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Total number of records: 1848

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Archives1841
Books and printed items5
Objects2

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1843
Brotherton Collection3
Herbert Read Collection2
English Literature1
Quaker Collection1
University Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life1846
culture1100
occupations894
english language - dialects621
nature571
education546
agriculture515
vehicles483
animals465
manners and customs449

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England30
Northumberland29
Embleton11
Lowick11
Allendale1
County Westmeath1
Earsdon1
Ellington1
Haltwhistle1
Hedden-On-The-Wall1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)236
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)177
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)99
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)90
Brunk, Wille54
Dunn, Ginette54
Fothergill, George William46
Sullivan, Keith Frederick44
Barry, Michael V (1935-)31
Wright, John T24

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Archive File

Waterston Report (Fair Isle)

National Trust for Scotland

1955-1979

Typed copy of a confidential report prepared by the National Trust for Scotland on the status of the community of Fair Isle (7 December 1955) with a covering letter from the Trust (3 January 1956). Th...

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Archive Sub-series

Lectures and Talks

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1973-1982

This subseries comprises papers relating to Sanderson's lecturing activities. These particular lectures were delivered to professional academic bodies rather than being related to Sanderson's teaching...

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Archive Series

Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations

1942-1985

Doctoral theses and masters/diploma dissertations submitted in fulfillment of degrees in Folk Life Studies, English Language, English Literature and Dialectology. The majority of these are typed, and ...

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Archive Sub-series

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...

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Atlas of Swedish Folk Culture

Kungl. Gustav Adolf's Akademien (Uppsala, Sweden)

1957

The 'Atlas Över Svensk Folkkultur' [Atlas of Swedish Folk Culture], produced by the Kungl. Gustav Adolf's Akademien [Royal Gustav Adolf's Academy], contains an introduction by the Editor, Sigurd Erix...

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Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies Letterheads

[1965-1975]

Blank letterheads, bearing the Institute's name and that of the Director, Stewart Sanderson.

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Archive File

Notice Board Items

[1970-1979]

This collection of paper notices, posters, leaflets and one photograph, originally mounted on a notice board in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, were gathered into one file marked Catal...

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Notebook of Transcriptions

n.d.

Spiral bound notebook of ms. audio transcriptions. Some pages have been stapled in. Corresponds to three full recordings and one partial transcription.

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Tape Index Card

Cook, Catherine

n.d.

Collector's ms. notes on the contents of a tape, including informants' names, and subjects.

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Interview Index Cards

Wilson, David L

Oct 25 1971 - Apr 22 1972

Typed index cards for six interviews (numbered as interviews no.1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9). Includes informant names and the dates of the interviews.

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South Warwickshire Tape Content Lists

Wharton, Colin S

Feb 1968

Typed contents lists for audio recordings on folklife in south Warwickshire. It also notes the name, location, age and occupation of informants. An introductory note of the general contents of the tap...

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Iron Straight Arm (Dales Cart)
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Iron Straight Arm (Dales Cart)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Straight iron arm, with iron cup and pin, from Dales cart, Healaugh ( Swaledale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1204. With ms. notes and catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kissling.

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