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"Group of Gypsies (Romania)"
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
December 1974
Group of Romany men quarreling on the platform of the railway station in Cluj (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note which describes the quarreling and subsequent events, including a des...
Zvi Sofer and Mr. Gold
[1965-1966]
Mr. Gold (seated) and Dr. Zvi Sofer of the University of Göttingen, during a visit by Dr. Sofer to Donisthorpe Hall, a Jewish old people's home in Leeds (West Yorkshire).
Song Structure and Social Structure
Lomax, Alan (1915-2002)
[1962]
This file contains two photocopies of Alan Lomax's paper on the importance of the study of folk music in its context, i.e. as a form of human behaviour, from 'Ethnology', volume I, number 4 (October 1...
Classes of the Community
1972
This subseries, comprising a single file only, contains Christopher Sykes' article, 'The Last of the Wold Rangers', extracted from 'Country Life' (31 August 1972), pp. 504-505. The article focusses on...
A Critique of the Methodology of Robert Redfield
Paine, Robert
1968
Four photocopies of Robert Paine's article, 'A Critique of the Methodology of Robert Redfield: Folk Culture and Other Concepts', from an offprint from 'Ethnos' (1968), pp. 161-172. This also includes ...
Folk-Song in a Musical Tradition. (A Study of Irish Traditional Singing in Leeds)
Ashton, John
1975
M.A. study which examines folk song as part of a living Irish cultural tradition in Leeds, based on fieldwork and research carried out between November 1974 and April 1975. The discussion is based on ...
"Gypsy Children"
[1970s]
Copy of a photographic postcard, postmarked 1909 , of a group of Gypsy Traveller children in the New Forest (Hampshire), performing a dance. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note.
"Gypsy Caravans"
Hartley, Dorothy
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of a group of Gypsy Travellers standing with horse-drawn caravans, at an unknown (English) location. Mounted on Photo File card.
Members of Belgrave Street Synagogue
[1965-1966]
Dr. Zvi Sofer (University of Göttingen) with members (male and female) of the Great Synagogue, Belgrave Street, Leeds (West Yorkshire). Dr. Sofer is third from the left.
Members of Belgrave Street Synagogue
[1965-1966]
Dr. Zvi Sofer (University of Gottingen) with members (male and female) of the Great Synagogue, Belgrave Street, Leeds. Dr. Sofer is on the far right.
"Urban Negro Speech: Sociolinguistic Factors Affecting English Teachers"
Stewart, William A
[1965]
Typed paper intended for the 'Proceedings of the Conference on Urban Social Dialects and Language Learning' (National Council for Teachers of English, 1965). The paper discusses the difficulties of te...
"Gypsy Caravans"
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken by Dorothy Hartley, ca. 1920 of Gypsy Travellers standing with horse-drawn caravans, at an unknown (English) location.