Folklore Society of Utah records, 1958-2015

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Folklore Society of Utah
Title
Folklore Society of Utah records
Dates
1958-2015 (inclusive)
Quantity
15 boxes, (4.5 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_FOLK COLL 28
Summary
The Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives at Utah State University Libraries is the chosen repository for the official papers of the Folklore Society of Utah. The collection continues to grow through the submission of FSU Executive Board Member's papers and general FSU related submissions.
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

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Folklore Society of Utah (FSU) was established in 1958 under the influence and direction of prominent Utah folklorists and scholars of the time, including Juanita Brooks, Olive Woolley Burt, Thomas E. Cheney, Austin E. and Alta S. Fife, Wayland Hand, King Hendricks, Lester A. Hubbard, Hector Lee, Jennings C. Olson, J. Golden Taylor, Louis C. Zucker, and others. FSU promotes and nurtures the study of folklore by collecting, preserving, and interpreting the folklore of Utah and surrounding areas. Beyond collection and preservation, the society makes folklore available both to the general public and to scholars by maintaining an archive (FOLK COLLECTION 28), publishing material, and presenting information through an annual meeting, formal lectures, concerts, festivals, events, and gatherings on folklore.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Folklore Society of Utah Collection is divided into six (6) numbered series. Some of the series are divided into lettered sub-series, allowing for future growth of the collection, with each individual sub-series starting over with Box 1 (consequently, each series may have more than one "Box 1"). For use of an item please reference the collection number: series number: sub-series letter: box number: folder number, such as FOLK COLL 28: I: A: Box 1: Fld 2.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Folklore Society of Utah records must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Folklore Society of Utah records, 1958-2015. (FOLK COLL 28). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

  • A breakdown of the collection organization follows
  • SERIES I: FSU BOARD
  • Sub-series A: Formation Documents
  • Sub-series B: Announcements/Correspondence/Timelines
  • Sub-series C: Member Lists
  • Sub-series D: Financial Documents
  • SERIES II: FSU MEETINGS
  • Sub-series A: Annual Meetings
  • Sub-series B: Board Meetings
  • SERIES III: FSU EVENTS
  • Sub-series A: Events
  • SERIES IV: FSU PUBLICITY AND PUBLICATIONS
  • Sub-series A: Publicity
  • Sub-series B: Newsletters
  • Sub-series C: Publications
  • SERIES V: FSU AFFILIATES
  • Sub-series A: Utah State Historical Society
  • Sub-series B: Other Affiliates
  • SERIES VI: FSU MEMBER ACTIVITIES
  • Sub-series A: Member Activism
  • Sub-series B: Member Research
  • Sub-series C: Member Papers/Publications

Processing Note

Collection processed by Barbara [Walker] Lloyd and updated by Randy Williams. Finding aid created by Susan Gross, May 2004; updated by Anne Christensen, January 2010, Randy Williams, March 2012, Matt Halaczkiewicz, April 2015, and Michelle Jones, January 2019.

Acquisition Information

The Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives at Utah State University Libraries is the chosen repository for the official papers of the Folklore Society of Utah. The collection continues to grow through the submission of FSU Executive Board Member's papers and general FSU related submissions.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

SERIES I: FSU BOARD , 1958-2015Return to Top

Series I includes all Executive Documentation, Correspondence, Timelines, Member Lists and Financial Documents.

