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Total number of records: 400

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture400
University Archive1

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culture324
archive administration312
english language - dialects224
community life215
education131
occupations95
communication68
folklore58
folk music56
agriculture52

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)40
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)34
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)29
Wright, Peter11
Barry, Michael V (1935-)10
Sullivan, Keith Frederick9
Sykes, Donald Richard9
Wright, John T8
University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies7
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)6

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Archive File

University Archive

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1960-1980

This file contains original and copy correspondence, and related papers, concerning Stewart Sanderson's activities as an academic folklorist. Its contents seem to have been selected by Sanderson for d...

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Archive and Library Guide

[1970-1980]

The first page in this file is headed Guide to the Archive and Library, and the complete item includes information on the arrangement and location of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies' ar...

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Ulster Dialect Archive Bulletin

Ulster Folk Museum. Dialect Archive

1965

This file contains issues 1 and 2 of the 'Ulster Dialect Archive Bulletin' (January and April 1965). The bulletins are accompanied by a typed letter from G. B. Adams to Harold Orton, and a leaflet and...

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Lists from the Archive of Folk Song

Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)

1971-1974

This file contains lists produced by and for, and information about, the Archive of Folk Song at the Music Division of the Library of Congress. The file includes two versions of the paper, 'The Archiv...

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Archive Collection

Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies)

University of Leeds

1836-2003

The Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture comprises the combined multiple media holdings of the archives of the Survey of English Dialects (ca. 1946-1978) directed by Harold Orton, and the University of...

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Notes on Gramophonic Recording of Yorkshire Dialects

Bruff, Harold J L

1926

Copy of a typed paper delivered to the Yorkshire Dialect Society, and subsequently issued in a limited edition of 50 copies. The paper outlines a proposal for the construction of a sound archive of Yo...

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Archive Sub-sub-series

Folklife Survey - Lund

[Institute for Folk Life Studies, Lund]

1968-1969

Photocopies of student (typescript) dissertations and seminar papers deposited in the Folklivsarkivet i Lund[Lund Folklife Archive], covering a wide range of Swedish folklore and folklife topics [Swed...

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Archivists' Index Cards

[1975-1983]

This box is labelled Names and Addresses, List of Jobs, Periodical Accessions, Filing, and contains various sections recording tasks relating to the day-to-day management of the archive holdings.

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North American Folklore and Folk Music Serial Publications

Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)

1973

Typed list of North American serial publications on folklore and folk music, compiled by Joseph C. Hickerson of the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. The list includes publication titles and ...

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Archive Series

Archivists' Correspondence and Related Papers

1962-1992

This series contains correspondence between successive Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and non-University of Leeds students and academics, publishers, museums and local m...

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Papers on Resources for Folklife Research

1971-1979

This file contains catalogues and lists detailing folk-related items held at various institutions. It includes the International Association of Sound Archives'Directory of Member Archives' (London: IA...

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A Guide to Aural History Research

Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Aural History

1976

Printed guide to the Aural History Institute of British Columbia , comprising an introduction to the Aural History Programme at the British Columbia Provincial Archives; the principles of aural histor...

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