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Total number of records: 90

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Books and printed items66
Archives18
Art items5

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Brotherton Collection90
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections90

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romanies14
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ballads, english1
birds1
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crime1
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Hungary3
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Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)4
Lawson, Fred3
Simson, James (1826-)3
Freedman, Barnett2
Freedman, Barnett (1901-1958)2
Limited Editions Club2
Maximoff, Mateo (1917-)2
Walpole, Hugh2
Walpole, Sir Hugh (1884-1941)2
Acton, T A1

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Yorkshire life illustrated

v.10, no.11 Nov. 1956

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Illustrated London News

v.19, supplement For the week ending Saturday, November 29, December 13, December 27, 1851 Includes 'Gypsey experiences', by a Roumany Rei [pseud., i.e. Tom Taylor]

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Calendar (1951) illustrated with " Nomads"

1951

Calendar (1951) illustrated with " Nomads." Original painting by [Sylvester.....] of Gypsy/Traveller wagons in a clearing in woodland.

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Illustrated book covers/sleeves

c.1900 - c.1970

A selection of illustrated book sleeve covers [removed] from books referencing or featuring Gypsies, Travellers and Roma. Undated.

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Hull Fair : an illustrated history

Smith, Stephen (1960-); Scrivens, Kevin

1991

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Calendars (4) illustrated with Gypsy/Traveller subjects.

1941-1951

Calendars given to/owned by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe.

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Calendar (1941) illustrated with "The Close of Day."

1941

1941 Calendar illustrated with print of "The Close of Day, " (two Gypsy/Traveller wagons) - original painting by Ernest Uden.

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Calendar (1942) illustrated with "A Gipsy Life."

1942

Calendar (1942) illustrated with "A Gipsy Life," by E.H [Ernest Albert] Whydale (A.R.E). Picture is of a Gypsy/Traveller wagon in a field with 2 horses and people cooking on a campfire in the foregr...

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Calendar (1949) illustrated with "A Gipsy Life."

1949

Calendar (1942) illustrated with "A Gipsy Life," by E.H [Ernest Albert] Whydale (A.R.E). Picture is of a Gypsy/Traveller wagon in a field with 2 horses and people cooking on a campfire in the foregr...

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German, Hungarian & Romanian illustrations (11) of Roma

c.1854 - c.1940

Set of black and white illustrations featuring Roma mainly from Hungary and Romania. Most taken from German printed publications. Most associated with dance/music/musical instruments such as fiddle/v...

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A pedlar's pack of ballads and songs : With illustrative notes

Logan, W H (1883); Maidment, James (1795?-1879)

1869

"Most of the ballads are from original broadsides in the possession of Mr. Maidment."

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