Container(s) Description Dates
SUB-SERIES A: FORMATION DOCUMENTS
Box Folder
1 1
Folklore Society of Utah Constitution
2013
Item 1: FSU Constitution (2 copies)
Undated
Item 2: FSU Constitution Draft
Juanita Brooks' handwritten notes
Undated
Item 3: FSU Constitution Draft
Undated
Item 4: FSU Constitution
2013
1 2
Folklore Society of Utah Articles of Incorporation
1986
Item 1: FSU Articles of Incorporation
1986 January 27
Item 2: FSU Articles of Incorporation
1986 June 24
1 3
Folklore Society of Utah By-Laws
1986-2013
Item 1: FSU By-Laws (2 copies)
1986 July 03
Item 2: Suggestions for FSU By-Law Changes
2012 May 16
Item 3: FSU By-Laws
2013 November 09
1 4
Folklore Society of Utah Written Consent in Lieu of Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees
1986-1987
Item 1: FSU Written Consent in Lieu of Special Meeting
1986 March 10
Item 2: FSU Written Consent in Lieu of Special Meeting
1987 March 14
SUB-SERIES B: ANNOUNCEMENTS/CORRESPONDENCE/TIMELINES
Box Folder
1 1
FSU Constitution/Beginnings
1958
Item 1: Letter
Louis C. Zucker, President to Marshall Craig
1958 June 17
Item 2: Letter
Louis C. Zucker, President to Ruth V. Tyler
1958 July 28
Item 3: Letter
Louis C. Zucker, President to Marshall Craig
1958 August 21
1 2
FSU Leadership
1958-2012
Item 1: Memorandum
To proposed officers and advisory council of the Folklore Society of Utah
1958 June 01
Item 2: Letter
Louis C. Zucker, President to Juanita Brooks (with response)
1958 August 21/August 23
Item 3: Letter
Louis C. Zucker, President to Bruce Philips
1960 February 04
Item 4: Letter
Jan Harold Brunvand, President to Darwin Hayes
1973 March 09
Item 5: Letter
Jan Harold Brunvand, President to Keith Cunningham, President AFF (with responses)
1973 March 09-May 03
Item 6: Letter
Tom Carter, President to Barbara Garrett (with response)
1983 May 26/June 01
Item 7: Letter
David H. Stanley, President to Pamela A. R. Blakely
1985 September 19
Item 8: Letter
Jay Anderson to David Stanley
Rejection letter concerning board of directors position
1987 April 04
Item 9: Memo
David Stanley to FSU Board
Concerning forthcoming elections
1991 March 22
Item 10: Memo
Lynne McNeill to FSU Members
Guidelines for Running the FSU Election
2012 August 12
Item 11: Email
David Allred to FSU Board Members with responses
Concerning possibilities of FSU applying for a Utah Humanities Grant
2017 May 12
Item 12: Email
Tom Carter to Carol Edison
Concerning choosing a new FSU President
no year June 18
1 3
FSU Re-constitution
1966-1967
Item 1: Letter (2 copies; 2nd with hand-written notes)
Austin E. Fife to Brigham Madsen, Thomas Cheney, Karl Young, Jan H. Brunvand, James Haseltine
1966 September 19
Item 2: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Jan H. Brunvand
1966 October 01
Item 3: Letter
James L. Haseltine to Austin E. Fife
1966 October 03
Item 4: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Harold W. Bentley
1966 October 17
Item 5: Letter
Harold W. Bentley to Austin E. Fife
1966 October 28
Item 6: Letter
Jan H. Brunvand to Thomas E. Cheney
1966 November 14
Item 7: Letter
Harold Brunvand to Woodruff C. Thomson
1967 March 07
Item 8: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Thomas Cheney
1967 May 15
1 4
FSU Disbanding
1971-1981
Item 1: Letter
(2 copies) Austin E. Fife to Jack Adamson, Harold Bentley, Juanita Brooks, Jan Brunvand, Thomas Cheney, Everett Cooley, Gary Forbush, Charles Peterson, William A. Wilson
1971 March 06
Item 2: Letter
William A. Wilson to Austin E. Fife
1971 March 21
Item 3: Letter
Charles S. Peterson to Austin E. Fife
1971 March 24
Item 4: Letter
Austin E. Fife to William A. Wilson
1971 March 24
Item 5: Letter
William A. Wilson to Jack Adamson
1971 March 24
Item 6: Letter
Jan H. Brunvand to William A. Wilson
1971 March 31
Item 7: Letter
Everett L. Cooley to William A. Wilson
1971 April 05
Item 8: Letter
Wayland D. Hand to William A. Wilson
1971 May 04
Item 9: Letter
Harold W. Bentley to William A. Wilson
1971 May 05
Item 10: Letter
Harold W. Bentley to Members of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Folklore Society
1971 June 01
Item 11: Letter
Hector H. Lee to William A. Wilson
1971 June 09
Item 12: Letter
Barre Toelken to (?)
1971 August 20
Item 13: Letter
William A. Wilson to Harold Bentley
1971 August 30
Item 14: Letter
William A. Wilson from Louis C. Zucker
1971 October 09
Item 15: Letter
William A. Wilson to Jan H. Brunvand
1973 January 12
Item 16: Letter
Jan H. Brunvand to William A. Wilson
1973 October 15
Item 17: Letter
Richard C. Poulsen to Folklore Society of Utah Member
1974 July 01
Item 18: Letter
Tom Carter to Board Members, Utah Folklife Center
1981 June 16
1 5
FSU Incorporation
1985-2009
Item 1: Letter
David H. Stanley to Bert Wilson
1985 September 03
Item 2: Letter
David H. Stanley to Pam
1985 October 28
Item 3: Letters
2 letters from David H. Stanley to Jeff Eisenberg (with response)
1985 October 28-November 08
Item 4: Letter
Dave Stanley, Secretary-Treasurer to FSU Memebers
1985 November 08
Item 5: Letters
7 letters from William E. Sider to David H. Stanley
1985 November 18-1986 July 09
Item 6: Letter
Utah State Tax Commission (Charles Arnold) to David H. Stanley
Instructions for obtaining a corporation franchise tax exempt ruling
1986 February 26
Item 7: Letters and Forms
From Internal Revenue Service to Folklore Society of Utah with responses
Concerning Federal Income Tax exemption
Includes 11 items
1986-2009
1 6
FSU News/Announcements/Reports
1964-2012
Item 1: Letter
Thomas E. Cheney, President to FSU Members
1964 August 03
Item 2: Letter
William A. Wilson, (Ex-) President to FSU Members
1973 January 11
Item 3: Letter (2 copies)
Jan Harold Brunvand, President to FSU Members
1973 May 04
Item 4: Letter
Jan Harold Brunvand, President to FSU Members
1973 August 19
Item 5: Letter
Richard C. Poulsen, Acting President to FSU Members
1974 July 01
Item 6: Letter (2 copies)
Tom Carter, President to FSU Members
1981 June 30
Item 7: Letters
3 letters from Dave Stanley, Secretary-Treasurer to FSU Memebers
1987 March 03-1990 June 22
Item 8: Letter
David H. Stanley, Secretary-Treasurer to FSU Memebers
1988 March 28
Item 9: Letter
