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Total number of records: 306

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives275
Books and printed items31

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture274
Leeds Russian Archive15
Brotherton Collection9
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
transportation306
community life271
occupations212
nature141
vehicles132
agriculture128
culture109
animals100
buildings72
food59

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Russia2
Soviet Union2
Belgium1
France1
France, Northern1
Great Britain1
United States1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)67
Witton, Lesley A19
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)18
Taylor, Harry17
Outhwaite, T. G.14
Calvert, Kit12
T. C.12
Mcnay, Ian10
Hartley, Dorothy8
Caunce, Stephen7

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16001
From 17001
From 18002
From 1900296
From 20002

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16991
Up to 18993
Up to 1999295
Up to latest3

Archive Sub-collection

Anthony HEYWOOD Collection

1908-2005

[BOX 1] A V Strel'tsov "Parovozy-pamiatniki" (Moscow, 1987) (set of 16 picture postcards) /1/. Bengt Sjölin "Konstruktion, Tillverkning och Transport av de hos Nydqvist & Holm A-B Beställda Ryska Lo...

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Archive Series

C: Communications and Trade

1963-1976

This series contains items relating to communications by land and sea, including horse-drawn vehicles; and trading and dealing, including fairs and markets.

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Archive Sub-series

Communications

1963-1973

This subseries contains items relating to modes of travel and communications. The subject matter broadly includes roads and tracks, the bicycle and its use in modern society, horse-drawn vehicles and ...

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Archive Sub-series

Temporary Dwellings

1972

This subseries, comprising one file, contains mounted cuttings from 'Country Life' magazine on dwellings made from upturned boats at Pett Level, East Sussex, and Loch Long, Dunbartonshire. (There is s...

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Archive File

Sheep Farming in Eskdale, Cumberland

Harrison, Keith

1966

A thesis which concentrates on aspects of sheep farming in Eskdale, with particular reference to one farming family in the area. Fieldwork was carried out between 1965 and 1966.

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Archive File

Folklore and Traditions of the Railway Industry - With Special Reference to Doncaster

Mellors, David

1967

M.A. study on the occupational lore and language of the railway industry. Following an introductory chapter describing the railway town of Doncaster, the second chapter examines the oral traditions of...

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Archive File

Folk Traditions Among the Employees of the Railway Industry at Crewe

Latham, Jean

1964

A study of the way of life of people connected with the railway industry in Crewe, and the influence that the railway community had upon them. The collector gathered information from seven male inform...

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Canal Culture: Life and Traditions on the Midlands Canal System

Douglas, Peter A

1965

A study of the work and play traditions of people living and working on canals, with particular reference to the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire. Fieldwork was conducted in and around the villag...

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Archive File

The Rag-and-Bone Men of Leeds and their Carts

Witton, Lesley A

1971

A study comprising an introduction and history of rag-and-bone collecting, a description of the Leeds Tatters' Market, the rag-and-bone business in 1971, with descriptions of some yards in Leeds, and ...

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Archive File

The Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations, Past and Present

Babbidge, P A

1982

A dissertation which traces the evolution of a major commercial waterway, and describes the lives of the men who work, and have worked, on it (based on a number of fieldwork visits and interviews).

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Some Warwickshire Crafts

Wharton, Colin S

1969

This file contains a copy of a typed paper by Colin Wharton, on Warwickshire crafts. The paper is in two parts: Part I includes ms. illustrations and accompanying text; Part II consists of Wharton's i...

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Roads and Tracks

1963-1973

This file contains mounted magazine cuttings from 'John Peel Jottings' and 'Country Life', on bridges, cobble-laying, an ancient causeway in Wiltshire, an old tidal cart track at South Foreland (Kent)...

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