"Folklore of Student Life" holds the accumulated wisdom and wit of several IU undergraduate classes and of a good many IU undergraduates, all focused upon the folklore -- those shared avenues of creativity and expression -- that is part of the college experience at Indiana University. This website is a joint production of Prof John McDowell and his students in a number of undergraduate classes
Item 2: Cover of “Collins Columns” This is the cover of a local dorm newspaper that was released in 1999. The newspaper is done by students living in Collins dormitory. This particular issue was a 1980s edition reminiscing on everything Continue Reading …
Item 3: Sashi’s College Dictionary – “Tetrified” Context: this was a repeating comic within the Collin’s Column. This comic tells the stories of Sashi and her college experience. In each comic, she presents a made up word out of her Continue Reading …
Item 5: Picture #5- “The Drawback” Bridget Siebert Archival Collection Folklore Arts The Drawback Context: This is a weekly comic from the Collins Column, a weekly newspaper for the residents of Collins Dormitory. Lyolia, a local resident of Collins, does Continue Reading …
Item 2: Collins Column-80’s issue edition, Collins Hall, 09/08/99. Performed by Emily Hartsay. Comic was done or published at the beginning of the fall semester in fall 99. I love the Caption at the bottom “Now after looking over the Continue Reading …
Item 3: WIUS radio station presentation for rave. Unknowns=date and artist Rave went through radio station to have their Thursday night specials Not much known for this one. I couldn’t tell if the play on words for Dr. Seuss and Continue Reading …
Item 4: McNutt’s Homecoming Tuesday, October 9,? Year unknown, performer unknown Semi-formal attire, displaying the formal lady and the semi man! For the homecoming dance in McNutt Hall. Probably displayed on the dorm wall. I thought it was great displaying Continue Reading …
John’s student art Item 1 Student Radio Flyer Date Collected: Estimated mid 1990’s This is an advertisement for the student radio station, probably collected from some ad posted around the campus. The performer who created this piece is unknown but Continue Reading …
Item 2 IU dorm banner Date Collection: Estimated 2000 This artifact is an advertisement for the Resident Hall Association, collected from one of the dorms here at IU. It seems to me that this was a banner created by seven Continue Reading …
Item 3 Presidents Council 90-91 Date Collected: 1991-92 The item is a caricature portrait about a school organization, in this case the Presidents’ Council. I believe was originally collected from the Forest Quad. The names of the people are unknown. Continue Reading …
Collected from Barb Scherer by Linda Morgan in 1968. This is one of a series of interviews collected by Linda Morgan in the late 60’s about “The Black Lady of Stepp Cemetery.” These interviews have been heavily edited for grammatical Continue Reading …