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Total number of records: 118

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Archives116
Books and printed items2

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture116
Leeds Russian Archive1

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associations, institutions, etc117
community life116
culture102
folk music70
english language - dialects61
manners and customs49
occupations48
education34
play33
persons32

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dunn, Ginette17
Sullivan, Keith Frederick12
Bergal, Nancy Ann11
Byrne, Packie Manus11
Nalder, Peter Francis11
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)9
Webb, Percy7
Curtin, John5
Wilkinson, Jim5
Ashton, John4

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From 1900117

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Up to 1999117

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Guide russe, ukrainien, biélorusse de France

Ponfilly, Raymond de

1994

French, Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian.

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De collegiis et sodaliciis Romanorum

Mommsen, Theodor (1817-1903)

1843

With a reproduction of the charter of the Collegium Dianae found 1816 in Città Lavinia (folded leaf at end).

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Crewe Mechanic's Institute
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Crewe Mechanic's Institute

Latham, Jean

April 1964

The former Crewe Mechanics' Institute building, now Crewe Town Hall and Library.

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

[1981]

[Announcement, ? by camera operator]; recording of a Committee meeting of the Leeds branch of the Air Gunners' Association, at the British Legion; and as part of filming for a film on British air gunn...

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Concert Party
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Concert Party

[1970s]

Copy of a photographic postcard dating from around 1916/1917, of an all-female concert party group dressed in pierrot-like costumes. The women are thought to be Miss Lena Ashwell's Concert Party (poss...

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Packie Byrne Performing

Nalder, Peter Francis

[1960s]

Irish folk singer, Packie Byrne, performing in a pub or folk club, probably in Leeds (West Yorkshire).

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Packie Byrne Performing

Nalder, Peter Francis

[1960s]

Folk singer, Packie Byrne, performing in a pub or folk club, probably in Leeds (West Yorkshire).

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Packie Byrne Performing
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Packie Byrne Performing

Nalder, Peter Francis

[1960s]

Folk singer, Packie Byrne, performing in a pub or folk club, probably in Leeds (West Yorkshire).

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Packie Byrne Performing

Nalder, Peter Francis

[1960s]

Folk singer, Packie Byrne, performing in a pub or folk club, probably in Leeds (West Yorkshire).

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Packie Byrne Performing

Nalder, Peter Francis

[1960s]

Folk singer, Packie Byrne, performing in a pub or folk club, probably in Leeds (West Yorkshire).

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

February 1980

John Barstow singing at Leeds University Folk Club. Recorded 12 February 1980. [Recording level low.] [Tr. 3] John Barstow, [?recorded at home in Leeds], talks about singing in folk clubs in Leeds, ...

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Dialectology Conference, University of Marburg
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Dialectology Conference, University of Marburg

September 1965

Delegates attending an international conference on dialectology, in the auditorium at the University of Marburg. The delegates include Stanley Ellis, who sits third from the left in the second row fro...

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