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Total number of records: 1848

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1843
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Quaker Collection1
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community life1846
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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)236
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)177
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)99
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)90
Brunk, Wille54
Dunn, Ginette54
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Sullivan, Keith Frederick44
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Patent Arm (Dales Cart)
Archive Item

Patent Arm (Dales Cart)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

September 1967

Patent arm, with naf, one spoke and one arm, from a Dales cart, Langthwaite ( Arkengarthdale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1203. With ms. notes and catalogue details in the hand of Werne...

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Dry Stone Walling Interview Transcriptions

Brooks, Margaret

1973

Photocopied transcripts of recordings made with dry stone wallers. The transcripts relating to George Roberts, Mr A. Leslie Maxfield and Myers Johnson have correspondsing audio files with further info...

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Photocopied Fieldnotes on South-East London Singing

Wetton, Anne Lindsey

23 Jul 1973 - 21 Feb 1974

Photocopies of the Anne Wetton's fieldwork notebook, for notes she took in relation to her thesis on singing traditionin South-East London. The fieldworker owns the original. Her thesis holds a table ...

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Tape Index Card

Swan, Nigel T

1975

Index card containing information relating to the pace-egg play performances in the Calder Valley.

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Soul Caking Interview Transcriptions

Pattison, Susan

1975

Transcripts, both printed and ms. as well as edited and unedited, for interviews relating to soul caking, where Susan Pattison talks to people who take part in the plays. Also included are two copies ...

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Tape Index Cards

Pickering, Michael J

1973-1978

Index cards relating to Michael Pickering's taped interviews with informants from Adderbury. Includes the names of informants, their addresses and the date of interview. One of the cards refers instea...

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Upper Thames Valley Folk Songs Tape Content Lists

Baldwin, John R

1966-1969

Typed table of contents lists for tapes relating to a thesis on the folk songs of the Upper Thames. Lists the contents of two tapes, noting song titles and conversation topics. Also included are ms. n...

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Urban Music Tradition Tape Content Lists

Morson, I F

1966-1969

Typed lists of tape contents folded into a small booklet. Contents relate to a thesis on urban musical tradition. The lists note the musicians' names, dates of recording, and the songs sung.

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Crewe Market

Latham, Jean

April 1964

The marketplace in Crewe (Cheshire). The market is closed and the stalls are empty.

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Archive Series

Publicity

1971-1980

This series contains press releases and press cuttings relating to the grant given to 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE) project from the Leverhulme Trust; captions from a pre-publication display...

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Undergraduate Dissertations

1948-1984

Bachelor of Arts dissertations submitted in partial fulfillment of degrees in English (including dialectology) and Special Studies in English (Scheme D), also including projects by occasional overseas...

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Exam Question Papers

1970-1980

Exam question papers (some photocopied) for the M.A. and M.Phil. in Folk Life Studies, the Postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies and the M.A. in Dialectology. Booklet marked Reference only.

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