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Total number of records: 116

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture111
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman4
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Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)9
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)8
Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)3
Whitfield, Jean3
Green, Anthony E (1943-)2
Adams, George Brendan (1916-1982)1
Bauldie, J S1
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Archive File

Plough Monday

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1982

This file contains a typed letter from Tony Green to the Editor of the 'Times', concerning a letter to that newspaper from Mr. J. W. Swillington regarding Plough Monday and the traditional drama assoc...

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Correspondence

Penhallurick, Robert J (1956-)

1991

Letter from Robert Penhallurick asking Stanley Ellis to be a referee in support of his application for the post of Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies in Exeter, dated May 22nd 1991. A copy o...

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Archive Print Item

"Kultur" as a symbol in peace and in war

Hartog, Sir Philip Joseph (1864-1947)

1938

Offprint from: Sociological review, vol. 30, no. 4, Oct. 1938.

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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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Correspondence

1969-1981

Letters to and from Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists Joyce Salmona(archivist in 1969), Margaret Jackson(1971-1976), Brenda Neale(1976-1978) and Susan Drury(1978-1981). The...

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The Iconography of Gravestones: A Study of Gravestones in the Churchyards and Cemeteries of the North London Area

Thorn, Bridget

1982

A study of gravestones, their inscriptions and iconographical details, covering the eighteenth century to 1982, and based on fieldwork in North London.

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Bishop Middleham Guisers' Play

Haile, Newton

1974

This file contains a typed copy of the text of a guisers' play performed in Bishop Middleham (Durham) in the early 1920s, compiled by Newton Haile; and an accompanying ms. letter from Newton Haile to ...

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Correspondence

Wright, John T

1964

Ms. letter from John T. Wright of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, to Stanley Ellis regarding the choice of Survey of English Dialects (SED) locations in Somerset, wit...

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Weather Lore as Observed in Disley and Surrounding Districts

Bradbury, Valerie

1965

A study of weatherlore known to the inhabitants of Disley in Cheshire, based on fieldwork interviews, responses to a circular letter and a letter to the local press. The material collected, totalling ...

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SED Phonological Map: Strippings
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SED Phonological Map: Strippings

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question III.3.4, Strippings (i.e. the last drops of milk when a cow is milked), mapping pronunciation of the ...

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Mining Communities

1964-1969

This file contains items collected by two Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) students, for use in thesis research on mining communities. The first set of items relates to Carole Woodal...

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A Word Geography of England

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1970-1973

Correspondence between Harold Orton and Nathalia Wright and the publishers, Seminar Press, regarding the publication of their book, 'A Word Geography of England'. This sub-subseries also contains lett...

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