Austin E. and Alta S. Fife papers, 1844-1996
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Austin E. and Alta S. Fife papers
- Dates
- 1844-1996 (inclusive)18441996
- Quantity
- 16 boxes, (6 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 281
- Summary
- The papers of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife cover primarily the personal lives and correspondence of this prolific husband and wife research team who were the founders of the Fife Folklore Collection at Utah State University.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical Note
Austin Edwin Fife was born on December 18, 1909, in Lincoln, Idaho to Robert Harris and Mary Elizabeth Stocks Fife. When he was seven years old, his father moved the family to Logan, Utah, and Austin graduated from high school and LDS seminary in Logan. In 1928 he entered the Utah State Agricultural College, now Utah State University. He interrupted his studies to serve a mission for the LDS Church in France from 1929 to 1932, where he developed a love for the French language and French literature.
Upon his return, he continued studying at USAC for a further two years and in 1932, he met Alta Stevens from Bountiful, Utah. Alta was the daughter of George Henry and Clara Whitby Stevens. She was born on March 16, 1912, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1919, her family moved to Bountiful, Utah. After she graduated from high school, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in Salt Lake. In 1932, she enrolled at USAC. However, in 1934, Austin received a fellowship to study at Stanford and he moved to Palo Alto, California where he completed his bachelors in French. On March 27, 1934, Austin and Alta married in Palo Alto. Alta quit school and worked to support the couple. They remained there while Austin completed his master of arts degree in Romance languages, which he obtained in 1935. They briefly moved to Massachusetts where Austin obtained an MA in Romance philology from Harvard University in 1937 and Alta worked as bookkeeper for the Harvard Psychological Clinic.
In 1937, Austin and Alta returned to Palo Alto and Austin obtained a PhD in Romance languages from Stanford University in 1939. His thesis, "The Concept of the Sacredness of Bees, Honey, and Wax in Christian Popular Tradition," showed his burgeoning interest in popular traditions and folklore. This was due in large part due to his work as a graduate student with Aurelio Espinoza, a prominent Spanish folklorist. It was also in 1939, that Alta and Austin began to study the folklore traditions of their own background, the Mormon community of Utah and Idaho. While both had by this time become inactive in the LDS Church, they were nevertheless interested in the culture which the LDS had developed in the Intermountain West. Austin early wrote articles saying that the LDS were a distinct and autonomous culture deserving of study and rich with folklore and traditions. Austin began teaching French at Santa Monica City College in California, where he taught until 1942. In their free time, they drove to southern Utah to collect folklore from the LDS communities. This first venture was to collect stories about the Three Nephites that figure so prominently in LDS lore. This research was published in 1941.
In 1942, Austin entered active duty with the United States Air Force. During World War II, Austin served primarily as a historian for his battalion and even published articles covering the history of their campaigns during the war. From March 1944 to November 1945, Austin served overseas in the Philippines. Alta, meanwhile, moved in with her parents in Bountiful along with her first child, Carolyn, who had been born in 1941. Alta continued to collect LDS folklore while Austin served and Austin began collecting folksongs and stories from soldiers in the Philippines.
Upon Austin's return in 1945, he began teaching at the Occidental College in Los Angeles. In 1947, their second daughter Marian was born. Austin taught at Occidental College until 1958, interrupting his service for three years to serve in the Air Force during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. In 1953, he retired from active duty in the Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel. During these years at Occidental College, Alta and Austin used every opportunity to gather LDS folklore in Utah. Driving a mobile home, they traveled all over Utah and Idaho gathering folk music and folktales from anyone who would talk to them. They even followed the Mormon Trail from Vermont to Utah bringing their children along and gathering stories from the locals about the LDS.
