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Total number of records: 12

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture7
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection5
Brotherton Collection2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
musical instruments12
culture7
play7
community life5
folk music5
letter writing5
persons5
communication4
manners and customs4
death3

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom3
Gibraltar2
Genoa, Italy1
Turin, Italy1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Novello, Vincent2
Bird, Elizabeth1
Board of Elders, Catholic Church, Gibraltar1
Harrison, Stephen1
John Broadwood and Sons1
Martin, T.1
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred1
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)1
Walton, James1

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From 19007

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Up to 19997

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Shea, Alexander to Novello, Vincent

17 Dec 1836

Handwritten letter from Alexander Shea to Vincent Novello, acknowledging Novello's letter and expressing thanks from the Elders of the Catholic Church in Gibraltar for his assistance in obtaining an o...

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John Broadwood and Sons to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1870

Two handwritten letters from the piano manufacturer John Broadwood and Sons to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred, noting that they were about to send a pianoforte and a parcel of soap from London to Genoa and ...

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Board of Elders, Catholic Church, Gibraltar to Novello, Vincent

12 Jul 1837

Handwritten letter from the Board of Elders of the Catholic Church, Gibralter, to Vincent Novello, thanking Novello for his role in supervising the installation of a new organ.

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Martin, T. to Novello, Vincent

28 Nov 1846

Handwritten letter on behalf of T. Martin to Vincent Novello, requesting his acceptance of a portrait of the late piano and harp maker Johann Andreas Stumpff, with a translation of the lines written u...

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Ries, Louis to Luras [?], Miss

13 Jun 1879

Handwritten letter from the violinist Louis Ries to Miss Luras [?], requesting that she send his violin to Mr Flavell of 26 North Audley Street and apologising for giving her the task.

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Miscellaneous Correspondence

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1961-1976

Correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents relating to dialect and folklife, covering the period January 1961-February 1963, November 1971, and June-August 1975. This includes...

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Games and Pastimes

1969-1976

This file comprises four photographic prints of historic European playing cards, accompanied by a photocopy of a typed key to the plates; a photocopy of Frank Weatherill's typed and ms. notes on the g...

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Parish and Church

[1965-1975]

This subseries, comprising a single file only, includes Werner Kissling's ms. notes on the Foresters' Walk in Coverdale (connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters) and its byelaws; Margaret Ottley...

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Instrumental Music: General

[1936-1977]

This file contains items relating to instrumental music generally, including bands. This includes a copy of M. Mokhtar's paper, 'Studies of the Tone-Quality of Organ Pipes: 1. The Influence of Wind Pr...

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Horn-blowing Customs

Walton, James

1938-1939

This file contains items written and collected by James Walton on horn-blowing customs, mostly relating to Yorkshire. This includes an article by Walton on horn-blowing published in the 'Newcastle Wee...

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Jazz Bands of the North East of England

Bird, Elizabeth

1974

M.A. dissertation on the history and contemporary manifestation of marching bands in Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire. These bands comprise children aged 8-18, predominantly female, playing ...

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Making and Playing the Northumbrian Small-Pipes: A Study of Joe Hutton and Archie Dagg

Harrison, Stephen

1977

A study of one branch of the Northumbrian piping tradition, showing the functional role of the small-pipes in the area where the collector's two informants, Joe Hutton and Archie Dagg live. Emphasis i...

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