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Folk Tales
1964-1981
This subseries contains items relating to aspects and types of folktales. The subject matter includes folk tales generally, Maori folk literature, African folktales, Gaelic storytelling and folktales,...
(Loose) Reference, research and papers [Undated]
c.1970- c.2016
1)Unattributed typescript paper in Polish (found with press cuttings c.2004) 2) Manuscript handwritten notes found in envelope marked "Marx and Weber." (c. 1973-c.1976) 3) Unattributed typescript ...
Swedish Folklife Surveys
[1957-1970]
Surveys co-ordinated by the Institute for Folk Life Studies (Lund University), the Institute for Dialect and Folklore Research at Uppsala ( Landsmåls- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala), and an atlas o...
Vocal Music
1958-1981
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of traditional vocal music, including ballad and folk song. The subject matter includes informants' song collections, institutional collections of fol...
Riddles
1960-1978
This subseries contains papers on riddles, and their themes and variations, including a paper by Peter Nalder on the Archer Taylor riddle index, papers by Stewart Sanderson chiefly on Scottish riddles...
Instrumental Music
[1936-1977]
This subseries contains items on traditional instrumental music. The subject matter includes organ pipes, types of bands, piping in Northern England and Irish music.
Dance
1963-1979
This subseries contains items on traditional dance, especially English folk dances. The subject matter includes bibliographies on folk dance; traditional English dances including Morris dancing, the A...
Drama
1956-1982
This subseries contains items on aspects of folk drama. The subject matter includes general papers on folk drama; papers on aspects of traditional drama from a conference held at the University of She...
United Kingdom Linguistic Surveys
1951-1985
This subseries contains general, country-wide dialect surveys of Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and more specific surveys relating to particular aspects of language usage.
Other European Linguistic Surveys
[1928]-1974
This subseries contains items relating to the Europe-wide linguistic survey, published as the 'Atlas Linguarum Europae', as well as surveys undertaken in France, Holland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Swed...
North American and Caribbean Linguistic Surveys
[1950-197?]
Items in this subseries relate to surveys undertaken in the British Caribbean, New England, the Middle Atlantic States and South Atlantic States and Newfoundland.
Principles and Methods
[1964-1981]
This subseries includes printed and photocopied papers relating to the principles and practice of research into various aspects of folklore and folklife.