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A New Look at an Old Manuscript and its Author
Neale, Brenda Ann
1975
Research project involving work on a manuscript of miscellaneous folklore items, collected by Wilhelmine Fowler and originally sent to the Folk Lore Society in February 1894 for possible publication i...
John Askham of Wellingborough: The Work of a Local Working-Class Author in the Nineteenth Century
Davies, Patrick J M
1983
A study of the writings of John Askham, shoemaker and author from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. Askham's prose is discussed in relation to street literature of the beginning of the nineteenth ...
"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.
From Toponomastic Geography: The Original Territory of Albanian Settlements in Messenia (Peloponnesus, Greece) on the Basis of Toponymy
Georgacas, Demetrius J
[1960s]
This file contains a copy of a typed research paper on the evidence for the settlement of Albanians in Messenia, Greece, in the late Middle Ages, based on the evidence of placenames. The author aims t...
Igbo Lineage Head
Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of an Igbo lineage head (elderly male) from the Nigerian East Central State, holding an ofa, a stick which symbolises the ritual and political authorit...
Papers on Allendale Town Dialect
Dixon, Hubert
[1929-1969]
This file contains a typed series of articles, originally written for the 'Hexham Courant' (ca. 1929-1939), on the dialect of Allendale Town, Northumberland. The author, Hubert Dixon, was a native of ...
Papers on English Placenames
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains items apparently relating to the study of English placenames, and includes a typed list of notes relating to elements of Yorkshire placenames, and photocopied ms. maps showing river...
Birth, Marriage, Death and Initiation Customs and Beliefs in the Central Sudan
Hamid, Sayed
1966
M.A. study of customs connected with the life cycle in central Sudan. The aim has been to put these in their proper social setting and to give them possible interpretations, whilst also attempting to ...
(D2) Research and papers : 1988-2000
c.1988-c.2015
Mainly typescript, offprints or copies of articles/essays by other authors dating from 1988-2000. Includes manuscript notes. Authors include Cezary Wodzinski; Alf Hornborg; Some with attached corres...
Calendar Customs Bibliography
Smith, Georgina
1979
This file contains a computer printout copy of Georgina Smith's bibliography of British calendar customs, which includes 334 titles. The printout consists of the bibliography listed by author, an inde...
Humber Place Names
A. L. B.
1957
1 sheet of tracing paper, with ms. maps of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Humber, with placenames marked. An ms. note in pencil at the lower edge of the sheet gives Harold Orton's name and address at th...