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Archive File

Collected Papers

Brunk, Wille

1965-1967

This file contains papers received and collected by Wille Brunk during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). This includes a copy of Åsa Werner-Ljungstr...

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Papers on Fieldwork

[ca. 1969]

Photocopies of Donald A. MacDonald, 'Fieldwork: Collecting Oral Literature' (pp. 408-430); Warren E. Roberts, 'Fieldwork: Recording Material Culture' (pp. 431-444); George List, 'Fieldwork: Recording ...

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"Papers on Gypsies"

Lloyd Weedon, Trevor

1974

This file contains photocopies of ms. papers by Lloyd Weedon on gypsies. The first paper focusses on the Gypsy Traveller communities of Ireland and Scotland, and includes discussions on Irish Gypsy Tr...

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Language Papers

Strevens, Peter

1961-1966

This file contains a typed draft version of a paper for a Festschrift for Daniel Jones, 'Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, and Other Components of Language-Teaching' (1961), 15 leaves; a typed working d...

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Miscellaneous Folklore Papers

1964-1979

Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...

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Haaf-net Papers

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1963-1968

This file contains multiple copies, in different formats, of Sanderson's paper, 'Haaf-net, Halve-net, Have-net: A Problem in North-West European Maritime Ethnography', delivered to the Congresse Inter...

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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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Archive Series

Audio-Recording Papers

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1956-1995

Typed items relating to aspects of the audio-recording of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants. This includes Harold Orton's proposals for an anthology of dialect recordings and a linguistic at...

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Papers on the Dialect of Todmorden

Newell, Abraham

ca. 1880 - early 20th century

This file contains items collected and created by Abraham Newell during the course of research into the dialect of Todmorden (West Yorkshire). It includes loose ms. sheets with Todmorden dialect words...

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Scrap Paper Note

n.d.

Torn piece of paper with a brief note on the contents of an audio recording of Nigerian folktales.

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Archive Sub-collection

Institute Staff Papers

University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies

1952-1983

This subfonds contains papers created and collected by members of staff at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), and includes correspondence; papers relating to the research interest...

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Archive Sub-collection

Student Research Papers

1942-1992

The items in this subfonds present original research in Folklore and Folklife Studies, English Language and Dialectology. The subject areas covered include custom and belief, traditional narratives, t...

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