David H. Stanley, Secretary-Treasurer to Folklorists
1988 March 28
Item 10: Letter
Elaine Thatcher, Secretary-Treasurer to FSU Memebers
1992 July 04
Item 11: Letter
Ronda Walker Weaver, President to FSU Members
2004
Item 12: Email
Ronda Walker Weaver, President to FSU Members
Concerning "Utah Folklore Annual" cost and election results
2005 March 08
Item 13: Email
Lynne McNeill to FSU Board
Proposal for the revision of FSU's annual membership fees and meeting registration fees
2012
Item 14: Email
Polly Stewart to FSU Board
Interim report concerning FSU financial picture
2012 November 15
1 7
FSU Funds
1967-1973
Item 1: Letter
Alta Fife to Woodruff Thomson
Inquiry of available funds
1967 August 02
Item 2: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Harold Bentley
Inquiry of available funds with response
1968 March 11/March 20
Item 3: Letter
Austin Fife to Woodruff Thomson
Inquiry of available funds with response
1968 March 12/April 02
Item 4: Letter
Alta Fife to Woodruff Thomson
Transfer of funds
1968 June 06/June 15
Item 5: Letter
William A. Wilson, President to Harold Bentley
Concerning membership arrangement with U of U Press
1971 October 15
Item 6: Letter
Darwin L. Hayes to FSU
Statement of Finances
1972 September 15
Item 7: Letter
William A. Wilson to Jan H. Brunvand
Concerning FSU fund amount
1973 February 28
Item 8: Letter
Jan H. Brunvand to Harold W. Bentley
Book Funds
1973 May 30
Item 9: Letter
Jan H. Brunvand to University of Utah Press (Norma Mikkelsen)
1973 May 30
1 8
Miscellaneous
2002-2013
Item 1: Letter
David H. Stanley to Dr. David L. Dingman
Tax-deduction information concerning gift of multiplex slide storage system to FSU
1989 December 11
Item 2: Letter
David Stanley to Dr. Thomas Carter
Tax-deduction information concerning gift of 150 journals to FSU library
1990 July 31
Item 3: Letter
David H. Stanley to Brian Reeves
Concerning publication of "Utah Traditions" tapes
1990 December 05
Item 4: Letters
Jackie Ahlberg to Barri Tolkein/David Stanley
Concerning use of "Lore of Faith and Folley" with response
1991 May 10/June 24
Item 5: Email
David Stanley to HALL.om3rdflr
Concerning Age of FSU
2002 March 01
Item 6: FSU Treasurer Procedures
Undated
Item 7: Letter
Lisa Duskin-Goede, Robin Parent, Mary Kay Gabriel to Wells Fargo Bank
Change of signator
2009 October 08
Item 8: Email
Lynne S. McNeill to FSU Board
FSU Fee Information
2013 October 09
1 9
Timelines
2012-2013
Item 1: FSU Timeline
2012 July 15
Item 2: FSU Timeline (2 copies)
2013
SUB-SERIES C: MEMBER LISTS
Box Folder
1 1
Member Lists
1968-2015
Item 1: FSU Officers and Advisory Council
Undated
Item 2: FSU Mailing List
1968 November 21
Item 3: FSU Members List
1973 August 19
Item 4: FSU Members List
1980-1981
Item 5: FSU Members List
1983 February 07
Item 6: FSU Members List
1984 February 16
Item 7: FSU Members List
1985 December 16
Item 8: FSU Board Record
1990 June 21
Item 9: FSU Board Record
1991
Item 10: FSU Board of Trustees
1995
Item 11: FSU Members List
1996 October 02
Item 12: FSU Members List
1997 June 03
Item 13: FSU Members List
1997 September 25
Item 14: FSU Board Record
2002 January 04-2005 February 12
Item 15: FSU Members List
2002
Item 16: FSU Members List
2005
Item 17: FSU Members List
2009
Item 18: FSU Members List
2011 November 17
Item 19: FSU Members List
2014-2015
SUB-SERIES D: FINANCIAL RECORDS
Box Folder
1 1
Bank Statements for FSU
1967-1968
Item 1: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1967
Item 2: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1968
1 2
Bank Statements for FSU
1982-1989
Item 1: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1982
Item 2: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1983
Item 3: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1984
Item 4: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1985
Item 5: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1986
Item 6: Bank Statements
Checking
1987
Item 7: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1988
Item 8: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1989
1 3
Bank Statements for FSU
1990-1996
Item 1: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1990
Item 2: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1991
Item 3: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1992
Item 4: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1993
Item 5: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1994
Item 6: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1995
Item 7: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
1996
1 4
Bank Statements for FSU
2002-2009
Item 1: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
2002
Item 2: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
2003
Item 3: Bank Statements
Standard Checking
2004
Item 4: Bank Statements
Free Checking: Closed
Business Checking: Opened
2005
Item 5: Bank Statements
Business Checking
2006
Item 6: Bank Statements
Business Checking
2007
Item 7: Bank Statements
Business Checking
2008
Item 8: Bank Statements
Business Checking
2009
1 5
Bank Statements for FSU
2010-2012
Item 1: Bank Statements
Basic Business Checking
Advantage Business Checking: Opened
Business Savings: Opened
2010
Item 2: Bank Statements
Basic Business Checking: Closed
Advantage Business Checking
Business Savings
2011
Item 3: Bank Statements
Advantage Business Checking
Business Savings
2012
1 6
Financial/Budget Report
1994-2013
Item 1: Financial Report
1994
Item 2: Budget Report
1996
Item 3: Annual Meeting Budget Report
2011
Item 4: Budget Report
2012
Item 5: Financial Report
2013
1 7
Summary of Printing Costs
1986-1991
Item 1: Order Forms and Summaries
Folklife Newsletter
23 items
1986-1991
Item 2: Summary
Folk Arts Printing Costs
1988-1989
Item 3: Letter and Summary
David Stanley to Pay Eyre
Folk Arts Printing Costs
1988-1989
Item 4: Invoice
Expenses related to production and mailing of Utah Folklore Annual
2005 March 22
1 8
Grants
2003-2011
Item 1: Grant Contract
Publication
Folklore in Utah, 1892-2003
Includes final reimbursement letter
2003 April 01-2004 December 31
Item 2: Grant Approval
Sustainability in Traditional Arts: A Changing Landscape
2011 September 27

