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Total number of records: 207
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies | 8 |
| Sanderson, Stewart (1924-) | 5 |
| Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009) | 3 |
| Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) | 2 |
| Lloyd Weedon, Trevor | 2 |
| Lomax, Alan (1915-2002) | 2 |
| Taylor, Alfred | 2 |
| British Association For the Advancement of Science | 1 |
| Caunce, Stephen | 1 |
| Claxton, E C | 1 |
N: Sports, Games and Pastimes
1961-1976
This series contains items relating to amusements in the form of games, sports and pastimes. The subject matter includes sports and athletic games, traditional annual games, animal sports, and card an...
C: Communications and Trade
1963-1976
This series contains items relating to communications by land and sea, including horse-drawn vehicles; and trading and dealing, including fairs and markets.
Miscellaneous Collections of Folklore
1951-1985
This subseries contains typed and printed items relating to folklife activities and research, both in the United Kingdom, and in Europe and the United States. It includes printed ephemera and guides t...
Regional Social Histories
1969-1982
This subseries contains items relating largely to the social history of specific areas, including details of folk custom. Of the subseries' eight component parts, six are photocopies of original manus...
Communications
1963-1973
This subseries contains items relating to modes of travel and communications. The subject matter broadly includes roads and tracks, the bicycle and its use in modern society, horse-drawn vehicles and ...
Village and Farm
1960-1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...
The Human Being
1969-1974
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items relating to the human body. This includes a photocopy of a short article from 'The Guardian' on left-handedness (5 May 1974); and a mounted mag...
Calendar Days, Festivals, Etc.
1964-1979
This subseries contains items relating to local traditions and calendar customs. This includes a bibliography of calendar customs, items on local calendar celebrations, and papers by Alexandra Kannell...
Popular Belief: Miscellaneous
1968-1981
This file contains a photocopy of Miss Wilelmine M. E. Fowler's paper on Yorkshire folklore, from 'Memorials of Old Yorkshire', ed. by T. M. Fallow (London: George Allen, 1909), pp. 286-305; a copy of...
Pagan and Church Legends
1961-1972
This file contains items relating to pagan cult places, and legends and traditions connected with church history. This includes mounted magazine cuttings from 'Country Life' and 'John Peel Jottings', ...
Sports and Athletic Games
1961-1974
This file contains items relating to sports and games of athletic ability, skill, strength and endurance. This includes a copy of 'The Ancient Haxey Hood Game (An Ancestor of Football?)', by J. W. ff....