In 1958, Austin received a position at Parson's College in Iowa where he taught for one year. At the same time Austin served as a language specialist for the United States Office of Education. In 1960, he received an offer to return to his alma mater, Utah State University, and become the head of the Department of Languages, a position he retained until 1971. They returned to Logan and soon began their work on folklife in Utah. The 1960s also became the greatest period of publishing for the couple. While they had published two books and numerous articles in the 1950s, most prominently Saints of Sage and Saddle: Folklore among the Mormons (1956) and a translation, done by Austin, of The Borzoi Book of French Folktales (1956), during the 1960s and early 1970s, Austin and Alta wrote or edited five well received books: Songs of the Cowboys (1966), Ballads of the Great West (1969), Lore of Faith and Folly (1971), and Bill Bailey Came Home (1973). Alta and Austin wrote these books together, and while Alta was often the main writer, it is virtually impossible to separate the work of this prolific wife and husband team.
While Austin taught mainly French and French literature while at college, his research continued to broaden into many areas of folklore and folklife. In 1950, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in France, in 1958 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study cowboy songs, and in 1970 they jointly received the National Endowment for the Arts Senior Scholar Award. Austin also served on many committees and on the boards of many organizations over his years as a scholar. From 1947 to 1971, he was an editor for Journal of Western Folklore. He was president of the Modern Language Association of Southern California from 1956 to 1957. He served on the Committee on Folksong for the Modern Language Association of America, besides being a fellow the American Folklore Society. In 1959, and from 1967 to 1969, he served as vice president of the American Folklore Society, and from 1967 to 1968, he was president of the Folklore Society of Utah. He was also on the advisory board of the Utah Heritage Foundation, and a fellow of the Utah State Historical Society.
In 1966, Alta and Austin began donating some of their materials they had gathered over the years to Utah State University. These donations were the origin of the Fife Americana and Fife Mormon collections. In 1972, the USU Libraries established the Fife Library of Western Folklore, later renamed the Fife Folklore Archives.
In 1971, Austin stepped down from being department head, but continued teaching. It was that same year that he finally began teaching the subject which had so preoccupied his research for so many years when he taught the first folklore class at Utah State University. In 1975, he retired from teaching but not from his research. He continued to publish and even produced one more book, a translation of the Manuel de Folklore Français (1985). He likewise worked during this time to establish a museum called Man and His Bread, to be a part of the Jensen Historical Farm, now called the American West Heritage Center. Together, he and Alta continued the work of collating and organizing the Fife Folklore Archives at Utah State University. On February 7, 1986, Austin Fife succumbed to Parkinson's Disease which had afflicted him for many years. After his death, Alta continued organizing their research. In 1986 she received the Utah Governor's "Service to Folk Arts" Award. She also edited and published a collection of Austin's most important essays on Western Folklore called Exploring Western Americana In 1991 she was honored for her many years of service to folk traditions by the Utah State University's Women's Center. Throughout her life Alta had been plagued by many different illnesses, and on December 8, 1996, she passed away at her home in Logan, Utah.
Source:
Biographical Data of Alta S. Fife. The Papers of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife. Mss Coll 281, Box 1, Fd 15. Special Collections and Archives, Utah State University Merrill Library: Logan, Utah.
Curricula Vitae and Data of Austin Fife. The Papers of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife. Mss Coll 281, Box 1, Fd 3. Special Collections and Archives, Utah State University Merrill Library: Logan, Utah.
Fife, James Milton. "Memoirs of Austin Fife." The Papers of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife. Mss Coll 281, Box 1, Fd 21. Special Collections and Archives, Utah State University Merrill Library: Logan, Utah.
Hand, Wayland D. "Austin E. Fife: An Appreciation." in Folklore of Mountain and Plain. Privately Published (1972), 1-6.
Toelken, Barre. "Alta S. Fife: 1912 – 1996." Unpublished Essay. 1996.
Content Description
The papers of Austin E. and Alta S. Fife cover primarily the personal lives and correspondence of this prolific husband and wife research team who were the founders of the Fife Folklore Collection at Utah State University. Prior to her death, Alta Fife had organized much of her correspondence and personal papers as well as those of her husband. She also indicated in a note attached to the donated materials that much of the correspondence had been destroyed. However, what remains has been organized, as far as was possible, along the lines that Mrs. Fife proposed.
