credit requirements for coursework in graduate folklore classes (1981-1983).
Repository: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions: 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).
Languages: English.
Sponsor: Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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 accession 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.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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 student fieldwork collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

USU Student Fieldwork collection, 1981-1983. (FOLK COLL 8: Fieldwork, box, no.). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Each fieldwork collection is arranged chronologically. Collections include:

Utah State University undergraduate student collections (FOLK COLL 8: USU)
Utah State University graduate student fieldwork collection (FOLK COLL 8: GRAD)
Utah State University student fieldwork collection (FOLK COLL 8: Fieldwork)
Utah State University Fife Conference student collections (FOLK COLL 8: FFC)

Acquisition Information

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.

Processing Note

Originally processed by Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd and updated by Maria Walters and Randy Williams. Finding aid created by Tricia Harrison and Randy Williams, February 2006; updated by Randy Williams, May 2012.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	book
1	81-01	Folklore (interview with Elaine Thatcher) 4 cassette tapes. Release forms included Owens, Doris Folk Music: Revivalist folk singing	1982 January 5
1	81-02	A Change of Heart (inteivew with anonymous) 4 cassette tapes. Release forms included: RESTRICTIONS Blake, Nikki Oral History: Adolescent Rebellion: Drug Culture; LDS Conversion	1981 May 20
1	81-03	Interview with Melvin R. Ballard, Sr. 3 cassette tapes: 1 photograph. Release forms included Ballard, Clark Oral History: M. R. Ballard, Sr.: Family	1981 May 25
1	81-04	No Item	Undated
1	81-05	Dad, Granddad and Me: Personal Experience and Family Narratives Told by Lloyd Walker 4 cassette tapes. Release forms included Abrams, James Family Folklore: Southern Utah, Cock Fighting, LDS	1981 June 3
1	81-06	No Item
2	81-07	The Hospice Movement: Interview with Carol Martinez 2 cassette tapes. Release forms included Olsen, Marie F. Hospice Program in Cache Valley, UT; Personal Narrative: Cancer See also FOLK COLL 50 Box 3 Folder 3; Box 4 Folder 3	981 April 30
2	81-08	No Item
2	81-09	Rosamond Hurst Melartin: Keeper of Tradition 6 cassette tapes: 24 slides. Release forms included Thatcher, Elaine Oral History: Rosamond H. Melartin; Teaching, Childhood--Blanding, UT; Music: Songs; Customs: Games; Material Culture: Textiles	1981 June 3
2	81-10	Biography of Venetta King Gilgen 5 cassette tapes. Release forms included Cannon, Marty Oral History: Venetta K. Gilgen: Childhood [early 1900s] and life in Cache Valley, UT	1981 May 8
3	81-11	Bill Cunningham: Buckskinner (interview with William A. Cunningham) 4 cassette tapes. Release forms included Compton, John A. Custom: Buckskinning; Rendezvous: 18th-19th Century Weaponry, Fur Trapper	1981 June 1
3	81-12	Iver LaVon Larsen and The Homesteading of Pocatello Valley, ID 4 cassette tapes: 10 Pphotographs. Release forms included Larsen, Gregory A. Oral History: Iver LaVon Larsen and Garnel E. Larsen	1981 June 1
3	81-13	Interview with Valerie Evans Atkins 4 cassette tapes: 2 photographs. Release forms included Garrett, Barbara Oral History: Valerie E. Atkins: Childhood in Blackfoot, ID; Mormonism	1981 May 1
3	81-14	Biography of Newel E. Munk D.D.S.: A Sketch of his Professional Life 4 cassette tapes: 14 slides. Release forms included Malan, Timothy B., D.D.S. Occupational Folklore: Dentistry/Work Experiences in the Early 1900s	1981 June 2
4	83-01	The Depression: An Era of Lost Innocence (intervew with Charles E. Brubaker) 4 cassette tapes. No release forms included Brubaker, Robert Mike Oral History: Charles E. Brubaker: Childhood and School Days, Boise, ID; Depression Era: Selling Newspapers; Grandparents Ranch	1983 May
4	83-02	What Makes the Job Interesting is Success: The Story of J. Calvert Gridley, U.S. Postal Inspector 3 cassette tapes: 16 photographs. No release forms included Plucinik, Bonnie G. Oral History: J. Calvert "Cal" Gridley: Occupational Folklore: U.S.P.S.	1983 May
4	83-03	Gus Ekstrom: A Man for All Ages 4 cassette tapes. No release forms included Suddreth, Diana Oral History: Gosta Ekstrom; Depression-Era Chicago, IL; Swedish-American	1983 May
4	83-04	Karen Matsumoto Grah: The Japanese Identity 4 cassette tapes. Release forms included Eastmond, Daniel V. Oral History: Karen M. Grah; Family Folklore: Japanese and Japanese-American; Racism	1983 May
5	83-05	Milo Dewey Gardner: A Celebration of the Ordinary Man 3 cassette tapes and 2 CD duplicates of cassettes. Release forms included Macfarlane-Johnson, Annette R. 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	1983 May
5	83-06	Interview with Reed Bullen 4 cassette tapes. No release forms included Taylor, Matthew J. Oral History: Reed Bullen: Family Life: Cache Valley, UT; Occupational Folklore: Utah State Senator, Radio Station Manager, Cable Company	1983 May
5	83-07	Interview with Catherine Rogers 3 cassette tapes. No release forms included Kathy Miller Oral History: Catherine Rogers: Resistance and Analysis of Culture in Cache Valley, UT; Return to and Celebration of Southern (US) Childhood	1983 May

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