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Total number of records: 11

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Archives7
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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture5
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection2
Brotherton Collection1

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travel11
community life5
culture4
education4
home4
occupations4
play4
agriculture3
animals3
manners and customs3

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France4
Paris (France)3
Berlin, Germany1
Dresden, Germany1
Leipzig, Germany1
Marly-Le-Roi (France)1
Versailles (France)1

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Piganiol De La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753)4
Le Rouge, Georges-Louis3
Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490)3
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)3
Saugrain, Claude Marin3
Arnold, Jim1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Chateau De Marly-Le-Roi (Marly-Le-Roi, France)1
Chateau De Versailles (Versailles, France)1
Cordwent, Mr1

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Nouvelle description des chateaux et parcs de Versaille et de Marly : contenant une explication historique de toutes les peintures, tableaux, statues, vases & ornemens qui s'y voyent (t.2)

Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

M. DCC. LXIV. [1764]

Vol. 1: xvj, [2], 328 pages, [8] leaves of plates; v. 2: [6], 381, [5] pages, [8] folded leaves of plates. Spine title: Descriptn de Versail [that is, Description de Versailles?]

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Poems by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin

1739

Three handwritten poems on German themes by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin. The first is titled ‘Song on leaving Berlin’ and dated November 1739.

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Curiosités de Paris, de Versailles, Marly, Vincennes, Saint-Cloud, et des environs (v.2)

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis; Saugrain, Claude Marin; Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753); Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

M. DCC. LXXI. [1771]

Includes index. Volume 1 with woodcut frontispiece of Paris. Volume 1: iv, 480 pages, [19] leaves of plates (13 folded); Volume 2: 472 pages, [12] leaves of plates (7 folded). Edited by J.A. Pigani...

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Curiosités de Paris, de Versailles, Marly, Vincennes, Saint-Cloud, et des environs (v.1 c.2)

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis; Saugrain, Claude Marin; Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753); Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

M. DCC. LXXI. [1771]

Includes index. Volume 1 with woodcut frontispiece of Paris. Volume 1: iv, 480 pages, [19] leaves of plates (13 folded); Volume 2: 472 pages, [12] leaves of plates (7 folded). Edited by J.A. Pigani...

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Curiosités de Paris, de Versailles, Marly, Vincennes, Saint-Cloud, et des environs (v.1)

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis; Saugrain, Claude Marin; Piganiol de La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753); Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

M. DCC. LXXI. [1771]

Includes index. Volume 1 with woodcut frontispiece of Paris. Volume 1: iv, 480 pages, [19] leaves of plates (13 folded); Volume 2: 472 pages, [12] leaves of plates (7 folded). Edited by J.A. Pigani...

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Novello, (Mary) Sabilla to Trevelyan, Sir John

8 Oct 1841

Photocopy of a handwritten letter from (Mary) Sabilla Novello to Sir John Trevelyan, discussing leaving England for Italy with her mother Mary Sabilla Novello and brother (Joseph) Alfred Novello, to r...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Ronague, Isle of Man

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

Nov 1958

[Side 1] Amanda talks about local farms and farmhouses, recalls open fireplace in childhood home, remembers trips by horse and cart to collect ling for fire, describes apparatus for cooking and baking...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Oldridge of Sampford Peverell talks about his work as a greenkeeper; farming and the changes brought about through mechanisation; the village's changing population; his f...

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Sound Recording, Monmouthshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1970]

Frank Corton, recorded in Newport [niece and wife also present]; talks about his work as a crane operator in Newport Docks; emptying/banking iron ore from ships; lists jobs on leaving school; describe...

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Sound Recordings, Northumberland

Upton, Clive S

15 May 1974

[Collector announcement]; Mary Moffat, recorded at home in Earsdon; talks about doctors, a new Health Centre and home visits in the past; the village; Chapel; playing the organ; other musicians in the...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Pitkannen, Hannu

[1960s/early 1970s]

[Collector announcement, in which he provides background information on his fieldwork project, the locations visited and informants interviewed; he also comments on the quality of the recordings, the ...

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