Box 1 is primarily personal, family, and genealogical information from both sides of her family. Oversize sheets used for genealogy are in Box 3. Box 2 contains Mrs. Fife's datebooks as well as journals kept by Austin Fife while in France in the 1960s. In addition to oversize genealogical data, Box 3 contains the journals Austin Fife kept during his LDS mission to France, written in both French and English, from 1929 to 1931. Boxes 4 and 5 contain correspondence between Alta and Austin, mostly during World War II while Austin was stationed overseas. It is important to note that during Austin's time in the Philippines, Alta and Austin numbered every letter they sent to each other to both ensure that every letter made it, and also to make referencing one another's letters easier. These numbers are noted on the folder descriptions. Boxes 6 through 11 contain all remaining correspondence grouped alphabetically. Mrs. Fife grouped her correspondence thematically so that all correspondence concerning one article are filed together and alphabetized by the primary reference. Thus, correspondence from various people may be found under one heading, and an individual or institution which has a separate folder, such as the Folklore Society of Utah, may be represented in other folders. Correspondence which had no clear reference to a larger issue, or which consisted of only one or two letters are filed under "A" Miscellaneous, "B" Miscellaneous, etc.
Box 12 contains the collected reviews of the Fifes' many books as well as a book given to Alta by Austin with an inscription in French to Alta on the title page. Box 13 contains items relating to the Man and His Bread museum Austin sought to establish in Logan, as well as newspaper clippings, articles, and advertisements relating to the Fifes and their work. Box 14, like boxes 6 through 11, contains correspondence, but this correspondence is focused solely on the Fifes' attempts to get permission to publish various musicians' and scholars' work, as well as permission granted by the Fifes to publish their work. This box likewise contains some miscellaneous items, such as collected articles by a friend, and an essay by D. Bufford which Alta helped to research.
Box 15 contains the papers relating to the establishment of the Fife Folklore Archives as well as research files used by Austin Fife to contains articles and essays useful to him in his work. The final box, Box 16, contains information regarding various committees on which Austin served, an index of every article written by Austin Fife, lectures given by Austin over the years, poetry written and translated by him, as well as many of his class notes and syllabi from his many years of teaching.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Austin E. and Alta S. Fife papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Austin E. and Alta S. Fife papers, 1910-1996. (COLL MSS 281) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Austin and Alta Fife donated materials to Utah State University over many years beginning in 1966. Subsequent donations have come from their daughter, Marian Fife Rash after the death of Alta Fife in 1996, but mostly in 1997 and 1998. It is these last two donations from Marian that comprise the bulk of this collection.
Related Materials
- Austin and Alta Fife photograph collection P0141
- Fife Mormon Collection (Coll Mss 211)
- Fife Americana Collection (Coll Mss 212)
- Austin and Alta Fife book collection (FOLK COLL 1)
- published works of Austin and Alta Fife (FOLK COLL 2)
- Fife Mormon collection FOLK COLL 4 no.1
- Fife American CollectionFOLK COLL 4 no.2
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Funeral Services of Austin FifeDates: 1986Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Curricula Vitae and bibliography of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Accolades to AEF at his retirementDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Certificate of Service for WWIIDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Army and Air Force Certificates for WWII and Korean WarDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Transcripts, from Stanford UniversityDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Junior College Teaching CertificateDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: BA, MA PhD Diplomas from StanfordDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Diplomas from Harvard University (MA), and International Correspondence SchoolDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: High School/Seminary diplomas of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Baptismal and Blessing certificates of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: Honors from Folklore and Historical Societies to AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: Honors and Awards, others sources, to AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: Honors and Biographical data of ASFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: Utah Historical Quarterly (1986) with memorial to AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 15
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Description: Stevens Family Reunion, with genealogical information and family remembrancesDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 16
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Description: Memories of my Family, by ASFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 17
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Description: Memoirs of Horton TelfordDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 18
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Description: Lore and Reminiscences of Robert H. Fife.Dates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 19
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Description: Memories of Austin Fife by J. Milton FifeDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 20
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Description: Last Will and Testaments of AEF and ASF, Trust DeedDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 21
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Description: Patriarchal Blessing of ASFDates: undatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 22
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Description: Datebook (ASF)Dates: 1989Container: Box 2, Folder 1
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Description: Datebook (ASF)Dates: 1992Container: Box 2, Folder 2
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Description: Datebook (ASF)Dates: 1993Container: Box 2, Folder 3
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Description: Datebook (ASF)Dates: 1994Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: Datebook (ASF)Dates: 1995Container: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: Datebook (ASF)Dates: 1996Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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Description: Journal listing local cuisine, from 1969 European tripDates: 1969Container: Box 2, Folder 7
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Description: Journal of European trip (in French)Dates: 1969Container: Box 2, Folder 8
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Description: Missionary Journal I (AEF) (in French and English)Dates: 1929 June 9 - 1930 December 31Container: Box 3, Folder 1
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Description: Missionary Journal II (AEF) (in French and English)Dates: 1931 January 1 - 1931 August 13Container: Box 3, Folder 2
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Description: Missionary Journal III (AEF) (in French and English)
Note also that pages have been ripped out
Dates: 1931 August 15 - 1931 September 6Container: Box 3, Folder 3 -
