USU student folklore genre collection of tales and jokes, 1969-[ongoing].

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USU student folklore genre collection of tales and jokes, 1969-[ongoing].

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Individual items of jokes and folktales collected by undergraduate students in USU and BYU folklore classes from 1969 to the present. Most items include informant, context, text (the folklore item), texture (stylistic notation), and collector data. Collected primarily in Utah; genre items focus primarily on the Western U.S. Topics in the jokes and folktales subgroup include animal and object tales, ordinary folktales, jokes and anecdotes (concerning race, religion, marriage, occupations, politics), formula tales, and tall tales.

ca. 2000 items.

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7543517

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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