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| Sanderson, Stewart (1924-) | 14 |
| University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies | 7 |
| Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009) | 4 |
| Brunk, Wille | 3 |
| Drury, Susan | 3 |
| Jackson, Margaret | 3 |
| Orton, Harold (1898-1975) | 3 |
| Sykes, Donald Richard | 3 |
| Barry, Michael V (1935-) | 2 |
| British Association For the Advancement of Science | 2 |
Folk Museums of the British Isles
Orton, W R
1968
This survey of twenty-five British folk museums comprises an introductory section which presents a definition, history and thoughts on the function of the folk museum, followed by individual descripti...
A Survey of Annual Bonfires in England 1900-1910
Molloy-Morley, Carolyn
1967
A report outlining the findings of a survey undertaken collaboratively between the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies at Leeds, and the Department of English at University College, London . Th...
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...
"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"
Clinch, Angela Jane
1982
Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...
Studies in Yorkshire Dialects Based on Recordings of Thirteen Dialect Speakers in the West Riding
Melchers, Gunnel
1972
A study of Yorkshire dialects, based on field tape recordings made by Stanley Ellis and Peter Wright in 1952/1953 and 1963/1964, for the Survey of English Dialects. Fourteen recordings of free speech,...
Aspects of Non-Standard Relativization: A Study of Relative Clauses in the Dorset Dialect, in the Vein of Traditional Dialectology, with Some Socio-Linguistic Refinements
Eynden, Nadine Van den
[1992]
A doctoral thesis which examines the mechanisms underlying dialectal relative patterning, and uses the dialect of Dorset by way of illustration. The corpus of material upon which the study is based co...
A Study in Structural Dialectology
Ehrenkranz, Jean Faith
[1970s]
A study based on data selected from the Survey of English Dialects' (SED) published material for Read in Lancashire (fieldworker, Stanley Ellis, 1954), and Spofforth in the old West Riding of Yorkshir...
Ibibio Folktale Night: An Introduction to Ibibio Oral Literature
Ikiddeh, Ime
1966
M.A. thesis presenting a general survey of the oral form of Ibibio folktales ( Nigeria), and a study of sample prose and verse tales known by the collector and seen in the context of a single night's ...
An Annotated Collection of Oral Tales and Traditions from South Somerset with an Appendix of Comparative Material from the District Around Blandford Forum, Dorset
Palmer, Kingsley
1971
M.Phil. thesis in two volumes. Volume One contains a general introduction to the Somerset tales and traditions, including methods of collection and classification. The main body of the volume presents...
The Style and Structure of The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight, based on A[arne] - T[hompson] 313 Versions in Dr. Katherine Briggs' A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales, Part A, Folk Narratives, Volume 1
Morgan, John S
1972
M.A. dissertation suggesting that the folktale is not only an art form worthy of serious consideration in itself, but that the storyteller is a gifted performer whose performances merit critical appra...
An Annotated Collection of Visayan Riddles from Leyte and Samar, Philippines
Vilches, Ma Luz C
1980
M.A. dissertation comprising an annotated collection of riddles from the Philippines (islands of Leyte and Samar), gathered by the collector from the archive of the Divine Word University Museum in Ta...
The Singing Style of Bob Hart: A Study of Performance in Traditional Song
Bishop, Julia C
1983
M.A. dissertation which considers the singing style of one Suffolkman, Bob Hart, based on a predominantly musicological analysis of three songs from his repertoire. A number of performances of these s...