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Total number of records: 2020

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1992
Books and printed items27
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1992
Brotherton Collection12
Herbert Read Collection10
Leeds Russian Archive10
English Literature2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture2020
english language - dialects1226
occupations784
community life629
folk music546
nature533
buildings453
manners and customs416
agriculture374
animals370

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England10
Northumberland9
Russia2
Allendale1
Earsdon1
Ellington1
Embleton1
Haltwhistle1
Hedden-On-The-Wall1
Herefordshire1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)276
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)207
Russell, Ian97
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)96
Dunn, Ginette84
Voitl, Herbert72
Sullivan, Keith Frederick67
Fothergill, George William48
Langhorne, Richard42
Harrop, Peter K39

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From 20003

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Pam︠i︡atniki kulʹtury : novye otkryti︠i︡a (1988)

Rossiĭska︠i︡a akademi︠i︡a nauk. Nauchnyĭ sovet po istorii mirovoĭ kulʹtury

At head of h.t.p.: Rossiĭska︠i︡a akademi︠i︡a nauk, Nauchnyĭ sovet po istorii mirovoĭ kulʹtury.

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Culture as praxis

Bauman, Zygmunt (1925-2017)

1973

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SED Word Map: Cowhouse
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SED Word Map: Cowhouse

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.1.8, Cowhouse, mapping responses (Cow)-byre, Cowhouse, Cow-stable, Mistall, and Shippon. The map was create...

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Microfilm of Postgraduate Thesis on the Dialect of Broughton in Furness

Micro Methods Limited

[1970s]

A copy of Mabel Round's M.A. thesis (Leeds, 1949), 'The Living Dialect of Broughton in Furness, in the County of Lancashire'. The thesis is based on data collected in Broughton in Furness (Lancashire)...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Calvert, Valerie E; Vickers, Emma

April 1961

Emma Vickers of Burscough talks about Burscough Fair; fortune telling with tea leaves and playing cards; good/bad luck - wedding cake, bouquets; Halloween parties at home - games; New Year traditions ...

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SED Word Map: To Dig
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SED Word Map: To Dig

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.8, To Dig, mapping responses Delve, Dig, and Grave. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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Manuscript Collection of Folk Songs made by Janet Blunt

University Microfilms Limited

[1970s]

Microfilm copy of the ms. collection of folk songs from Adderbury (Oxfordshire) made by Janet Heatley Blunt. The copy was made for Michael Pickering, who used the manuscript as a basis for his Ph.D. t...

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Sound Recordings, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston

Calvert, Valerie E

April 1961

Peggy Meek describes egg customs - conkering, displaying decorated eggs, egg rolling on Easter Monday, ingredients for decorating eggs [informant is Secretary of the Cumberland and Westmorland Benevol...

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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust
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SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.17, Saw-Dust, mapping [a:] pronunciation in Saw. The map is headed The Northern Counties of Engla...

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Sound Recording, [Norway]

Calvert, Valerie E

1961

[Announcement: results of a questionnaire issued by the Norsk Ethnological Institute]; male discusses Easter food and eggs in Norway - relates findings of survey - customary practices, egg consumption...

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Printing Matrices

[1960s]

Printing matrices, or mats, consisting of 204 characters representing the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is likely that these matrices were acquired for use in publications relating to the Survey...

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SED Word Map: Udder
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SED Word Map: Udder

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question III.2.5, Udder, mapping responses Bag, Elder, Ewer, and Udder. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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