Description: Ordination certificate of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 4
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Description: Family history: Mary Morgan WhitbyDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 5
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Description: Family history: Clara Whitby StevensDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 6
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Description: Family history: Angus G. StevensDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 7
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Description: Family history: Ellen Julian Barrett and Thomas Barrett WhitbyDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 8
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Description: Family history: Freestone familyDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 9
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Description: Family history: Stevens family genealogyDates: undatedContainer: Box 3, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1933 February - JuneContainer: Box 4, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1933 August - SeptemberContainer: Box 4, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1933 OctoberContainer: Box 4, Folder 3
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1933 NovemberContainer: Box 4, Folder 4
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1933 DecemberContainer: Box 4, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1934 JanuaryContainer: Box 4, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1934 FebruaryContainer: Box 4, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1934 MarchContainer: Box 4, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1934 AprilContainer: Box 4, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1934 May - JuneContainer: Box 4, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 March - AprilContainer: Box 4, Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 MayContainer: Box 4, Folder 12
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 JuneContainer: Box 4, Folder 13
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 JulyContainer: Box 4, Folder 14
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 AugustContainer: Box 4, Folder 15
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 SeptemberContainer: Box 4, Folder 16
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 OctoberContainer: Box 4, Folder 17
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 NovemberContainer: Box 4, Folder 18
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1944 DecemberContainer: Box 4, Folder 19
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 JanuaryContainer: Box 4, Folder 20
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 FebruaryContainer: Box 4, Folder 21
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 MarchContainer: Box 4, Folder 22
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 AprilContainer: Box 4, Folder 23
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 MayContainer: Box 4, Folder 24
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 JuneContainer: Box 4, Folder 25
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 JulyContainer: Box 4, Folder 26
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 AugustContainer: Box 4, Folder 27
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Description: Correspondence: Alta S. Fife to Austin E. FifeDates: 1945 SeptemberContainer: Box 4, Folder 28
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1932 December - 1934 JuneContainer: Box 5, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1942, September and OctoberContainer: Box 5, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. Fife, Calendar with dates of letters sentDates: undatedContainer: Box 5, Folder 3
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 AprilContainer: Box 5, Folder 4
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 MayContainer: Box 5, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 JuneContainer: Box 5, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 JulyContainer: Box 5, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 AugustContainer: Box 5, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 SeptemberContainer: Box 5, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 OctoberContainer: Box 5, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 NovemberContainer: Box 5, Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1944 DecemberContainer: Box 5, Folder 12
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 JanuaryContainer: Box 5, Folder 13
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 FebruaryContainer: Box 5, Folder 14
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 MarchContainer: Box 5, Folder 15
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 AprilContainer: Box 5, Folder 16
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 MayContainer: Box 5, Folder 17
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 JuneContainer: Box 5, Folder 18
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 JulyContainer: Box 5, Folder 19
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 AugustContainer: Box 5, Folder 20
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 SeptemberContainer: Box 5, Folder 21
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. FifeDates: 1945 October - NovemberContainer: Box 5, Folder 22
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. Fife, correspondence from World War IIDates: undatedContainer: Box 5, Folder 23
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. Fife, CorrespondenceDates: 1971-1983Container: Box 5, Folder 24
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. Fife, cardsDates: undatedContainer: Box 5, Folder 25
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. Fife, Austin Fife to Carolyn FifeDates: 1944Container: Box 5, Folder 26
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Description: Correspondence: Austin E. Fife to Alta S. Fife, Austin FIfe to Carolyn FifeDates: 1945Container: Box 5, Folder 27
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Description: Correspondence: A miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: Air ForceDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: American Folklore SocietyDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 3
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Description: Correspondence: American West Publishing Company, concerning Ballads of the Old WestDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 4
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Description: Correspondence: B miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence: Bailey, Rhea and BillDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: Brunvand, JanDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: Butt, Aline and DavidDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: C miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Cheney, ThomasDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence: Clarkston Potter, Inc., PublisherDates: 1965-1967Container: Box 6, Folder 12
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Description: Correspondence: Clarkston Potter, Inc., PublisherDates: 1968-1969Container: Box 6, Folder 13
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Description: Correspondence: Clarkston Potter, Inc., PublisherDates: 1970-1979Container: Box 6, Folder 14
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Description: Correspondence: Clarkston Potter, Inc., Publisher, correspondence concerning royalties after death of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 6, Folder 15
