Welcome to the collective harvest of IU student folklore, produced by IU undergraduates in several semesters of F351 Folklore of Student Life, the first of these in 2005, the last in 2021. You have reached the archived version of the original F351 Folklore of Student Life website.
The previous search function is no longer fully active, though clicking on the links on this page will take you to items in each of these categories. In addition, a back-up plan allows for sifting through the collection using links to items tagged for content related to RESEARCH METHODS, GENRES, CLASSES and DECADES. Along with the research methods and genres shown on this page, you will find access to materials found in the four iterations of F351 as well as those found in decades from the 1960s to the 2020s. These links are provided on the LINKS BY TAG page.
As you get to the collected items, you will see that the F351 students set about documenting the folklore and also thinking about aspects of its form, content, and meaning. I hope you will enjoy their insightful commentaries as much as the folklore material itself! On this archived website, you will encounter single items extracted from the collections created by each F351 student.
Please note that we do not endorse the content of this material, but rather present it as a true and honest reflection of student lore at Indiana University. Due to the explicit character of some material, viewer discretion is advisable.
I offer a heart-felt word of thanks to Susan Henning-Harris, our web consultant, and to Trevor Blank and Rachel Gonzalez, graduate student helpers — your ideas and efforts are deeply appreciated! And I thank Monica Marion and Adam Patrick for their assistance in keeping these materials accessible in their new setting on an archived website.
JMcD, 2025
Header image shows the 2014 F351 class, photo credit to Lizzie