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Lester Andrews Hubbard folklore collection, undated
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hubbard, Lester A. (Lester Andrews), 1892-1978
- Title
- Lester Andrews Hubbard folklore collection
- Dates
- undated (inclusive)19002000
- Quantity
- 1.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MS 0158
- Summary
- The Lester Andrews Hubbard folklore collection is comprised of Hubbard's collected stories and folklore about Utah. Included are items on legendary characters, pioneer life, polygamy, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Indian relations, Indian legends and tales, songs and ballads, games, riddles, and customs. Some foreign folklore material is also included. Lester Hubbard (b. 1892) was a professor emeritus of the University of Utah English Department where he was a faculty member for thirty-two years.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Lester Andrews Hubbard was born on 8 May 1892 in Willard, Box Elder County, Utah, to Joseph and Sally Ann Hubbard. He married Barbara Larsen in 1919. Hubbard was a veteran of World War I, attended Sorbonne University in Paris, and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in 1920. He received his master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1925 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Hubbard was a faculty member at the University of Utah for thirty-two years.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Lester Andrews Hubbard folklore collection is comprised of Hubbard's collected stories and folklore about Utah. Included are items on legendary characters, pioneer life, polygamy, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Indian relations, Indian legends and tales, songs and ballads, games, riddles, and customs. Some foreign folklore material is also included.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
Processed by Kati Vamosh in 1979.
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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
FolkloreReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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| Box | Volume | ||
| 1 | 1 | True Stories of Early Utah
Includes pioneer correspondence, family histories, short stories about people, pioneer migration stories, tales of Mormon-Indian relations, and accounts of religious experiences.
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| 1 | 2 | Tales of Imagination, Mostly from Utah
Includes Utah Indian stories, supernatural tales, animal tales, tall tales, and stories about Coalville, Utah.
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| 1 | 3 | Non-Utah and Foreign Folklore Material
Includes folklore for various other states, European countries, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Maori. Also aviation folklore and miscellaneous.
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| 1 | 4 | Miscellaneous Folklore
Includes short verbal forms of folklore such as place names, nicknames, riddles, proverbs, etc. Also games, tricks, superstitions, beliefs, customs, folk medicine, and household practices.
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| 2 | 5 | Songs and Ballads, A-L
These are not included in volume 7.
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| 2 | 6 | Songs and Ballads, M-Z
These are not included in volume 7.
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| 2 | 7 | Lester Hubbard, Songs and Ballads from Utah
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1961 |
| 3 | 8 | Songs Collected by University of Utah Students
Nursery songs, camp songs, foreign songs, and miscellaneous.
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| 3 | 9 | Songs from Printed Sources |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Folk music--Utah
- Folk songs--Utah
- Folklore--Utah
- Indians of North America--Folklore
- Indians--Folklore
- Latter Day Saints--Folklore
- Traditional medicine
Finding aid prepared by Kati Vamosh.
1979 (last modified: 2019)
