| Title |
Folklore gathered from the Mormons in Saint David, Arizona |
| Creator |
Fife, Austin E. |
| Contributor |
Utah Humanities Research Foundation; Hardt, Luella |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1905-04-30 |
| Date Digital |
2014-02-13 |
| Temporal Coverage |
Summer 1947 |
| Spatial Coverage |
United States; Arizona; Cochise County (Ariz.); Saint David (Ariz.) |
| Subject |
Latter Day Saints--Folklore; Folklore--Arizona--Cochise County; Latter Day Saints--Music; Folk music--Arizona--Cochise County; Folk songs--Arizona--Cochise County |
| Description |
Typescript of a collection of songs, games, jokes, superstitions, and other traditions that folklorist Austin Fife gathered from the Mormons of Saint David, Arizona. Collected by Mrs. Luella Hardt in the summer of 1947 for a University of Arizona folklore class. Includes a copy of the index to the Fife collection and two newspaper obituaries for Austin Fife, who died in 1986. Two copies of each |
| Table of Contents |
Obituary for Austin Edwin Fife from Salt Lake Tribune Feb. 9, 1986; Songs: Pioneer song -- The Proclamation -- Nice young Mormons -- Down in the Lehigh Valley -- A Cowboy ballad. Finger plays. Rhymes and jingles. Singing games. Rope-skipping rhymes. Home made remedies and medicines. Yells. Counting-out games. Slurs, riddles, moron jokes. Superstitions. Index to the Fife Mormon collection I (8 pages). (Followed by second copy of each) |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
Folklore |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv47195 |
| Scanning Technician |
Halima Noor; Niko Amaya; Kendra Yates; Tim Arnold |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Adobe Acrobat Pro X as a pdf. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6f20dx9 |
| Setname |
uum_uhrf |
| ID |
1045998 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f20dx9 |
