ities ▁Professor ▁of ▁Fol kl ore ▁and ▁Liter ature . ▁He ▁edited ▁Western ▁Fol kl ore ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁with ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁publishing ▁articles ▁that ▁the ▁average ▁college ▁student ▁could ▁understand . ▁He ▁taught ▁many ▁current ▁M orm on ▁folk lor ists , ▁and ▁a ▁recent ▁book ▁on ▁M orm on ▁fol kl ore ▁was ▁dedicated ▁to ▁him . ▁ ▁Develop ing ▁M orm on ▁fol kl ore ▁arch ives ▁Wilson ▁worked ▁as ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁fol kl ore ▁program ▁and ▁arch ives ▁at ▁Ut ah ▁State ▁University ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁expand ing ▁and ▁formal izing ▁the ▁collection ▁that ▁Austin ▁E . ▁and ▁Al ta ▁S . ▁F ife ▁started . ▁While ▁working ▁as ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁archive , ▁he ▁and ▁Barbara ▁Walker ▁( then ▁Gar rett ) ▁established ▁a ▁tax onomy ▁for ▁arch iving ▁folk ▁materials , ▁which ▁he ▁developed ▁from ▁Jan ▁Harold ▁Brun v and ’ s ▁system ▁printed ▁in ▁The ▁Study ▁of ▁American ▁Fol kl ore . ▁Wilson ' s ▁new ▁system ▁is ▁infinitely ▁expand able , ▁allowing ▁for ▁additional ▁class ifications ▁within ▁class ifications . ▁Wilson ▁also ▁worked ▁to ▁expand ▁under grad uate ▁courses , ▁and ▁helped ▁to ▁enable ▁a ▁new ▁master ' s ▁program : ▁American ▁studies ▁with ▁an ▁emphas is ▁in ▁fol kl ore . ▁While ▁working ▁at ▁Ut ah ▁State ▁University , ▁Wilson ▁directed ▁the ▁F ife ▁Fol kl ore ▁Conference , ▁which ▁was