It's a janitor thing : studying the folklore of Brigham Young University's Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center's custodial staff, 2001.

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It's a janitor thing : studying the folklore of Brigham Young University's Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center's custodial staff, 2001.

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Grimshaw analyzes the occupational folklore of the janitors working at the Wilkinson Student Center at Brigham Young University, focusing specifically on the conflicts between janitors and patrons and the stories told about them. She concludes that rude patrons add variety to a repetitious job and that the stories shared in the break room serve as release valves and as a form of social control.

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Plans for the David O. McKay building began in 1952 after an evaluation by the Brigham Young University College of Education concluded that the existing building for the College of Education were no longer meeting the growing needs of the program. Plans were officially announced in February of 1954 with the completion deadline being set for December of the same year. The building was officially dedicated on December 14, 1954 by President and Sister McKay along with members of the First Presidenc...

Grimshaw, Annie

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Grimshaw was born in Kennewick, Washington and attended Brigham Young University, where she worked as a janitor in the Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center. Her experiences as a custodian prompted her to investigate the occupational folklore specific to students janitors and their conflicts with the public eye they serve. From the description of It's a janitor thing : studying the folklore of Brigham Young University's Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center's custodial staff, 2001. (Unknow...

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