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Total number of records: 8

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Archives5
Books and printed items3

Count of Collection group

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture5
Brotherton Collection1

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SubjectCount
museums8
culture5
community life4
communication3
archive administration2
buildings2
folklore2
implements, utensils etc2
occupations2
agriculture1

Count of People and organisations

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Daukes, Sidney Herbert (1879-)1
Herzl, Theodor, 1860-19041
Langhorne, Richard1
MuzeʼOn Hertsel (Jerusalem)1
Orton, W R1
Ruskin Museum1
Ruskin, John1
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)1
Wellcome Museum of Medical Science (London)1

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Ruskin Museum : a popular illustrated handbook to the collection of minerals and objects of art

Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Ruskin Museum

1900

At head of title: City of Sheffield.

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Folk Museums of the British Isles

Orton, W R

1968

This survey of twenty-five British folk museums comprises an introductory section which presents a definition, history and thoughts on the function of the folk museum, followed by individual descripti...

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The medical museum : modern developments, organisation and technical methods, based on a new system of visual teaching

Daukes, Sidney Herbert (1879-)

[1929]

Preface dated May, 1929. "Illustrations of typical sections and exhibits in the Wellcome museum of medical science": p. [119]-165. "Publishers' announcements": p. [173]-183.

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Muzeʼon Hertsel : madrikh vi-rishimat hamotsgim

Muzeʼon Hertsel (Jerusalem)

[between 1965 and 1975]

The Herzl Museum's mission is to illustrate the life and actions of Herzl the man, writer, Zionist and organizer of the Jewish people towards the establishment of his state. The order of the permanent...

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Some Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Yorkshire Life: A Re-Examination of George Walker, The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814

Langhorne, Richard

1971

M.A. thesis which takes the activities, tools and equipment illustrated in George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' as the introduction for a study of such objects as they are represented in the mus...

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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

[1961-1982]

This file contains various leaflets, printed volumes and other items relating to places of historical/folk interest, and folk-related collections. This includes a general leaflet for Bunratty Folk Par...

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Building Technique

1966-1973

This file contains items relating to buildings and construction techniques, and includes photocopies of maps showing the location of aisle-trusses in Welsh buildings, and aisled buildings in Yorkshire...

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Lister Post-Chaise

[1970s]

Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows a Lister post-chaise dating from around 1725. The carriage is drawn by a team of two horses. The dr...

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