Austin Fife photograph collection, 1946-1987.

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Austin Fife photograph collection, 1946-1987.

Three albums with images collected or taken by folklorists Alta and Austin Fife. The first album (boxes 1 and 2) depicts a "Mormon Pilgrimage" taken by the Fifes to historical sites pertinent to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, both in the east and Midwest as well as in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Arizona. The second album (box 3) consists of photographs of Mormon material culture such as fences and gravestones. The last album (box 4) consists of photographs of prominent folklorists and some family images. The collection is comprised of approximately 359 black-and-white and color prints, 30.5 cm. x 24.5 cm. and smaller.

2.2 linear feet (5 boxes)

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Fife, Austin E.

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Austin Edwin Fife (1909-1986) was born in Lincoln, Idaho. Alta Stevens Fife (1912-1996) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Both were authors, folklorists, and the founders of the Fife Folklore Archive at Utah State University. From the description of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife papers, 1910-1996. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 71324624 Folklorist, author, and co-founder, with his wife, of the Fife Folklore Archive at Utah State University. From the de...

Fife, Alta (Alta Stevens), 1912-1996

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Fife family

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