SERIES II: FSU MEETINGS, 1958-2015Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Series II includes correspondence, flyers, brochures, agendas, minutes, tributes, presentations, videos and photographs.

Container(s) Description Dates
SUB-SERIES A: ANNUAL MEETINGS
Box Folder
1 1
Announcements/Correspondence
FSU Annual Meeting
1959-2014
Item 1: Letter
Louis C. Zucker to FSU Members
1959 November 06
Item 2: Letter (2 copies)
William A. Wilson to FSU Members
1971 September 14
Item 3: Letter (2 copies)
Richard C. Poulsen to FSU Members
1973 August 28
Item 4: Letter (2 copies)
Richard C. Poulsen to FSU Members
1976 September 14
Item 5: Letter
Carol Nixon to Governor Norman H. Bangerter
1985 August 05
Item 6: Letter
David Stanley to Folk Arts Advisory Panel
1988 March 28
Item 7: Letter
David Stanley to Folk Arts Advisory Panel
1988 May 04
Item 8: Letter
To FSU Members
1989 June 14
Item 9: Letter
David Stanley to FSU Members
1990 June 22
Item 10: Letter
Jan H. Brunvand to Anne Hatch, David Stanely, Barre Toelken, Bert Wilson and colleagues
1993 May 10
Item 11: Letter
Annie Hatch and Randy Williams to educators
1997 October 03
Item 12: Memo
Annie Hatch to FSU Conference Chairs
1997 October 08
Item 13: Email
Elaine Thatcher to FSU Members
2005 February 22
Item 14: Email
Polly Stewart to Kent Powell, Craig Fuller, and Kristen Rogers
2006 September 24
Item 15: Email
Mary Kay Gaydos Gabriel to Utah Folklorists
2009 October 30
Item 16: Email
MK Gaydos Gabriel to FSU Members
2010 October 28
Item 17: Memo
To FSU Members
2011
Item 18: Email
FSU to Utah Folklorists
2010 October 11
Item 19: Email
Polly Steward to The Herald Journal
2011 November 03
Item 20: Emails (6 total)
Lisa Duskin-Goede to Deirdre
Lisa Duskin-Goede to Kristi
Lisa Duskin-Goede to Richard
Lisa Duskin-Goede to Jill
Lisa Duskin-Goede to Bill Hartley
Lisa Duskin-Goede to Mike
2012 January 23
Item 21: Letter
Deirdre M. Paulsen, President to Tori Edwards
Example letter for winning research presented at FSU conference
2013 April 28
Item 22: Email
Randy Williams to FSU Members
2013
Item 23: Email
Randy Williams to FSU Members
2014
Item 24: Email
Randy Williams to FSU Members
2014 November 13
1 2
Flyers
FSU Annual Meetings
1963-2014
Item 1: Flyer
1993 July 16
Item 2: Flyer
2003 November 15
Item 3: Flyer
2005 February 12
Item 4: Flyer (2 copies)
2006 November 11
Item 5: Flyer
2007 November 17
Item 6: Flyer (2 copies)
2009 November 14
Item 7: Flyer
2010 November 06
Item 8: Flyer
2011 November 12
Item 9: Flyer
2012 November 10
Item 10: Flyer (2 copies)
2013 November 09
Item 11: Flyer
2014 November 15
1 3
Flyers
Call for Papers
1973-2014
Item 1: Flyer
1973 June 11
Item 2: Flyer
1996 May 24
Item 3: Flyer
1997 October 18
Item 4: Flyer
1999 March 06
Item 5: Flyer
2003 March 01
Item 6: Flyer
2003 November 15
Item 7: Flyer
2005 February 12
Item 8: Flyer
2005 September 24
Item 9: Flyer
2006 November 11
Item 10: Flyer
2007 November 17
Item 11: Flyer
2009 November 14
Item 12: Flyer (2 copies)
2010 November 06
Item 13: Flyer (2 copies)
2011 November 12
Item 14: Flyer (2 copies)
2012 November 10
Item 15: Flyer
2013 November 09
Item 16: Flyer (2 copies)
2014 November 15
Item 17: Flyer
2016 November 19
Item 18: Flyer
2017 November 04
Item 19: Flyer
2018 November 17
1 4
Brochures
FSU Conference
1995-2001
Item 1: Brochure
1995 October 07
Item 2: Brochure
with Leaflet
1996 October 26
Item 3: Brochure
with Leaflet
1997 October 18
Item 4: Brochure
with Leaflet and Additional Art Work
1999 March 06
Item 5: Brochure
2001 March 03
1 5
Agendas
FSU Annual Meetings
1963-2014
Item 1: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
1963 November 14
Item 2: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
1995 November 01-04
Item 3: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2003 March 01
Item 4: Agenda
FSU Conference
2003 November 15
Item 5: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2005 February 12
Item 6: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2005 November 19
Item 7: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2006 November 11
Item 8: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2007 November 17
Item 9: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2009 November 14
Item 10: Agenda (2 copies and draft)
FSU Annual Meeting
2010 November 06
Item 11: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2011 November 12
Item 12: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2012 November 10
Item 13: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2013 November 09
Item 14: Agenda (2 copies)
FSU Annual Meeting
2014 November 15
Item 15: Agenda (2 copies and draft)
FSU Annual Meeting Agenda
2016 November 16
Item 17: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2017
Item 18: Agenda
FSU Annual Meeting
2018 November 16-17
1 6
Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
1972-2009
Item 1: Minutes (2 copies)
FSU Annual Meeting
1972 September 16
Item 2: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
1988 May 09
Item 3: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
1989 July 14
Item 4: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
1990 July 13
Item 5: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
1992 July 17
Item 6: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
1993 July 16
Item 7: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2003 March 01
Item 8: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2008 November 08
Item 9: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2009 November 14
1 7
Tributes
2012-2013
Item 1: A Tribute to Bert Wilson
FSU Annual Meeting
2011 November 12
Item 2: A Tribute to Barre Toelken
FSU Annual Meeting
2012 November 09
Item 3: A Tribute to Polly Stewart
FSU Annual Meeting
2013 November 09
1 8
Presentations
1967-2013
Item 1: Memorials to the "Western" Myth
Austin E. Fife
1967 April 29
Item 2: Welcome Address
FSU Conference
Deirdre Paulsen
2013 November 09
Item 3: From Content to Context: Teaching Folklore to Second Graders
Jeannie Heuneman
Powerpoint Printout
Undated
Item 4: Craft Revivalism in Post-Industrial Cape Breton
Bernadene Ryan
Powerpoint Printout
Undated
Item 5: A Very Manly Folklorist: Jean-Francois Blade's Life and Works (1827-1900)
Powerpoint Printout
Undated
Item 6: Folklore Society of Utah Student Paper Presentations
List of student papers with abstracts
2010
1 9
Videos
2011
Item 1: Videos (2 copies)
Folklore Society of Utah Annual Meeting at Utah State University
2011 November 12
Item 2: Release Forms
Folklore Society of Utah Annual Meeting at Utah State University
2011 November 12
1 10
Videos
2012
Item 1: Videos (2 copies)
Folklore Society of Utah Annual Meeting at Weber State University
2012 November 10
1 11
Videos
2013
Item 1: Vidoes (2 discs)
Folklore Society of Utah Annual Meeting at Snow College
2013 December 03
Item 2: Release Forms
Folklore Society of Utah Annual Meeting at Snow College
2013 December 03
1 12
Photographs
Folklore Society of Utah Annual Meeting
Possibly Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah
Approximate date: October 7, 1995
Undated
Item 1: 12 photographs
Includes various photographs of Barre Toelken, Jan Harold Brunvand, Judy Brunvand, William A. Wilson, Star Coulbrooke, Deirdre Paulsen, Eric Eliason, Steve Siporin, Anne Hatch, and Steve Siporin
Undated
Item 2: Negatives
Includes 12 negatives of photographs found in item 1
Undated
SUB-SERIES B: BOARD MEETINGS
Box Folder
1 1
Announcements/Correspondence
FSU Board Meeting
1996-2014
Item 1: Letter
Louis C. Zucker to Thomas E. Cheney
1959 April 26
Item 2: Letter
Annie Hatch to FSU Board Members
1993 June 03
Item 3: Memo
Annie Hatch to FSU Board Members
1994 October 05
Item 4: Memo
Annie Hatch to FSU Board Members
1996 June 13
Item 5: Memo
Annie Hatch to FSU Board Members
1997 July 22
Item 6: Email
Polly Stewart to FSU Board Members
2011 March 03
Item 7: Email
Polly Stewart to FSU Board Members
2012 January 10
Item 8: Email
Randy Williams to FSU Board Members
2014 April 17
1 2
Agendas
FSU Business Meetings
1958-2014
Item 1: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
1958 September 18
Item 2: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
1994 July 15
Item 3: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
1994 December 19
Item 4: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
1995 October 07
Item 5: Agenda (2 copies)
FSU Business Meeting
2003 May 21
Item 6: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2005 February 12
Item 7: Agenda
FSU Golden Anniversary Planning Meeting
2008 September 24
Item 8: Agenda
50th Anniversary Celebration
2008 November 07
Item 9: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2009 November 14
Item 10: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2010 November 06
Item 11: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2011 March 14
Item 12: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2011 May 24
Item 13: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2011 October 05
Item 14: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2011 December 09
Item 15: Agenda (2 copies)
FSU Business Meeting
2012 January 16
Item 16: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 February 13
Item 17: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 March 19
Item 18: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 April 10
Item 19: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 May 16
Item 20: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 June 19
Item 21: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 July 16
Item 22: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 August 13
Item 23: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 September 17
Item 24: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2012 October 08
Item 25: Agenda (2 copies)
FSU Business Meeting
2013 February
Item 26: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2013 March 17
Item 27: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2013 March 27
Item 28: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2013 April 29
Item 29: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2013 May 15
Item 30: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2013 August 29
Item 31: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2013 September 26
Item 32: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2013 October 17
Item 33: Agenda (2 copies)
FSU Business Meeting
2013 November 10
Item 34: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2014 January 16
Item 35: Agenda
FSU Business Meeting
2014 January 22
Item 36: Email
Kathryn MacKay to FSU Board Members
Regarding board meeting time and agenda
2015 January 09
1 3
Minutes
FSU Business Meetings
1958-1971
Item 1: Minutes
Inaugural Event of the Folklore Society of Utah
1958 June 30
Item 2: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1959 November 14
Item 3: Minutes (Draft)
FSU Business Meeting
Undated
Item 4: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1965 January 29
Item 5: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1967 July 07
Item 6: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1968 September 21
Item 7: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1971
Item 8: Minutes (2 copies)
FSU Business Meeting
1971 May 15
Item 9: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
with Proposals, as passed
1971 September 18
1 4
Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1985-2012
Item 1: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1985 November 23
Item 2: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1993 June 22
Item 3: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1994 July 15
Item 4: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
1994 December 19
Item 5: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2003 March 01
Item 6: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2005 February 12
Item 7: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2005 November 19
Item 8: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2006 November 11
Item 9: Minutes
FSU 50th Anniversary report on preliminary planning
2007 June 10
Item 10: Minutes
FSU 50th Anniversary Planning Meeting
2008 August 27
Item 11: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2008 November 08
Item 12: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2009
Item 13: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2003 March 19
Item 14: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2009 November 14
Item 15: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2010 November 15
Item 16: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2011 March 14
Item 17: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2011 May 24
Item 18: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2011 August 16
Item 19: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2011 December 09
Item 20: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 January 16
Item 21: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 February 13
Item 22: Minutes (2 copies)
FSU Business Meeting
with corrections
2012 March 19
Item 23: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 April 10
Item 24: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 May 16
Item 25: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 June 19
Item 26: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 July 16
Item 27: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 August 13
Item 28: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 September 17
Item 29: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 October 08
Item 30: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2012 November 10
1 5
Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013-2018
Item 1: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 January 01
Item 2: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 February 25
Item 3: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 March 27
Item 4: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 April 29
Item 5: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 May 15
Item 6: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 July 22
Item 7: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 September 26
Item 8: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 October 17
Item 9: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2013 November 10
Item 10: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2014 March 12
Item 11: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2015 January 22
Item 12: Minutes
FSU Business Meeting
2015 December 10
Item 13: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2016 January 21
Item 14: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2016 June 23
Item 15: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2016 September 1
Item 16: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2016 September 08
Item 17: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2016 October 12
Item 18: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2017 January 19
Item 19: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2017 March 09
Item 20: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2017 May 12
Item 21: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2017 June 08
Item 22: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2017 Juny 17
Item 23: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2017 September 21
Item 24: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2018 February 07
Item 25: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2018 April 23
Item 26: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2018 June 7
Item 27: Minutes
FSU Annual Meeting
2018 August 28
1 7
Photograph
2013
Item 1: Photocopy
Photograph of FSU Board Meeting
Pioneer Cemetery, Ephraim, UT
2013 November 09

SERIES III: FSU EVENTS, 1959-2012Return to Top

Series III includes flyers, posters, budgets, brochures, announcements, agendas and programs.

