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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of (1694-1773) | 34 |
| Ruskin, John (1819-1900) | 27 |
| Penn, William (1644-1718) | 19 |
| Stanhope, Philip | 19 |
| Stanhope, Philip (1732-1768) | 19 |
| Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844) | 14 |
| Bellegarde M. L'Abbe De (1648-1734) | 13 |
| Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) | 12 |
| Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764) | 11 |
| Fox, George (1624-1691) | 11 |
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Stancliffe family of North Yorkshire Archive
Stancliffe Family; Stancliffe, Percy (1867-1949); Stancliffe, Richard Schofield (1895-1959); Stancliffe, George Hall (1899-1954)
c.1800-1952
Comprises: (1) Letters, diaries, and a few stamps; (2) Ledgers relating to financial accounts; (3) Various local maps, some rolled, others folded; (4) Game books for the years 1896-1903; (5) An ...
Student Folklore Dossiers
1971-1982
Student folklore dossiers, variously subtitled Scheme B - Folk Life 1: First Term Exercise, and Folk Life Exercise: First Term. Each compilation includes the student's biographical details, and items ...
Human Life
1962-1980
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of human life, focussing on childhood, marriage and death. This includes a survey of perceptions of menstrual bleeding conducted for the World Health ...
Social Intercourse
1967-1972
This subseries, comprising a single file only, contains items relating to drinking and inns/public houses. This includes James Stevens Curl's article on gin palaces and their disappearance, extracted ...
The Welsh Love Spoon
Thomas, Barbara J
1966
A study which examines the custom of making and giving carved spoons as love tokens in Wales. Consideration is given to the custom, the spoon itself (shape and form, decoration and how and where it wa...
Some Aspects of Campus Lore
Wilson, David L
1972
M.A. dissertation which surveys contemporary American folklore, focussing on folkloric material found on American university and college campuses. Examples gathered from fieldwork interviews relate to...
A Folkloristic Approach to Traditional Educational Processes in Igbo
Oduah, Gabriel Ikechukwu
1981
M.A. dissertation on aspects of the folk life of the Igbo people living in south-eastern Nigeria. The study is divided into three sections, the first containing chapters on the Igbo people (their geog...
St. Valentine's Day in Britain: The History of a Periodic Custom
Gendre, Pierre-Alain
1978
M.A. study based on literary and folkloristic data gathered between November 1977 and March 1978. A Historical Introduction is followed by chapters on origins, La Cour d'Amour and the literary traditi...
Traditional Threats
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1970-1972
This file contains items relating to Tony Green's research into traditional threats to children. The fieldwork is based on the responses of first and second year pupils from Roundhay School in Leeds, ...
Traditional Threats Review
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1981
This file contains a mounted photocopy of Stewart Sanderson's review of John Widdowson's 'If You Don't Be Good: Verbal Social Control in Newfoundland' (St. John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland,...
Governor William Selwyn's advice to his son
Selwyn, William
1701
The main text of the Governor's advice is preceded by an explanatory foreword signed by G.W.M., probably George W. Miller, the author of the letter to Gosse. The typescript was prepared by Miss Ashwor...
West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 8
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 8: Behaviour. Includes questions VIII.8.1 Bogey [i.e. Bogeyman] - VIII.8.8 Our own...