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Total number of records: 901

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture519
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)137
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)85
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Archive Collection

Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke, compiled papers

Dilke, Oswald Ashton Wentworth

c.1967-1980

Comprises photographs, plans and diagrams, lecture notes and notes for publication.

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Archive Sub-collection

LACHMANN Collection

1989-

Invitations to and catalogues of exhibitions at Galerie Alex Lachmann, Köln: Moscow Nonconformists of the Sixties - Today /1-2/; André Lanskoy /3-4/; Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Valery Basanetz, Ana...

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Archive Sub-series

Villages

1971

This subseries, comprising one file, contains a two-part article by John Cornforth on the village of Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, extracted from 'Country Life' magazine (22 July 1971, pp. 214-217, an...

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Archive Sub-series

The Dwelling House

1966-1982

This subseries contains items relating to various aspects of the dwelling house and vernacular architecture, including types of houses and buildings, and interior architecture, fittings, equipment and...

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Archive File

Quarry Bank Mill: The Development of a Folk Museum

Price, Sarah M

1978

A dissertation describing the development of Quarry Bank Mill as a museum, tracing the history of the village of Styal where it is situated, the mill and, briefly, the Lancashire cotton industry. In d...

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Archive File

The Mantelpiece

Cane, Rosemary

1971

A dissertation examining the question of what some people keep on their mantelpieces - which objects are placed there, and why - and to what extent the owners are conscious of the mantelpiece as a fea...

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Archive File

A Survey of the Farm Houses and Their Yard Buildings in the Parish of Moretonhampstead, Devon

Denny, Elizabeth

1972

A survey of thirty-two farm houses and attached yard buildings which provides a description of the vernacular architecture of the parish of Moretonhampstead in Devon. The collector describes the area,...

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Archive File

A Survey of Urban Terrace Housing in Harehills, Leeds

Shirley, Lindsey

1975

A factual survey of the external features of the houses and gardens within part of the Harehills area of north-east Leeds . In addition to collecting and documenting this survey material, further fiel...

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Archive File

Examples of Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Derbyshire

Wright, Fiona J

1980

A study of vernacular architecture in a Derbyshire parish containing the settlements of Dethick, Lea, Holloway and Lea Bridge. Sections cover methodology, a glossary of architectural terms, the backgr...

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Archive File

Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Richards Castle

Reader, Karen

1982

A dissertation which records a number of buildings that are to be found within the bounds of the parish of Richards Castle, which straddles the Herefordshire/ Shropshire border. The village of the sam...

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Archive File

Thatching in Warwickshire

Green, K R

1966

An investigation into the practice of thatching in 1966 in the rural areas of south Warwickshire and the Oxfordshire border, based on fieldwork visits and interviews with four working thatchers made d...

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The History and Folk Life of the Somerset Coalfield

Day, Michael Patrick

1974

A study detailing the history and past working traditions of the Somerset coalfields, with particular reference to collieries at Kilmersdon and Writhlington.

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