Container(s) Description Dates
SUB-SERIES A: EVENTS
Box Folder
1 1
FSU 50th Anniversary Celebration
2008
Item 1: Emails
18 emails concerning the planning of the FSU 50th Anniversary Celebration
2007 April 18-2008 November 06
Item 2: Minutes
FSU 50th Anniversary Celebration Planning Meeting
2007 June 07
Item 3: Document Trail
FSU 50th Anniversary Celebration
2007 November 12
Item 4: Chronology
FSU 50th Anniversary Celebration
undated
Item 5: Budget
FSU 50th Anniversary Meeting
2007-2008
Item 6: Flyer (2 copies)
Lecture by David Stanley
2008 November 07
Item 7: Flyer (2 copies)
FSU 50th Anniversary Meeting
2008 November 07-November 08
Item 8: Agenda (1 copy w/ 2 drafts)
2008 November 07-November 08
1 2
Urban Pioneers Oral History Project and Concert
2004-2009
Item 1: Invoice
Expenses toward production of Rosalie Sorrels Concert
Includes advertisement clipping
2004 October 16
Item 2: National Standard Form
Total Project Expenses, Income and In-kind
For Rosalie Sorrels Concert
2005 February 28
Item 3: Invoice
Urban Pioneers Concert Flyers
2006 December 26
Item 4: Grant
Urban Pioneers
2007 February 08
Item 5: Budget
Urban Pioneers Concert
2007 February 09
Item 6: Flyer (3 copies)
Urban Pioneers
2007 January 24
Item 7: Flyer
Urban Pioneers
2007 January 24
Item 8: Poster
Urban Pioneers
limited edition 23" x 35" hand-screed, gold-tinted, signed poster
by McRay Magleby
Poster housed: Poster Cabinet: Drawer 1, Folder 3, no.1
Item 9: Abstract of Proposal
Urban Pioneers Oral History Project
Polly Stewart
2009 November 14
1 3
Concert/Performance Flyers/Posters
1986-2012
Item 1: Flyer
La Bottine Souriante
Undated
Item 2: Poster
Hal Cannon's West
Undated
Item 3: Flyer
Utah Slavia
1986 July 11-July 12
Item 4: Flyer
An Evening with Paul Zarzyski
With newspaper clippings covering the event
Jerry Johnston/Deseret News
Brandon Griggs/The Salt Lake Tribune
1997 June 13
Item 5: Flyer (2 copies)
Mike Iverson in Concert
2011 November 12
Item 6: Flyer
Mike Iverson in Concert
2012 November 10
Item 7: Flyer
Folkore Society of Utah: News and Schedule of Upcoming Events
undated
1 4
Forms Upon the Frontier
1967
Item 1: Letter
Conference Announcement and Registration
1967
Item 2: Program
American Folk Arts and Folk Life Exhibit
1967
Item 3: Program
Forms Upon the Frontier
1967
1 5
Utah Folklore Festival
1959-1961
Item 1: Agenda
Utah Folklore Festival
1959 June 08-June 12
Item 2: Brochure (2 copies)
1959 June 08-June 12
Item 3: Letter
Edwin R. Clapp to Ray R. Canning
Concerning Folklore Festival
1959 November 09
Item 4: Brochure (2 copies)
1960 July 11-July 15
Item 5: Brochure (2 copies)
1961 July 10-July 13
1 6
Miscellaneous
1987-1994
Item 1: Invoice
Folklore Society of Utah to Utah State Office of Education
Request for payment
Concerning honoraria for performers who participated in "Living Traditions: A celebration of Salt Lake's Folk and Ethnic Arts"
1987 June 05
Item 2: Letter
Dave Stanley, Secretary-Treasurer to Kim
Upcoming Events in Folk Arts, September - November 1988
1988 September - November
Item 3: Letter
Dave Stanley, Secretary-Treasurer to Managing Editor University of Nebraska Press
Concerning the continued publication of Wallace Stegner's "Mormon Country" as it relates to upcoming FSU event planning
1989 December 11
Item 4: Letter
Dave Stanley, Secretary-Treasurer to Cowboy Poets
Announcement and request for participation in the Cowboy Poetry event
1990 February 01
Item 5: Flyer
FSU Holiday Pot Luck
1994 December 03
1 7
Voices of Providence
2008
Item 1: Flyer
Voices of Providence
2008 August 19
Item 2: Questions
List of Questions for the Providence City Oral History Project
Unavailable

SERIES IV: PUBLICITY AND PUBLICATIONS , 1958-2013Return to Top

Series IV includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, newsletter related correspondence and other publications.

