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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture303
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Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)32
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Vattuone, Giovanni to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

7 Jan 1874

Telegram in Italian from Giovanni Vattuone to (Joseph) Alfred Novello in Genoa, with a note in Italian written in pencil on the reverse. The telegram contains the information that his aunt Adelaide No...

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Understanding media : the extensions of man

McLuhan, Marshall (1911-1980)

1965, c1964

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Simbolo, comunicazione, consumo

Dorfles, Gillo (1910-)

1962

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Archive Series

Archivists' Correspondence and Related Papers

1962-1992

This series contains correspondence between successive Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and non-University of Leeds students and academics, publishers, museums and local m...

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Correspondence

1969-1981

Letters to and from Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists Joyce Salmona(archivist in 1969), Margaret Jackson(1971-1976), Brenda Neale(1976-1978) and Susan Drury(1978-1981). The...

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Correspondence File

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1977-1981

Responses to an International Association of Sound Archivesquestionnaire, from Stewart Sanderson (1977) and Tony Green (1981), detailing the holdings of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studie...

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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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Gardening Questionnaire Correspondence

Whitfield, Jean

1962-1963

Letters sent to Jean Whitfield from newspapers, journals and magazine editors regarding her research, and from individuals responding to her requests for help posted through these channels. This relat...

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Indexes to the Institute's Holdings

[1970-1980]

This handmade sign, probably displayed on the archivist's desk/in the searchroom, explains how to use and locate the various indexes to the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies' holdings.

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School of English Departments

University of Leeds. School of English

[1965-1980]

This diagram shows the departments and research institutes within the School of English at the University of Leeds, and the publications they produce and/or contribute to. It also lists the postgradua...

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Conferences and Exhibitions (Papers and Photographs)

1955-1986

This series contains correspondence files relating to the organisation of conferences run by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, and black and white photographs displayed at associated and...

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Society for Folk Life Studies 1963 Conference Arrangements

1962-1963

The Society for Folk Life Studies held its Third Annual Conference at the University of Leeds' Bodington Hall [of Residence], in 1963. This file contains typed correspondence between the conference or...

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