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Total number of records: 161

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives158
Books and printed items3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture158
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
associations, institutions, etc160
community life158
culture132
folk music75
english language - dialects73
manners and customs64
occupations57
education45
social life and customs39
persons36

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dunn, Ginette17
Bergal, Nancy Ann12
Sullivan, Keith Frederick12
Byrne, Packie Manus11
Nalder, Peter Francis11
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)9
Webb, Percy7
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)6
Curtin, John5
Monaghan, Ann M5

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From 18003
From 1900158

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Up to 18992
Up to 1999159

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Guide russe, ukrainien, biélorusse de France

Ponfilly, Raymond de

1994

French, Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian.

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De collegiis et sodaliciis Romanorum

Mommsen, Theodor (1817-1903)

1843

With a reproduction of the charter of the Collegium Dianae found 1816 in Città Lavinia (folded leaf at end).

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Crewe Mechanic's Institute
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Crewe Mechanic's Institute

Latham, Jean

April 1964

The former Crewe Mechanics' Institute building, now Crewe Town Hall and Library.

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General Information and Application Forms

Society for Folk Life Studies

[1967]

Leaflet outlining the aims and work of the Society for Folk Life Studies, including details of the principal contents of its journal 'Folk Life', volumes 1-4 (1963-1966); and an application form for m...

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Society for Folk Life Studies 1963 Conference Arrangements

1962-1963

The Society for Folk Life Studies held its Third Annual Conference at the University of Leeds' Bodington Hall [of Residence], in 1963. This file contains typed correspondence between the conference or...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

[1981]

[Announcement, ? by camera operator]; recording of a Committee meeting of the Leeds branch of the Air Gunners' Association, at the British Legion; and as part of filming for a film on British air gunn...

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Archive File

Prospectus and Application Form

Society for the Interpretation of Britain's Cultural Heritage

1975

Prospectus and application form for the Society for the Interpretation of Britain's Cultural Heritage, including an outline of its aims.

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Archive File

Report and Annual Meetings

British Association for the Advancement of Science

1961-1967

This file contains a copy of the British Association's Annual Report for 1961-1962; programmes for the British Association's Annual Meetings in Manchester (1962), Aberdeen (1963) and Cambridge (1965);...

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The Development of the Friendly Society

Brown, Sherridan

1976

M.A. dissertation which discusses the conditions under which the Friendly Societies came into being, the influences which may have helped form them, the kind of functions they were able to perform for...

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Items Relating to the Academic Study of Folklife

1959-1978

Typed outline of the M.A. in Modern English Language and Cultural Tradition at the Department of English Language, University of Sheffield; press release on the designation of the Centre for English C...

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Concert Party
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Concert Party

[1970s]

Copy of a photographic postcard dating from around 1916/1917, of an all-female concert party group dressed in pierrot-like costumes. The women are thought to be Miss Lena Ashwell's Concert Party (poss...

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