The Fife Folklore Conference is a week long (Monday through Friday) workshop that brings together students and leading scholars in folklore and related fields from throughout the United States. The Fife Folklore Conference officially began the summer of 1977. In the early years of the conference, public folklorists (Western State Folk Arts Coordinators) met concurrently at USU during the FFC and often one or more of the public folklorists would present at the conference. Through the years the conference format has evolved, but it always includes presentations, lectures and demonstrations on current trends in folklore by conference faculty and student participation through discussions and, at times, hands-on activities. In 1981, the Fife Honor Lecture was added to conference offerings, giving a leading folklorist an opportunity to present new and pivotal work in folkloristics. From the beginning until 2003, brochures to advertize and document the conference were created. At times, graduate interns and/or fieldworkers helped with conference organization and worked to identify tradition bearers to participate at the conference. As well, on occasion exhibits highlighting conference themes were part of conference activities.
From the description of The Fife Folklore Conference Collection, 1977- (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 60451970
