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Although previous and contemporary scholars had briefly addressed the issue, the Fifes expanded the field, both through their collection, [4] now known as the Fife Folklore Archive, held at the Merrill-Cazier Library on the Utah State University campus in Logan, Utah. Their book on Mormon folklore, Saints of Sage and Saddle, was published in 1956.
Barre Toelken was born in Enfield, Massachusetts, to parents John and Sylvia Toelken.The family later moved to Springfield.He began to attend the Utah State University in 1953, [2] [3] [4] where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in English.
Family folklore is the branch of folkloristics concerned with the study and use of folklore and traditional culture transmitted within an individual family group. This includes craft goods produced by family members or memorabilia that have been saved as reminders of family events.
Legend is a loanword from Old French that entered English usage c. 1340. The Old French noun legende derives from the Medieval Latin legenda. [7] In its early English-language usage, the word indicated a narrative of an event. The word legendary was originally a noun (introduced in the 1510s) meaning a collection or corpus of legends.
Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The 2020 census recorded the population at 52,778. [4] [5] Logan is the county seat of Cache County [6] and the principal city of the Logan metropolitan area, which includes Cache County and Franklin County, Idaho. The Logan metropolitan area contained 147,908 people as of the 2020 census. [7]
This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Utah. [1] [2] [3] Monograms in Utah include two of the oldest, at Brigham Young University (1906) and the University of Utah (1907). These symbols are so much a part of the culture that locals typically refer to the universities themselves as "The Y" and ...
Utah's language-learning program, unique in the country, gives students a leg up if they choose to go to college, or allows them to start their career professionally bilingual.
Utah was first called the State of Deseret with Deseret meaning honeybee in the Book of Mormon. 1983 [26] Language: English: Utah voters approved Initiative A on the 2000 ballot to make English become the official language. 2000 — [27] [28] Mineral: Copper: Utah is home to the Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine, which has produced copper ...