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Langhorne, Richard46
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)39
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)30
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)17
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)15
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Cook, Catherine10
Pickering, Michael J9
Barry, Michael V (1935-)8
Russell, Ian7

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Archive File

Collected Papers

Brunk, Wille

1965-1967

This file contains papers received and collected by Wille Brunk during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). This includes a copy of Åsa Werner-Ljungstr...

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Footwear Collecting

Finlay, Ian

1972-1975

This file largely contains papers produced by Ian Finlay, founder of the Footwear Collectors' Society, on the subject of collecting footwear. This includes a photocopy of an article on Finlay, forming...

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Archive Sub-collection

Photographic Collections

University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies

[1950-1984]

This subfonds comprises the photographic collections held at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), and includes photographs, slides, negatives and microfilm. The Folk Life Survey e...

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Miscellaneous Collections of Folklore

1951-1985

This subseries contains typed and printed items relating to folklife activities and research, both in the United Kingdom, and in Europe and the United States. It includes printed ephemera and guides t...

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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

[1961-1982]

This file contains various leaflets, printed volumes and other items relating to places of historical/folk interest, and folk-related collections. This includes a general leaflet for Bunratty Folk Par...

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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

1836-1985

The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...

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Alfred Williams Collection: Index

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of a typed index to the Alfred Williams Collection of Folk Songs at Swindon Reference Library, collected in the early 20th century. The index was compiled by Frank Pursl...

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A Collection of Riddles from Shetland

Maclean, Calum I; Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1960

This file contains three photocopies of Maclean and Sanderson's paper, consisting of a collection of riddles compiled from fieldwork undertaken in Shetland in August 1954, and published in 'Scottish S...

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A Collection of Children's Games, Rhymes and Songs

Waller, Vivien M

1962

A collection of children's games, rhymes and songs, collected in the Manchester area from children between the ages of nine and fifteen, playing in the street or whilst at school. Schools visited were...

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A Collection of Folk Tales from Upper Nidderdale

Cook, Catherine

1971

M.A. dissertation on folktales recorded by the collector in Nidderdale in 1970-1971 (some of the tales are, however, set in locations beyond Nidderdale, e.g. Swaledale, Arkengarthdale and Merryfield)....

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Autograph Albums 1900-1935: A Classified Collection

O'Brien, Kathleen Celia

1978

A study of autograph albums, based on responses to appeals for information made by the collector in three Yorkshire newspapers. This yielded letters from over 170 people, and the loaning of more than ...

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Collected Articles on Yorkshire Crafts and Craftsmen. Etc.

Walton, James

1930-1949

This file contains a large number of articles collected, and largely written, by James Walton, most of which have been pasted into hard-backed scrapbooks. The articles were grouped by subject matter...

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