Container(s) Description Dates
SUB-SERIES A: PUBLICITY
Box Folder
1 1
Newspaper Clippings Concerning FSU
1958-2013
Item 1: Article (2 copies)
“Society Elects U. Professor”
no author/The Salt Lake Tribune
1958 August 18
Item 2: Article (2 copies)
“Utah Folklore Group Forms”
no author/Deseret News
1958 September 20
Item 3: Article (2 copies)
“Magazine Tells Utah Folklore”
no author/The Salt Lake Tribune
1958 September 21
Item 4: Article (2 copies)
“Carawan Sings American Folk Songs Tonight”
no author/The Daily Utah Chronicle
1958 October 06
Item 5: Article (2 copies)
“Lover of Folklore? Look Into New Utah Society”
Bob Thurman/The Daily Utah Chronicle
1958 October 28
Item 6: Article (2 copies)
“Folksy Music Wins Over U. Audience”
no author/no source
undated
Item 7: Article (2 copies)
“Do-It-Yourself Craze Sparks New Interest in Folk Music”
Richard O. Martin/The Salt Lake Tribune
1959 June 07
Item 8: Article (2 copies)
“Folklore and Fun”
no author/The Salt Lake Tribune
1959 June 15
Item 9: Article (2 copies)
“Folklorist Seeks ‘Living Memorial’”
Paul Swenson/Deseret News
1967 April 29
Item 10: Announcement (2 copies)
“Sanpete County Happenings”
FSU Conference Information
2013 November 06
Item 11: Announcement (2 copies)
“Folklore Society of Utah to hold annual meeting”
thePyramid: An Edition of Daily Herald
2013 November 07
SUB-SERIES B: FOLKLORE SOCIETY OF UTAH NEWSLETTERS
Box Folder
1 1
Correspondence
Concerning FSU Newsletter
1967-1993
Item 1: Letter
Pansy L. Hardy to Austin E. Fife
1967 August 01
Item 2: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Pansy L. Hardy
1967 August 07
Item 3: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Everett Cooley
1967 August 22
Item 4: Letter
Tom Cheney to Austin
1967 August 30
Item 5: Letter
Jennings Wood to Austin E. Fife
1968 April 30
Item 6: Letter
Nathan R. Einhorn to Austin E. Fife
1968 May 17
Item 7: Letter
Joseph C. Hickerson to Alta S. Fife
1968 October 31
Item 8: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Joseph C. Hickerson
1968 November 19
Item 9: Letter
Hector H. Lee to William A. Wilson
1970 June 09
Item 10: Letter
Everett L. Cooley to William A. Wilson
1971 May 10
Item 11: Letter
Unknown to Carol Edison
1984 January 04
Item 11: Letter
Unknown to Carol Edison
1984 January 04
Item 12: Letters
Hector E. Lee to David H. Stanley (with responses, including interview of Hector E. Lee)
1985 November 08-1986 March 05
Item 13: Letter
David H. Stanley to Richard Poulsen
1985 December 31
Item 14: Letters
David H. Stanley to Barre Toelken (with responses)
1986 January 02-1987 July 09
Item 15: Letters
David H. Stanley to Theresa Halter (with response)
1986 February 26-1986 March 06
Item 16: Letter
David H. Stanley to Alta Fife
1986 February 26
Item 17: Letter
Charlotte Warr-Anderson to David H. Stanley
1986 April 03
Item 18: Letter
David H. Stanley to Mrs. Silvester
1986 May 05
Item 19: Letter
David H. Stanley to Thomas Cheney
1986 May 06
Item 20: Letter
David H. Stanley to George Schoemaker
1986 May 06
Item 21: Memo
David H. Stanley to Douglas Richins
1986 May 13
Item 22: Letter
Daniel H. Rector to David H. Stanley
1986 November 6
Item 23: Letter
David H. Stanley to Joseph C. Hickerson
1987 February 24
Item 24: Letter
David H. Stanley to Craig Cowther
1988 February 15
Item 25: Letter
David H. Stanley to Librarian
1988 February 26
Item 26: Letter
David H. Stanley to Friends
1988 March 21
Item 27: Letter
David H. Stanley to Max Evans
1988 November 01
Item 28: Letter
Barre Toelken to David H. Stanley
1989 July 18
Item 29: Letter
David H. Stanley to Pat Eyre
1989 December 21
Item 30: Letter
Annie Hatch to Whom It May Concern
1993 July 14
Item 31: Letter
Barre Toelken to Ada Rigby
1990 September 27
Item 32: Letter
Barre Toelken to Ada Rigby
1993 July 14
1 2
Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters
1958-1988
Item 1: Bound book
Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters
Volume 1, Number 1, to Volume 22, Number 2
1958-1988
1 3
Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters
1958-1980
Item 1: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 1, No. 1
1958 October 02
Item 2: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 1, No. 2
1959 May 15
Item 3: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 2, No. 1
1963 April 01
Item 4: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 2, No. 2
1963 June 01
Item 5: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 3, No. 1
1963 October 01
Item 6: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 3, No. 2
1964 April 01
Item 7: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 3, No. 3
1964 October 01
Item 8: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 4, Annual Meeting Announcement
1967 April 01
Item 9: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 5
1967 October 01
Item 10: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 6
1968 October 01
Item 11: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 7, No. 1
1970 June 01
Item 12: Newsletter (2 copies with survey results)
Vol. 8, No. 1
1971 April 01
Item 13: Newsletter (2 copies with survey results)
Vol. 9, No. 1
1972 September 01
Item 14: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 10, No. 1
1977 September 01
Item 15: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 11, No. 1
1978 August 01
Item 16: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 12, No. 1
1979 August 01
Item 17: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 13, No. 1
1980 August 01
1 4
Folklore Society of Utah Newsletters
1981-1991
Item 1: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 14, No. 1
1981 Summer
Item 2: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 15, No. 1
1982 Winter
Item 3: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 16, No. 1
1982 Summer
Item 4: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 17, No. 1
1983 Winter
Item 5: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 17, No. 2
1983 Autumn
Item 6: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 18, No. 1
1984 Spring
Item 7: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 18, No. 2
1984 Fall
Item 8: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 19, No. 1
1985 Spring
Item 9: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 19, No. 2
1985 Fall
Item 10: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 20, No. 1
1986 Spring
Item 11: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 20, No. 2
1986 Fall
Item 12: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 21, No. 1
1987 Spring
Item 13: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 21, No. 2
1987 Fall
Item 14: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 22, No. 1
1988 Winter
Item 15: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 22, No. 2
1988 Spring
Item 16: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 22, No. 3
1988 Fall
Item 17: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 23, No. 1
1989 Winter
Item 18: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 23, No. 2
1989 Spring
Item 19: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 23, No. 3
1989 Fall
Item 20: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 24, No. 1
1990 Winter
Item 21: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 24, No. 2
1990 Spring
Item 22: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 24, No. 3
1990 Fall
Item 23: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 25, No. 1
1991 Winter
Item 24: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 25, No. 2
1991 Spring
Item 25: Newsletter (2 copies)
Vol. 25, No. 3
1991 Fall
SUB-SERIES C: FOLKLORE SOCIETY OF UTAH PUBLICATIONS
Box Folder
1 1
Utah Folklore Annual
2005
Item 1: Utah Folklore Annual (2 copies)
Student Papers Presented at the 2003 FSU Meeting
2005
1 2
Broadside
1993-1994
Item 1: Broadside
1993 Fall
Item 2: Broadside
1994 Spring
1 3
Utah Folklife Bulletin
1990
Item 1: Utah Folklife Bulletin (2 copies)
1990 Spring
Item 2: Utah Folklife Bulletin (2 copies)
Undated
1 4
Book Publications
Undated
Item 1: Flyer (2 copies)
for the purchase of "Lore of Faith and Folly", Cheney and "Folklore in Utah", Brunvand
University of Utah Press
Undated
Item 2: Letter
David Catron to David H. Stanley
Regarding Folklore Studies in Utah book
1988 December 01
Item 2: Letter
David H. Stanley to Nikki Naiser
Regarding Folklore Studies in Utah book
1988 December 16

SERIES V: FSU AFFILIATES , 1958-2013Return to Top

Series III includes flyers, newsletters, letters and programs.

