The materials in the Fife Folklore Conference collection detail all facets of the Fife Folklore Conference, hosted by Utah State University's Folklore Program (1977 to present) and Fife Folklore Archives (1977-2001). All materials are housed in acid-free archival boxes and folders in the Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives, USU Libraries. Class lists may include names of students who withdrew from the course. The collection is processed to the item level.

The Fife Folklore Conference collection is sorted into boxes by year, with the exception of the first box. Box one deals with historical information regarding the conference, including information on a folklore conference hosted at USU in 1967 by Austin Fife. Box two onward is sorted by years into record groups (see below). Within each year the record groups are divided into separate folders, with each item noted therein. Record groups/folders are only created when there are items for that particular record group in a particular year. As well, there are often more than one folder for a record group. For instance, there are no graduate interns in 1977, therefore there is no record group/folder for interns in the box for 1977. However, in 1977 there are two folders (numbers 1 and 2) for "Reference/Media" one for "Black and White Photographs," and one for "Slides." For consistency, in the register full names are used. For instance, founding conference director William A. "Bert" Wilson is always noted as William A. even when at times an item (such as a letter) states Bert.