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Urban Folklore
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1964-1980
This file contains items on contemporary legends and folklore, and includes an ms. letter from A. Tozer (to Stewart Sanderson?) on modern folktales (16 December 1964), prompted by an article in 'The G...
Folklife Surveys
1955-1979
This series contains national, regional and local surveys of folklore and folklife undertaken in Europe and North America through universities and government-funded Commissions. It provides examples o...
Other Folklore and Folklife Surveys
1955-1979
Papers relating to surveys undertaken by several English universities and the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, and examples of maps from folklife atlases for Austria, Holland, Portugal, Swi...
A New Look at an Old Manuscript and its Author
Neale, Brenda Ann
1975
Research project involving work on a manuscript of miscellaneous folklore items, collected by Wilhelmine Fowler and originally sent to the Folk Lore Society in February 1894 for possible publication i...
The Calvert Folklore Manuscript, by George and Alfred Calvert
Annis, Paul
1978
The focus of this study is a manuscript containing items of Yorkshire folklore collected by George Calvert of Kirkby Moorside (North Yorkshire) in the early nineteenth century. Two-fifths of the manus...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
23 February 1972
Four students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, (University of Leeds), relate their knowledge of the Cinderella folk tale. Possibly recorded as part of a coursework exercise. The stud...
Fieldwork and Research
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1962-1978
Papers relating to Stewart Sanderson's research activities during his time as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). Sanderson's interests appear to have been varied, with...
Folklore Surveys
1962-1967
Folklore surveys and research exercises undertaken by students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The topics covered include a study of children's play in Leeds; a survey of fo...
The Gaelic Story-Teller. With Some Notes on Gaelic Folk-Tales.
Ó Duilearga, Séamus
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains 3 photocopies of James Hamilton Delargy's (i.e. Séamus Ó Duilearga) paper on Gaelic story-telling, delivered on 28 November 1945 to the British Academy as the Sir John Rhys Memori...
Stewart Sanderson
February 1981
Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies Director, Stewart Sanderson, with a visiting academic (possibly Raymond Headley), in his office. The Roger Stevens Building (University of Leeds) can be seen...
Coursework
1962-1982
This series contains essays and surveys written by students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). These were largely undertaken by undergraduates, although some postgraduate stude...
Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]
Metcalfe, Robert
[1970s]
Stewart Sanderson [?recorded in Leeds] talks about motoring folklore; his interest; Rolls Royce and Volkswagen examples; friend-of-a-friend tales and truth; collecting examples; the study of oral trad...