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Total number of records: 83

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community life83
culture83
oral traditions83
manners and customs39
occupations37
literature and folklore36
english language - dialects33
folklore33
food28
folk music23

Top 10: People and organisations

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Bond, Francis Keith7
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)6
Byrne, Packie Manus5
Nalder, Peter Francis5
Pearce, Ben3
Cook, Catherine2
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy2
Edge, Christine2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Leeming, Chris2

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Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland

23 Feb 1939

[Side 1] Conversation between coxswain Brown and Hunter (unplayable by current technological means). [Side 2] Conversation between Janet and Maggie about crossing to Holy Island; Hunter recites the st...

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A Synchronic Study of the Dialect of the Upper Holme Valley in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Dyson, B Ronald

1960

Volume One of this Ph.D. thesis includes an Introduction, notes on the informants and on methods and principles of phonetic transcription, phonetic transcriptions made from field tape recordings, a se...

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Proverbs and Sayings of the Potteries

1964-1965

This file contains a series of ms. correspondence with Stewart Sanderson from informants in the Potteries (i.e. the Stoke-on-Trent area), in response to articles in the 'Hanley Daily Sentinel' and the...

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Oral History Society

[1975]

The Oral History Society held a conference at the University of Leeds' Ellerslie Hall [of Residence] on April 11th-13th 1975. This file contains typed conference details, a booking form, notes by Tony...

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Sound Recording

British Broadcasting Corporation

[1972]

Radio programme [BBC Home Service 1960-05-28 17:00; Children's hour] on Captain Charles Towneley and his role in the English Civil War; hiding from Cromwell's men; death at the Battle of Marston Moor,...

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The Romance of Sassi: A Critical and Comparative Study

Shan, Harnam Singh

1964

A study of the Indian tragic romance legend of 'Sassi Punnun', submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Indian Lore and Literature) in the Arts Faculty of the University of London, through th...

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Oral History Research Papers

[1950s-1981]

Three copies of a leaflet on the oral history programme at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; and an article on George Freeston and his efforts to record and preserve the history of Blisworth, ...

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Oral History: Associations, Workshops, Conferences

1969-1977

Leaflet on oral history and the Regional Oral History Office at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley; printed review of the Oral History Micropublication Plan at the Butler Library...

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Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

05 Apr 1939

[Side 1] John Johnson talks about father farming at Black Heddon before being sacked for stopping squire crossing his land and moving to Shotley Bridge, father died when John was seven and John return...

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Military Humour

Wills, Caroline

1979

A study of verbal military humour, based on written items sent to the collector from a British Army unit based in Antwerp (70 items), and 500 items from the Humor in Uniform pages of the 'Readers' Dig...

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Sound Recordings, [Liverpool]

Bond, Francis Keith

[1973/1974]

Unidentified male informant talks about Army life during World War Two, rationing, and relates various humorous anecdotes. [Tr. 3] René Bond talks about her experience as a fourteen year old living...

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Jokes, Anecdotes, Etc.

1979-1980

This file contains an ms. collection of jokes made by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) undergraduate student Kathryn Dearden at Christmas, 1979; and mounted newspaper cuttings from t...

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