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Description: Correspondence: Collier, Connie and RexDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: Columbia Research GroupDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: Columbia RecordsDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 3
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Description: Correspondence: Crown Publishing, IncDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 4
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Description: Correspondence: Cykler, EdmundDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence: D-E miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: F miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: Fife familyDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: Fife, Austin; letters received on his 63rd birthdayDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Fife, Reed and DorothyDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: Folklore Society of UtahDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence: Fowkes, EdithDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 12
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Description: Correspondence: G miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 13
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Description: Correspondence: Gillmor, FrancesDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 14
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Description: Correspondence: Goldstein, KennethDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 15
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Description: Correspondence: Greenway, JohnDates: undatedContainer: Box 7, Folder 16
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Description: Correspondence: Guggenheim Grant correspondenceDates: 1958 - 1966Container: Box 7, Folder 17
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Description: Correspondence: H miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: Hand, WaylandDates: 1969-1977Container: Box 8, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: Hand, WaylandDates: 1978-1988Container: Box 8, Folder 3
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Description: Correspondence: Hendren, StellaDates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 4
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Description: Correspondence: Howmedica, correspondence RE suit over knee surgery
(see also Box 9, Fd 10, Olson and Hogan)
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Description: Correspondence: I miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: Indiana University PressDates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: J miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: K miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Kepinski, Tom and YvonneDates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: L miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 8, Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence: Lee, HectorDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: Library of CongressDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: Logan City (Utah)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 3
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Description: Correspondence: M miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 4
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Description: Correspondence: McCune, Ellis and HildaDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence: MedicareDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: N miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: Oak PublicationsDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: Oliver, HaroldDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Olson and Hogan Attorneys at Law, correspondence concerning suit over knee surgery
(see also Box 8, Fd 5, Howmedica)
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Description: Correspondence: P miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence: Parsons CollegeDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 12
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Description: Correspondence: R miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 13
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Description: Correspondence: Reed, George
Also correspondence concerning George Reed Collection at University of Utah
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Description: Correspondence: S miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 15
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Description: Correspondence: Schactler, CarolynDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 16
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Description: Correspondence: Smith, Joseph FieldingDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 17
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Description: Correspondence: Smith, Peter; and Peter Smith Publisher, IncDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 18
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Description: Correspondence: Spencer Claron, attorney with Senior and Senior, correspondence concerning last will and testament of ASFDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 19
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Description: Correspondence: Stevens familyDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 20
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Description: Correspondence: Stone houses, correspondence concerning stone houses of American WestDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 21
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Description: Correspondence: T miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 9, Folder 22
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Description: Correspondence: Toelken, BarreDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: U miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: UMI PressDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 3
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Description: Correspondence: University of Georgia PressDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 4
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Description: Correspondence: University of Illinois PressDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence: University of UtahDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: University of Utah PressDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: Utah Arts CouncilDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: Utah State University, generalDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Utah State University, contractsDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: Utah State University, Folklore DepartmentDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence: Utah State University, researchDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 12
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Description: Correspondence: Utah State University, RE: thefts from Fife ArchivesDates: undatedContainer: Box 10, Folder 13
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Description: Correspondence: Veterans Administration, correspondence concerning benefits to ASF after death of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence: Veterans Administration, retirement benefitsDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence: Visual Educations OrganizationDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 3
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Description: Correspondence: W miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 4
