"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 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 …
John’s artworks Item 1: World made out of cigarette butts Date: Fall of 1996 The cigarette Earth was created by three students living at Collins Living Learning Center in the Fall of 1996. This entire work is made from cigarette Continue Reading …
Picture 2: Title: Radio Station Art Collector’s Name: Unknown Collection Location: IU Folklore Archives in the IU Archives in Wells Library. Date Collected: 1990’s (?) Genre: Music party Art, Context: There is a “Rock N Roll” junkyard party at some Continue Reading …
Picture 4: Title: Radio Station Art Collector’s Name: Unknown Collection Location: IU Folklore Archives in the IU Archives in Wells Library. Date Collected: 1990’s (?) Genre: Music party art Context: A WIUS flyer about a get together every Wednesday night Continue Reading …
Picture 5: Title: Radio Station Art Collector’s Name: Unknown Collection Location: IU Folklore Archives in the IU Archives in Wells Library. Date Collected: 1990’s (?) Genre: Music party art Context: This flyer is an WIUS product about a sponsored daily Continue Reading …
Item 4 Comic created by Emily Hartsay, 1990s. This is a comic strip from a student zine. The creator of this comic was Emily Hartsay. The collector’s name is the Collins Column. This comic could have started out as a Continue Reading …
(The following was taken from parts of an interview between Jonathan Rewe and Kathy Lewis in 1993) JR: … I was sitting in class yesterday when I heard another guy talking about what his friend had done last night. I Continue Reading …
(The following was taken from part of a speech by David O’Rourke) It has occurred to me that none of my friends have ever been to the eleventh floor of the main library on campus. It had never occurred to Continue Reading …