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Total number of records: 32

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clothing and dress32
manners and customs32
persons32
social life and customs32
community life26
occupations25
culture23
folklore12
food11
rites and ceremonies10

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Neale, Brenda Ann4
Bryon, Fiona3
Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu3
Shaw, David H3
Roche, Gertie2
Roche, Jim2
Blackburn, Mrs1
Buckland, Theresa Jill1
Cherry, Bertha1
Clarke, William1

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Farmworker in Sunday Best

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of farmworker, Mr. Masterman, in his Sunday best, standing in the living room of a house in Thorngumbald (East Riding of Yorkshire). His best cloth...

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Getting Married: An Ethnographic and Bibliographic Study

Neale, Brenda Ann

1985

This Ph.D. thesis is divided into two parts. Part One, The Study of Ritual, describes theoretical foundations, theoretical developments and urban ritual studies. Part Two, Getting Married, includes ch...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Neale, Brenda Ann

11 March 1976

[Collector announcement]; female, recorded in her parents' house in Leeds; describes her first meeting with her future husband; first date; buying drinks; meeting in-laws; presents; going out annivers...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Neale, Brenda Ann

18 March 1976

[Collector announcement]; female, recorded in her parents' house in Leeds; talks about her engagement celebrations (who attended, clothes worn); earlier celebrations with friends; fiancé meeting info...

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Ulaga Masquerade
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Ulaga Masquerade

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of the Ulaga masquerade at the Ukwu Festival, Nigerian East Central State, Idemmli Division. Three men dance, dressed in brightly patterned costumes an...

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Ijele Masquerade
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Ijele Masquerade

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of an Ijele dancing at an Ijele Masquerade (Nigerian East Central State). The Ijele costume consists of a frame made of lightweight materials, which is...

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Dressing-Up the Bride

Buckland, Theresa Jill

November 1976

Outfit worn by Kathleen Evans, a tea factory worker from Crewe (Cheshire), when her workmates dressed her up on her last day of work before her wedding. In the photograph, the outfit is worn by the br...

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Masquerade Finale
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Masquerade Finale

Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu

1978

Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of the masquerade grand finale at the Iheaneke Festival, Umuaga, in the Udi Division of the Nigerian East Central State. A team of dancers, dressed in ...

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Archive Sub-series

The Human Being

1969-1974

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items relating to the human body. This includes a photocopy of a short article from 'The Guardian' on left-handedness (5 May 1974); and a mounted mag...

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The Fishermen of Newhaven

Paine, M J

1967

A thesis containing eight sections, providing general notes on Newhaven town and harbour, examples of fishermen's superstitions and prejudices, customs of the Brighton and Newhaven fishermen, clothing...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; relates incident where coble capsized and fisherman swam ashore; talk of a local poet [recites an example]; observations on c...

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The Goldsmith or Jeweller and Associated Customs in the Tamil Speaking Community of South Africa

Pather, Ranjeni

1980

A dissertation which considers the origins of the goldsmithing trade, looks at the manufacture of jewellery in South Africa by the Tamil speaking community of that country, and describes some of the c...

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