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Description: Correspondence: White FamilyDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 5
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Description: Correspondence: White, John IDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence: Widdowson, JohnDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence: Wilgus, D. KDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 8
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Description: Correspondence: Wilson, William ADates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 9
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Description: Correspondence: Y miscellaneousDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 10
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Description: Correspondence: Miscellaneous, unknown surnamesDates: undatedContainer: Box 11, Folder 11
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Description: Papers concerning royalties of AEF, with Clarkston Potter, IncDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 1
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Description: Reviews of Forms upon the FrontierDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 2
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Description: Reviews of Folk Belief and Mormon Cultural AutonomyDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 3
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Description: Reviews of Bolzoi Book of French FolktalesDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 4
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Description: Reviews of Heaven on HorsebackDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 5
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Description: Reviews of Cowboy and Western SongsDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 6
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Description: Reviews of Ballads of the Old WestDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 7
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Description: Reviews of Saints of Sage and SaddleDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 8
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Description: Reviews of Bill Bailey Came HomeDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 9
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Description: Reviews of Songs of the CowboysDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 10
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Description: Reviews of Exploring Western AmericanaDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 11
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Description: Lettres de Madame de SevigneDates: undatedContainer: Box 12, Folder 12
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Description: Man and His Bread Museum master planDates: undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence and papers concerning displays for MuseumDates: undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 2
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Description: Master plan outlineDates: undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 3
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Description: Proposal for Man and His Bread MuseumDates: undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 4
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Description: 1978 Proposal for Farm and MuseumDates: undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 5
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Description: Advertisements for Cowboy and Western SongsDates: undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 6
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Description: Catalogues advertising publications of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 13, Folder 7
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Description: Publicity (newspaper clippings, memos, etc.) for AEFDates: 1955-1969Container: Box 13, Folder 8
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Description: Publicity (newspaper clippings, memos, etc.) for AEFDates: 1970-1979Container: Box 13, Folder 9
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Description: Publicity (newspaper clippings, memos, etc.) for AEFDates: 1980-1989Container: Box 13, Folder 10
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Description: Publicity (newspaper clippings, memos, etc.) for USU Folklore ProgramDates: 1980-1989Container: Box 13, Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence concerning permission for Exploring Western AmericanaDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence concerning permission for Cowboy and Western SongsDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence concerning permission for Songs of the CowboyDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 3
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Description: Undeliverable letters concerning permissionDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 4
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Description: Permission to publish poetryDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 5
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Description: Cards detailing permission sought for New Anthology of Cowboy and Western SongsDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 6
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Description: Correspondence concerning permission for New Anthology of Cowboys and Western SongsDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 7
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Description: Correspondence concerning permission to quote AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 8
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Description: Doc Campbell's ColumnDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 9
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Description: Postcard album from FranceDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 10
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Description: Lecture by David J. Bufford, "Beings without Bodies," aided by ASFDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 11
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Description: Funeral Service of D. Wynn ThorneDates: undatedContainer: Box 14, Folder 12
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Description: Anthology of Folk Literature of Soldiers of the Pacific Theater, by AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 1
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Description: Correspondence concerning retirement of AEF and establishment of Fife Folklore CollectionDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 2
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Description: Papers concerning the founding of the Fife Folklore CollectionDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 3
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Description: Interview with Alta Fife concerning the origins of the Fife Folklore CollectionDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 4
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Description: Essay on the origins of the Fife Folklore CollectionDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 5
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Description: Interview with Mary Washington concerning Bill Bailey Came HomeDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 6
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Description: Gifts to Utah State University to 1976Dates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 7
