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The Folklife of South Warwickshire: A Field Collection with Comparative Annotations and Commentary
Wharton, Colin S
1974
This Ph.D. thesis is divided into three parts. The first (Introduction) defines the word folklore, describes the purpose of the work and the method of approach. The second (The Folklore of South Warwi...
An Investigation into the Play of Children Living in a Traditionally Working Class Area of Back-to-Back Housing Property, in Leeds, in May and June, 1962
Collins, J M Mrs; McKelvie, Donald
1962
A study of schoolchildren at play in Leeds, combining researches in education and folk life by two postgraduate students at the University of Leeds. Mrs. Collins was taking a Diploma in Curricular Stu...
Folklore Survey (Goathland)
Green, R J
1963
A fieldwork notebook containing items of folklore collected during July 1963 in Goathland, North Yorkshire, from sixteen informants. For each informant, a name and address are given, and the item coll...
Some Aspects of Oral, Social and Material Tradition in an Industrial Urban Area
McKelvie, Donald
1963
The nine chapters in this Ph.D. thesis describe an approach to collecting folklife material in the cities, towns and villages of West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield), with cha...
The Domestic Sewing Needle: An Enquiry into the Vocabulary and Folklore Associated with its Manufacturing Processes
Hawley, Elizabeth K
1962
A dissertation in four parts, based on fieldwork carried out in Redditch and Studley. The first part provides a general history of needle-making and a history of the trade in the Redditch area. Part T...
Popular Singing Traditions and Cultural Change in the Old North Riding of Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
1978
Ph.D. divided into five parts, twelve chapters. Following the Introduction, which gives an overview of folksong scholarship and tradition, the thesis contains chapters on the village of Ugthorpe where...
The Making of the Trawl
Allison, Leila A W
1964
A dissertation on the fishing industry in Hull, with particular reference to the making of the trawl net (full name, the Small Granton Trawl). The study provides contextual information on the history ...
The Appalachian Dulcimer to 1940: A Census and Typology of Pre-Revival Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Fretted Zithers in the Upland South of the United States with an Analysis of Their Musical Intervals
Smith, Lloyd Allen
1979
Volume one of this Ph.D. comprises an introduction and methodology chapter, outlining previous work in the field, current method and a preliminary morphology, with notes on terminology. The following ...
An Account of the Home Life, Leisure-Time Activities and Community Traditions of the Northumbrian Coal Miner, Dealing Mainly with the Period 1900 to 1930
Fryer, Sheila
1964
A dissertation based on interviews with seven miners and ex-miners from Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne. The first of its three chapters contains a biographical note on, and the recollections o...
The Art and Craft of Glass-Blowing by Hand
Napier, Valerie A
1964
A dissertation based on the observation of methods and terms used in the making of antique glass in Sunderland (at Hartley, Wood and Company), and in the making of vases, wine glasses and ornaments in...
The Hand-Made Nail Industry of Birmingham and the Midlands
Penny, E John
1964
A dissertation focussing on the nail making industry of Birmingham and the Midlands. Its five chapters cover the early history of the industry (mineral deposits and early iron industry, slitting mills...
Lace: An Enquiry into the Art of Making Lace Either by Hand or Machine with Particular Reference to the Vocabulary and Folklore of both Industries
Slinn, Gillian A
1964
A dissertation on lacemaking, with particular reference to the industry in Nottingham. The first chapter presents a general history of lacemaking, whilst the second focusses on pillow lace, with secti...