Container(s) Description Dates
SUB-SERIES A: UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Box Folder
1 1
Correspondence
Concerning Joint Activity Between FSU and Utah State Historical Society
1967-1988
Item 1: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Everett Cooley
Concerning WPA Utah Writers Project Files
1967 August 22
Item 2: Letter
Everett L. Cooley to Austin E. Fife
1967 November 06
Item 3: Letter
Austin E. Fife to Everett Cooley
1967 November 13
Item 4: Proposal
Joint Meetings with Utah Historical Society
1968
Item 5: Proposal
Joint Meetings with Utah Historical Society
Undated
Item 6: Memorandum
Harold W. Bently
1971 June 01
Item 7: Letter
Melvin T. Smith to William A. Wilson
1972 September 18
Item 8: Letter
Melvin T. Smith to Tom Carter
1981 August 28
Item 9: Letters (5 total)
Tom Carter, President and Margaret Brady, Secretary to Richard Poulsen (with responses)
William A. Wilson to Tom Carter
Concerning student performance at Historical Society Meeting
1981 September 12-September 30
Item 10: Letter
Tom Carter to Craig
1984 June 18
Item 11: Letter
David H. Stanley to Melvin Smith
1984 October 19
Item 12: Letter
Stanford J. Layton to David H. Stanley
1985 May 7
Item 13: Letter
Stanford J. Layton to Pamela Blakely (with response)
1986 April 29
Item 14: Letter
Max J. Evans to Pamela Blakely
1987 March 27
Item 15: Letter
Max J. Evans to Pamela Blakely
1988 March 03
Item 16: Letter (2 copies)
David Stanley to Max J. Evans
1988 June 10
Item 17: Letter (2 copies)
Max J. Evans to David Stanley
1988 June 16
Item 18: Letter
Carol Edison to Kent Powell
1990 March 16
Item 19: Letter
Elaine Thatcher to FSU Members
1992 July 04
1 2
Utah State Historical Society Annual Meeting
Announcements/Programs
1968-1990
Item 1: Program
16th Annual Meeting
1968 September 21
Item 2: Announcement, Registration, and Program
16th Annual Meeting
1968 September 21
Item 3: Program
20th Annual Meeting
1972 September 16
Item 4: Announcement, Program, and Registration
21st Annual Meeting
1973 September 08
Item 5: Program
26th Annual Meeting
1978 September 15-September 16
Item 6: Program
31st Annual Meeting
1983 August 19-August 20
Item 7: Program
32nd Annual Meeting
1984 August 16-August 18
Item 8: Program
33rd Annual Meeting
1985 August 15-August 17
Item 9: Announcement, Program (2 copies), and Registration
34th Annual Meeting
1986 August 14-August 16
Item 10: Program
35th Annual Meeting
1987 July 23
Item 11: Announcement, Program, and Registration
38th Annual Meeting
1990 July 13
1 3
Utah State Historical Society Newsletter
1968-1985
Item 1: Utah State Historical Society Newsletter
Vol. 18, No. 4
1968
Item 2: Utah State Historical Society Newsletter
Vol. 32, No. 2
1982
Item 3: Utah State Historical Society Newsletter
Vol. 35, No. 5
1985
SUB-SERIES B: OTHER AFFILIATES
Box Folder
1 1
Intermountain Folk Music Council
Undated
Item 1: Newsletter
Undated
Item 2: Newsletter
Undated
Item 3: Flyer
Hootenanny Night
Undated
1 2
National Folk Festival
1967
Item 1: Announcement
30th Annual National Folk Festival
1967 August 25
Item 2: Board of Directors Roster
National Folk Festival Association, Inc.
Undated
1 3
University of Utah
1958-1961
Item 1: "University of Utah Summer News"
Vol. 1, No. 19
1958 August 20
Item 2: "University of Utah Summer News"
Vol. 4, No. 5
1961 July 10
1 4
Utah Heritage Foundation
1967-1982
Item 1: Letter
Austin E. Fife, President to Grace Blam (with response)
1967 September 02/September 07
Item 2: Letters
Stephanie Churchill to Jan H. Brunvand (with response)
Concerning UHF and FSU reciprocal memeberships
1973 July 27/August 19
Item 3: Utah Heritage Foundation Newsletter
1982 October 01
1 5
Utah Chapter of American Folk Music Council
1961
Item 1: Letter
from Rosalie Sorrels
Undated
Item 2: Letter
from Rosalie Sorrels
1961 March 30
1 6
American Folklore Society
1983-2013
Item 1: The Digest: A newsletter for the interdisciplinary study of food
Published under the auspices of the AFS
1983 Spring
Item 2: Letters
Tim Lloyd to David H. Stanley (with response)
Regarding an AFS directory of local folklore societies
1985 October 29
Item 3: Photo
Collecting Memories: Oral Histories of American Folklorists
2013 March 29
1 7
Utah State University
1960 September 15
Item 1: Letter
J. R. Allred to Louis C. Zucker
Town and Gown Dinner/Lecture
1960 September 15

SERIES VI: FSU MEMBER ACTIVITIES, 1959-2009Return to Top

Series V includes newspaper clippings, letters, emails, papers and other published materials.