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Description: Gifts to Utah State University from 1977 - 1979Dates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 8
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Description: Gifts to Utah State University after 1980Dates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 9
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Description: Donations to Utah State University in honor of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 10
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Description: List of books and articles by AEF in USU ArchivesDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 11
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Description: Fife Folklore Conference at Utah State UniversityDates: 1994Container: Box 15, Folder 12
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Description: Folklife of Cowboys, research fileDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 13
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Description: Utah Folk Arts ProgramsDates: 1976Container: Box 15, Folder 14
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Description: Western Houses, research fileDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 15
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Description: Folklore and Music, research fileDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 16
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Description: Miscellaneous articles on Folklore, research fileDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 17
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Description: Congressional Records, concerning folklore legislationDates: 1844-1973Container: Box 15, Folder 18
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Description: Colonial Folklore, research fileDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 19
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Description: Topical Songs, research fileDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 20
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Description: Colonial and Early American Folklore, research fileDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 21
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Description: Outlines for essay on the honey bee and mankind by AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 22
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Description: Utah and Regional Folklore, research fileDates: undatedContainer: Box 15, Folder 23
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Description: Committees on which AEF servedDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 1
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Description: Bibliography of articles by AEF up to 1979Dates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 2
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Description: Bibliography of articles in FrenchDates: 1950-1952Container: Box 16, Folder 3
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Description: List of lectures given by AEF, to 1960Dates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 4
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Description: List of lectures given by AEFDates: 1960-1963Container: Box 16, Folder 5
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Description: List of lectures given by AEF, after 1964Dates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 6
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Description: Poetry, translated from Spanish by AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 7
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Description: Poetry, translated from French by AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 8
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Description: Poetry, written by AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 9
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Description: Arizona Folklore Publications, containing references to the works of AEFDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 10
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Description: Tests for Eng 124Dates: 1974Container: Box 16, Folder 11
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Description: Syllabus and Notes for Eng 124Dates: 1974Container: Box 16, Folder 12
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Description: Notes for lecture on possibility of a living folklife museumDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 13
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Description: Syllabus of Hector Lee, listed as being from first class on folklore taught at Utah State UniversityDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 14
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Description: Notes for class lecture, Early American folklore, sea songsDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 15
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Description: Book reviews by the FifesDates: undatedContainer: Box 16, Folder 16
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Description: Speech: a collection of Western ballads (to be read publicly)Dates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 1
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Description: Speech: birthmarks and psychic imprinting of babies in Utah folk medicineDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 2
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Description: Speech/lecture: Holy Week in the Basque CountryDates: 1969Container: Box 17, Folder 3
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Description: Speech: memorials to the 'Western' mythDates: 1967Container: Box 17, Folder 4
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Description: Speech: songs and legends upon the landDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 5
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Description: Speech: stone houses of Northern UtahDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 6
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Description: Badman balladsDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 7
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Description: Family owned, horse-powered, irrigated, multiple produce farms of the Intermountain WestDates: 1979Container: Box 17, Folder 8
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Description: Fencing the frontierDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 9
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Description: Fences upon the frontierDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 10
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Description: Gravestone imageryDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 11
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Description: How the West was wonDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 12
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Description: Outdoor artsDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 13
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Description: QuiltsDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 14
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Description: Songs and ballads of Western folkloreDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 15
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Description: The most beautiful book on EarthDates: 1970Container: Box 17, Folder 16
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Description: Women in Western songsDates: undatedContainer: Box 17, Folder 17
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Folklorists--Utah.