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Typescript papers

Archive Item: BC MS ROM 1/7/4/1/3

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The catalogue titles or descriptions in this collection may contain terminology and phrases that would now be considered unacceptable. Where present these original terms continue to be included to preserve historical accuracy and provide social and historical context.
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Type of record: Archive

Title: Typescript papers

Level: Item

Classmark: BC MS ROM 1/7/4/1/3

Date(s): c.1940 - 1955

Size and medium: 7 Typescript; 1 press cutting

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/611817

Collection group(s): Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections

Description

7 typescript accounts reflecting on William Webb's visits, people he met and his work for the Mission to [the] Tinkers.


Titles include; "Tinker Bill," "Granny Cameron's Pony," "A date in my diary," "Evening shadows at Trench Point Kintryre," "Amongst the gypsies in Northern Ireland," [includes manuscript note about the distinctions between Gypsies of Ireland and the Gypsy Travellers of Scotland], "The Tinkers," and "Elizabeth."


Press cutting of obituary of Dr Kenneth Macleod from the Scotsman dated July 13 1955, - highlighted text references 'an old tinker.'

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