Container(s) Description Dates
SUB-SERIES A: MEMBER ACTIVISM
Box Folder
1 1
Newspaper Clippings
Saving Utah's Folk Arts Program
2009
Item 1: Newspaper Clipping
"Budget cuts threaten folk arts"
Ben Fulton/Salt Lake Tribune
2009 February 03
Item 2: Newspaper Clipping
"Folk Arts Program worth keeping"
Ruth Draper/Salt Lake Tribune
2009 March 06
Item 3: Newspaper Clipping
"Federal money to Utah arts' rescue"
Ben Fulton/Salt Lake Tribune
2009 March 27
Item 4: Newspaper Clipping
"Our common humanity"
William A. Wilson/Salt Lake Tribune
2009 April 01
Item 5: Newspaper Clipping
"Befuddled leader"
Jake Andrews/Salt Lake Tribune
2009 April 26
Item 6: Newspaper Clipping
"Cutting Folk Arts Program would take toll on Utah"
William A. Wilson
Undated
1 2
Documents
Saving Utah's Folk Arts Program
2009
Item 1: Overview
Utah Arts Council Folk Arts Program
2009
Item 2: Proposed Budget Cuts
Background Information
Folks Arts Program
2009
Item 3: Description
Folks Arts Program
2009 February 06
Item 4: List
Groups resident in Utah benefiting from small Folk Arts Program grants since 1993
2009 February 06
Item 5: Grants
Folk Arts Apprenticeship
Funding History, 1989-2008
2009 February 11
Item 6: Grants
Folk and Ethnic Arts Project
Funding History
2009 February 11
Item 7: Folk Arts Strategic Partnerships
2009 February 21
Item 8: Member list
Executive Appropriations Committee for Utah State House
Undated
Item 9: Member list
Executive Appropriations Committee for Utah State Senate
Undated
1 3
Saving Utah's Folk Arts Program
Emails/Letters
2009
Item 1: Letter
Hal Cannon to Ms. Margaret Hunt, Executive Directer Utah Arts Council
2009 January 15
Item 2: Letter
Elaine Lawless, C. Kurt Dewhurst, and Timothy Lloyd to Ms. Margaret Hunt, Executive Directer Utah Arts Council
2009 January 16
Item 3: Letter
Ruth Draper to Governor John Huntsman, Legislative Committee Members, etc.
2009 January 19
Item 4: Letter
Bonnie Hansen Stephens to Governor Jon M. Huntsman
2009 January 21
Item 5: Email
Margaret K. Brady to Utah Folklorists
2009 January 21
Item 6: Email
Randy Williams to cindyb@brag.utah.gov
2009 January 21
Item 7: Email
Randy Williams to Senator Hillyard
2009 January 21
Item 8: Email
Randy Williams to Senator Knudson
2009 January 21
Item 9: Email
Randy Williams to Numerous Utah Senators and Representatives (with response from Senators Bell, Jones, Robles)
2009 January 21/January 22
Item 10: Email
Gabrielle Hamilton to Utah Folklorists
2009 January 21
Item 11: Email
Randy Williams to Elaine Thatcher and Lynne Mcneill
2009 January 21
Item 12: Email
Randy Williams to Jeannie Thomas, Margaret K. Brady, Stephen Siporin, etc.
2009 January 28
Item 13: Email
Randy Williams to Senator Jack Draxler (with response)
2009 January 28
Item 14: Email
Margaret K. Brady to Utah Folklorists (with response from Ronda Walker Weaver, Elaine Thatcher, Elizabeth Montague, Stephen Siporin, John Alley, Matt Bradley, Chris Simon, Polly Stewart, Kathryn MacKay, Michael Christensen, Richard Oman, Anne Hatch, Sally Haueter)
2009 January 28-February 02
Item 15: Letter
Ruth Draper to Margaret Hunt
2009 January 30
Item 16: Email
Randy Williams to Utah Folklorists
2009 February 02
Item 17: Email
William A. Wilson to Utah Folklorists concerning letter to Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (with responses from Elaine Thatcher, Sally Haueter, Chris Simon)
2009 February 02
Item 18: Email
Hal Cannon to Utah Folklorists (with response from Randy Williams)
2009 February 02/February 03
Item 19: Email
David Allred to Utah Folklorists
2009 February 02
Item 20: Email
Randy Williams to Senator Robles (with responses)
2009 February 02
Item 21: Email
Sally Haueter to Palmer DePaulis, et al.
2009 February 02
Item 22: Email
Polly Stewart to Utah Folklorists concerning draft of letter to Governor and Legislators
2009 February 02
Item 23: Email
Chris Simon to Utah Folklorists
2009 February 02
Item 24: Email
Steve Siporin to (?)
2009 February 02
Item 25: Email
Randy Williams to Utah Folklorists concerning the archiving of Folk Arts Program letters/emails
2009 February 03
Item 26: Letter
Barre Toelken to Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.
2009 February 03
Item 27: Email
Chris Simon to Utah Folklorists (with response from Richard Oman)
2009 February 04
Item 28: Email
Jeannie Thomas to Randy Williams
2009 February 05
Item 29: Email
Polly Stewart to Urban Pioneers
2009 February 05
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Saving Utah's Folk Arts Program
Emails/Letters
2009
Item 30: Email
Michael Christensen to All
2009 February 05
Item 31: Email
William A. Wilson to Friends
2009 February 05
Item 32: Email
Jeannie Thomas to Randy Williams
Concerning letter to Margaret Hunt
2009 February 08
Item 33: Email
Jeannie Thomas to Senator Patricia Jones (with response)
2009 February 08/February 10
Item 34: Email
Jeannie Thomas to Randy Williams
Concerning letter to House and Senate Appropriations committees
2009 February 08
Item 35: Email
Polly Stewart to Sally Haueter
2009 February 10
Item 36: Email
Margaret K. Brady to Folklorists
2009 February 11
Item 37: Email
Elaine Thatcher to Folklorists
Concerning letter to Ms. Margaret Hunt and Mr. Palmer DePaulis
2009 February 13
Item 38: Email
Polly Stewart to Rep. Jackie Biskupski (with responses and draft/revisions of letter to Rep. Jackie Biskupski)
2009 February 17-February 24
Item 39: Email
Polly Stewart to Margaret K. Brady
2009 February 19
Item 40: Email
Scott Hansen to Margaret K. Brady
Concerning meeting between Hal Cannon and Palmer DePaulis
2009 February 22
Item 41: Email
Ann Garrett to Margaret K. Brayd
2009 February 22
Item 42: Email
Margaret K. Brady to William A. Wilson and Polly Stewart
Concerning talking points for meeting with Palmer DePaulis
2009 February 22
Item 43: Email
Carol Moss to Randy Williams
2009 February 25
Item 44: Email
Polly Stewart to Margaret K. Brady
2009 February 25
Item 45: Letter
Margaret Hunt to Barre Toelken
2009 February 26
Item 46: Email
Polly Stewart to John Gordon
2009 February 26
Item 47: Email
Polly Stewart to Folklorists (with notes/additional emails/letters)
Concerning phone call with Palmer DePaulis
2009 February 26/February 27
Item 48: Email
Hal Cannon to Bradley Last
2009 March 01
Item 49: Letter
Margaret Hunt to Hal Cannon with Email response from Ann Garrett
2009 March 01/March 06
Item 50: Article
Concerning Utah Arts Council Budget cuts
Shawn Rossiter
2009 March 05
Item 51: Email
Polly Stewart to Folklorists
Concerning Margaret Hunt response to letter
2009 March 05
Item 52: Email
Margaret Hunt to Constituents
2009 March 06
Item 53: Email
Polly Stewart to Elaine Thatcher
2009 March 06
Item 54: Email
Hal Cannon to William A. Wilson, Meg Brady, Polly Stewart, Elaine Thatcher
2009 March 06
Item 55: Email
Polly Stewart to Jackie Biskupski
2009 March 10
Item 56: Email
Ann Garrett to Folklorists
2009 March 17
Item 57: Email
Carol Edison to Utah Folklorists
2009 April 01
Item 58: Emails
Hal Cannon and Margaret K. Brady to Folklorists
Call for letters to Utah Arts Council
2009 April 04
Item 59: Emails
Polly Stewart, Randy Williams, William A. Wilson, and Jeannie B. Thomas to Utah State Arts Council Board, et al.
2009 April 05-April 19
Item 60: Letter Template
From Steve Siporin
Concerning Folk Arts Program budget cuts
Undated
Item 61: Letter Draft
From (?) to Randy Williams
Concerning Folk Arts Program budget cuts
Undated
Item 62: Letter
William A. Wilson to Governor Huntsman
Undated
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Other Activism
1984-1994
Item 1: Letter
David H. Stanley, President to Representative Katie Hall
Concerning legislation establishing the square dance as a national dance
1984 July 07
Item 2: Letter
John Greene to FSU
Concerning donations for KCRL radio
1986 March 14
Item 3: Letter
Dave to Pamela A. R. Blakely
Concerning funding for the American Folklife Center
1986 May 29
Item 4: Letters
Cathy Siegel to Dave Stanley
Thank you letter concerning donations to KRCL 91FM Radiothon
1986 August 25/October 15
Item 5: Letter
Barre Toelken, President to Max J. Evans
Concerning Utah Centennial Celebration cultural diversity
1989 March 31
Item 6: Letter
Folklore Society of Utah Board of Trustees to Rep. Afton Bradshaw
Concerning support for proposed funding for the Utah History Endowment Fund
1994 December 30
SUB-SERIES B: MEMBER RESEARCH
Box Folder
1 1
Correspondance
1959
Item 1: Letter
C. J. Christensen to Louis C. Zucker
Concerning approved research grant for "Collecting of Folk Singing and Folk Instrumental Styles in the Rocky Mountains"
1959 March 10
1 2
The Utah Humanities Research Foundation
The Weiser Project
Rocky Mountain Fiddler's Competition
1959
Item 1: Proposal
Suggestions For Research
Undated
Item 2: Research Proposal
Folklore Society of Utah President
1959; Undated
Item 3: Notes and information
Old Time Fiddler's Contest
Research questions, fiddle tunes played, list of Idaho songs collected
Rosalie Sorrels
Undated
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Other Research
2013
Item 1: List
Current folklore research and efforts by FSU members
2013 November 01
SUB-SERIES C: MEMBER PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS
Box Folder
1 1
William A. Wilson
Undated
Item 1: Austin E. Fife: Pioneer Folklorist
Draft and Revision
Undated
Item 2: Folklore and History: Fact amid the Legends
Publication in the Utah Historical Quarterly
Undated
Item 3: Something There Is That Doesn't Love A Wall
Paper on cooperation between Folklore and History
Undated
Item 4: Interview
"Interview with Folklorist Bert Wilson" by Andrew Jorgensen
Undated
1 2
Utah Historical Quarterly
Articles written by FSU Members
2006
Item 1: Vol. 74, no. 3 (4 copies)
Articles:
"Studies in Utah Folklore" by Deidre Paulsen, Polly Stewart, Colleen Whitley
"The Folklore of Dixie - Past and Present" by William A. Wilson
"Urban Pioneers: The Folk-Music Revival in Utah, 1959-1966" by Polly Stewart
"Grafts from a Lost Orchard" by Mark Thomas
"Contemporary Navajo Baskets on the Utah Reservation" by Carol Edison
"The Dynamics of Multi-Ethnicity in Twentieth-Century Carbon County, Utah" by David Stanely
2006 Summer
Item 2: Letter
Carol Edison to FSU Board
2006 October 13
1 3
Books by FSU Members
2006
Item 1: Flyer
Books for Order by FSU Members
undated

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Subject Terms

  • Folklore archives--Utah
  • Folklore--Societies, etc--Records and correspondence

Corporate Names

  • Folklore Society of Utah--Records and correspondence