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Volume 8

 Container

Contains 100 Results:

No. 0904: Reminiscences of early Moab; early-day economy and hand- crafts;leather, rawhide, and horsehair crafts; side-saddle. Informant: Hawkes, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0905: Folk medicine; fight at an early-day dance; bed ticks from wild grass; Porter Rockwell; scarcity of clothing. Informant: Watts, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0906: Naming animals. Informant: Pogue, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0907: Doodle-bugging for uranium; water-witching; prophecy of "great treasure in Moab" by an apostle. Informant: Murphy, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0908: Weather lore; praying for rain; technique of land employment in Moab; water lore; witching for uranium and other ore; dream mine. Informant: Murphy, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0909: Story of sauerkraut behind the stove. Informant: Chamberlain, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0910: Polygamy; folk medicine, with recipe from Brigham Young; marking babies; scarcity of food in early days; making molasses; chivarees. Informant: Burr, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0911: Living conditions in the early days; folk medicines; fore-telling sex of child; planting lore; weather lore; riddle. Informant: Waddnell, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0912: Immigration by floating down Colorado to Castle Valley; folk medicine; songs they used to sing; lullabies and finger games. Informant: Fish, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953

No. 0913: Description of Moab country; jump-rope rhymes; superstitions; hair styles; Madame Curie and uranium; names of mines. Informant: Irish, 1953

 File — Volume: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

These materials form part of the Austin and Alta Fife fieldwork collection, and consist of transcripts and typed copies of the original acetate discs, reel-to-reel field recordings and field notes (which are housed separately). Previous references to this collection may include the acronym FMC, meaning Fife Mormon Collection.

Dates: 1953