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Total number of records: 1096

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives922
Books and printed items173
Objects1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture927
Leeds Russian Archive19
Brotherton Collection7
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History5
Cookery Collection4
English Literature4
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3
Herbert Read Collection2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manners and customs1096
culture728
social life and customs468
community life448
holidays336
occupations327
folklore321
english language - dialects315
rites and ceremonies306
play250

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England71
Great Britain45
France26
Angleterre17
London (England)15
Paris (France)11
Russia9
Russia (Federation)8
Grande-Bretagne7
Ireland6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)95
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)38
Harrop, Peter K34
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)33
Dunn, Ginette26
Sullivan, Keith Frederick24
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)22
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)17
Voitl, Herbert16
Green, Anthony E (1943-)15

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 19001073
From 200023

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 19991073
Up to latest23

Archive Sub-collection

Dialect and Heritage Project Oral Histories

2022 - 2023

Oral History recordings made by staff, students, volunteers and partner museums as part of the 'Dialect and Heritage' project that ran 2019 -2023. Some recordings also include transcripts and phot...

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Easter Egg Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1962-1963

This sub-subseries includes typed and photocopied questionnaires and covering letters, and ms. and typed responses, to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears t...

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Compton Mackenzie

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1963

This sub-subseries consists of a copy of an article by Sanderson on Sir Compton Mackenzie as a novelist, written as an appreciation for his 80th birthday. The article was published in 'Literature' (Ja...

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Bonfire Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1967-1968

This sub-subseries contains papers relating to a collaborative survey of bonfire customs conducted by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies at Leeds (IDFLS), and the Department of English at ...

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LAVC, IDFLS and Dialect and Heritage (Interviews)

2022 - 2023

Oral histories recorded with interviewees who had associations to the LAVC Collection, Survey of English Dialects, Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies or the later Dialect and Heritage Project.

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Archive Series

I: Popular Belief and Practice

1966-1981

This subseries contains items relating to aspects of popular belief and practice. This includes items on popular beliefs and superstitions; a paper on superstitions in Imo State, Nigeria; the script o...

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P: Children's Traditions

1954-1982

This series contains items relating to children's customs and traditions. The main focus is on children's games, songs and rhymes.

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Museum Partners (Interviews)

2022 - 2023

Oral history interviews recorded with members of the public by various museum partners as part of the National Lottery funded "Dialect and Heritage Project." These include, Avoncroft Museum of Histor...

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H: Calendar Customs

1962-1981

This series contains items relating to the celebration of calendar days and annual festivals, and related customs and traditions.

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Archive Series

Photographic Prints

University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies

c.1962-c.1984

This series contains over 2100 individual photographic prints, contact prints, and contact print sheets. Over 1800 of these photographs were deposited in photo files, which were created as part of the...

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Regional Social Histories

1969-1982

This subseries contains items relating largely to the social history of specific areas, including details of folk custom. Of the subseries' eight component parts, six are photocopies of original manus...

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Village and Farm

1960-1973

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...

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