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Total number of records: 16

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture7
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society5
Brotherton Collection2
English Literature1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Herbert Read Collection1
University Archive1
Womens Aid Federation of England Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
communication7
community life7
culture5
english language - dialects4
archive administration3
education3
manners and customs2
occupations2
social life and customs2
anarchism1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)5
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
National Women'S Aid Federation1
Women'S Aid1
Women'S Aid Federation England1
Women'S Aid Federation of England1

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From 18003
From 190010
From 20001

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17991
Up to 18994
Up to 19999
Up to latest2

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Letters and miscellaneous papers

1796-1816

Including instructions to constables, 1796; attestation of two enlisted men, 1796; seven letters relating to particular cases 1803-1804, 1810-1816; notes relating to case of trespass on Lord Ribblesd...

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Informations and other papers

1813

Including case relating to gaming and drinking on the Sabbath, case of theft of fish, letter concerning tolls

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Wakefield House of Correction

1816

Letters relating to office of governor, vacant following death of Mr Straubenzee; receipts for persons committed to gaol

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Circular to Postmasters

1784

Notice to send Act for granting additional rates of postage for conveyance of letters and packets

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Easter Egg Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1962-1963

This sub-subseries includes typed and photocopied questionnaires and covering letters, and ms. and typed responses, to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears t...

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A Word Geography of England

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1970-1973

Correspondence between Harold Orton and Nathalia Wright and the publishers, Seminar Press, regarding the publication of their book, 'A Word Geography of England'. This sub-subseries also contains lett...

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Notes: bibliography

c.1914-1968

Files of loose notes, typescripts, correspondence and printed material titled 'Bibliography' prior to arrival at Special Collections. Files include newspaper and journal clippings and printed materia...

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General Dialect Related Enquiries

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1929-1971

The larger part of this sub-subseries comprises letters sent to Harold Orton from members of the public, in response to newspaper articles and radio broadcasts on the Survey of English Dialects (SED)....

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Academic-Related

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1935-1975

Documents in this sub-subseries relate to Harold Orton's lecture tours and visits in Europe and North America, organised through two particular exchange schemes, and also to temporary (visiting profes...

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Bonfire Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1967-1968

This sub-subseries contains papers relating to a collaborative survey of bonfire customs conducted by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies at Leeds (IDFLS), and the Department of English at ...

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Draft index notes for Leeds University Romany Catalogue (published 1962)

c.1960

Paper index notecards likely used in the process of drafting and arranging the contents of the 'Leeds University Romany Catalogue,' published for the Brotherton Collection in 1962. [Descriptions o...

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