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Total number of records: 317
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Sanderson, Stewart (1924-) | 11 |
| Green, Anthony E (1943-) | 6 |
| Lloyd Weedon, Trevor | 5 |
| Bailey, Charles James N | 3 |
| Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009) | 3 |
| Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974) | 3 |
| Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) | 2 |
| English Folk Dance and Song Society | 2 |
| Erixon, Sigurd (1888-1968) | 2 |
| Lange, Roderyk | 2 |
Folk Life File
1836-1998
This subfonds constitutes the Folk Life File, an archival resource actively created throughout the lifetime of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), probably in relation to its Folk ...
I: Popular Belief and Practice
1966-1981
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of popular belief and practice. This includes items on popular beliefs and superstitions; a paper on superstitions in Imo State, Nigeria; the script o...
J: Mythical Tradition
1955-1978
This series contains items relating to mythical traditions, including supernatural beings, ghostly apparitions and legends.
K: Historical Tradition (Legend)
1961-1979
This series contains items on legends based on historical tradition. The subject matter includes pagan and church legends, legends linked with historical events, legends about historical figures, and ...
L: Popular Oral Tradition
1960-1981
This series contains items relating to oral tradition, including folktales, verse, riddles, proverbs and conventional expressions.
M: Folk Music, Dance and Drama
1936-1982
This series contains items relating to aspects of traditional performance, including music, dance and drama. The items include studies of folk performance, as well as song texts and tunes, and transcr...
P: Children's Traditions
1954-1982
This series contains items relating to children's customs and traditions. The main focus is on children's games, songs and rhymes.
Q: Folk Art
1970-1979
This series contains items relating to popular art traditions. The subject matter includes English naive painting of the 18th and 19th centuries; decorative arts including carving in ivory and bone, a...
R: Gypsies (Cultural Minorities)
1966-1975
This subseries contains items relating to Gypsy Traveller and Roma culture. The subject matter includes Gypsy Traveller life and customs, public perceptions of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities, S...
Dialect File
[1933-1998]
This series contains items deposited in the Dialect File. In addition to papers on aspects of dialects and language, in particular English and United States English, the series includes glossaries of ...
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.
E: Human Life: Social Customs and Rites of Passage
1962-1980
This series includes items relating to various aspects of human life and the human life cycle. The subject matter includes the human body, childhood, and customs and beliefs associated with birth, mar...