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communication7
community life7
culture7
mines and mineral resources7
occupations7
energy industries4
literature and folklore4
history3
buildings2
english language - dialects2

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Jay, Catharine1
Lawson, Mabel Stockwell1
Maccoll, Ewan (1915-1989)1
Parker, Charles (1919-1980)1

Archive File

Alum, Salt and Gunpowder

1966-1979

This file includes a photocopy of Bryan Waites's article on medieval salt-making in Teesmouth, from the 'Dalesman', volume 40, number 10 (January 1979), pp. 838-839; Geoffrey N. Wright's article on a ...

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An Account of the Dialect of Staithes in the North Riding of Yorkshire

Lawson, Mabel Stockwell

1949

M.A. thesis examining the dialect of Staithes (North Yorkshire), based on fieldwork data collected in 1947 from six informants, using Joseph Wright's 'English Dialect Grammar', and the Dieth-Orton Que...

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Radio Ballads Scripts

MacColl, Ewan (1915-1989); Parker, Charles (1919-1980)

1958-1960

This file contains four typed transcripts of production scripts for programmes in the BBC's Radio Ballads series, by Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker. These are a copy of the production script for 'The...

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Trams, Railways and Boats

1967-1973

This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...

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Mines, Mining, and Mining Communities

[1955-1979]

This file largely consists of photocopied articles and magazine and newspaper extracts and cuttings, including G. Bernard Wood's article, 'Relics of Rural Coal Mines', on mining remains in Yorkshire, ...

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Archive Sub-series

Social Questions

[1960s-1970s]

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items relating to labour and industrial unrest. This includes an ms. account, compiled from an original ms. source, of a Luddite attack on Cartwright...

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Current Superstitions Television Script

Jay, Catharine

[1970s]

This file contains a transcript of television recordings made for a programme on contemporary popular superstitions and beliefs. The main part of the transcript is typed, and consists of eight rolls o...

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