Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, 1940-1976.

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Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, 1940-1976.

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Original fieldwork conducted by the Fifes between the 1940s and late 1970s. The collection includes the Fife Mormon Collection (Mormon folksongs and narratives), the Fife American Collection (a large body of cowboy and western folksongs and ballads), the Fife Slide Collection (slides of western American folklife: hay derricks, gravestones, mail box supports, etc.), and their original fieldwork tapes and collected commercial recordings.

Sound recordings: ca. 200 cassette tapes (ca. 200 hours)Bound items: ca. 69 items.Slides: ca. 3000 items.

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7548804

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Fife Folklore Archives

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