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Administration
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1980-1983
Papers concerned with administrative matters relating to Sanderson as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). These include typed memos regarding the acquisition of videota...
Historical Events
1969-1975
This file contains Theo Brown's pamphlet, 'Trojans in the West Country' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1970), 16 pp.; L. V. Grinsell's pamphlet on the folklore of Stanton Drew (St. Peter Port: Toucan ...
Sound Recording, Northamptonshire
Skelton, G
[1979]
Male speaker [?originally from Norfolk], recorded in Wellingborough; recites a selection of narratives (monologues and anecdotes), a poem by C. L. Lewis, and poems from a volume of Norfolk dialect ver...
Pagan and Christian Mythology
1955-1976
This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...
Winter and Spring Festivals
1965-1980
This file contains items relating to New Year, Valentine's Day and Shrove Tuesday customs. This includes a typed copy of a letter from Clare Elkin to Stewart Sanderson on the custom of painting New Ye...
The Courtney Manuscript and Related Papers
1973-1974
This file contains papers relating to the republication of Margaret Courtney's 'Cornish Feasts and Folklore' (originally published Penzance: Beare, 1890). Tony Green, lecturer at the Institute of Dial...
Cottingley Fairies
1967-1977
This file contains items relating to the Cottingley Fairy photographs, and includes a photocopy of an article from the 'Times' (3 March 1921); a photocopy of a page from Harry Houdini's 'A Magician Am...
Basket, Straw and Rope-Work
1960-1973
This file includes a photocopy of typed notes made by Rodney Cousins on basket-making, collected from H. Summers, basketmaker, Sutton-on-Trent (November 1969) and from Herbert Lloyd Johnes' 'The Baske...
Sheep, Geese, Bees and Dogs
1957-1973
This file contains items relating largely to the care and management of sheep, but also items on geese, bees and dogs. This includes a typed copy of a letter on sheepshearing in Cumberland, from 'Will...