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Total number of records: 118

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives86
Books and printed items32

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture86
Brotherton Collection4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections3
Leeds Russian Archive2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Cookery Collection1
Herbert Read Collection1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manners and customs118
culture80
english language - dialects59
community life51
folk music51
social life and customs48
occupations47
agriculture37
holidays31
play29

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England12
Great Britain6
London (England)6
France4
Grande-Bretagne2
Russia2
Angleterre1
Cork (Ireland : County)1
Cork (Irlande : Comte)1
Ireland1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dunn, Ginette21
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)16
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Hone, William (1780-1842)5
Malcolm, James Peller (1767-1815)5
Russell, Ian4
Savage, Priscilla (1881-1881)4
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Bennett, George3
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)3

Count of Earliest date

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From 180013
From 190099
From 20006

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189912
Up to 199999
Up to latest7

Archive Sub-series

Questionnaire Response Books

1950-1961

This subseries contains the original response books in which the Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers recorded informants' responses to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. A response book exists f...

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Northern Counties Responses: Book V, Part 4

[1960s]

Collated responses from the Northern Counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 4: The Fire. Includes responses to questions V.4.1 Coal-dust - V.4.2 Kindling wood.

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West Midlands Responses: Book V, Part 4

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 4: The Fire. Includes questions V.4.1 Coal-dust - V.4.6 Soot.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VII, Part 4

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VII, Part 4: Days, Festivals. Includes questions VII.4.1 Tomorrow -VII.4.11 Festival.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 2

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 2: Relatives, Friends. Includes questions VIII.2.1 Neighbours - VIII.2.12 Were the...

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West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 5

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 5: Church, Churchyard. Includes questions VIII.5.1 They go to church - VIII.5.7 Co...

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Leaves from the note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill (c.2)

Nevill, Lady Dorothy (1826-1913); Nevill, Ralph (1865-1930); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982); R. & R. Clark (Firm)

1907

Publisher's advertisements on 2-3 unnumbered pages at end.

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Leaves from the note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill

Nevill, Lady Dorothy (1826-1913); Nevill, Ralph (1865-1930); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982); R. & R. Clark (Firm)

1907

Publisher's advertisements on 2-3 unnumbered pages at end.

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Le miroir du monde : notes et sensations de la vie pittoresque

Uzanne, Octave (1851-1931); Avril, Paul (1843-1904)

1888

Edition of 2200 numbered copies.

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A Bibliography of Books in English on Witchcraft to Which is Appended a Chronological List of Some Yorkshire Witchcraft Trials

Hatfield, E A

1968

The typed part of this study is the transcribed records of Yorkshire witchcraft trials (1583-1809), copied from original manuscripts. This part also includes an introduction explaining the selection, ...

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The life of Arseniev : youth

Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich (1870-1953); Struve, Gleb (1898-1985); Wachtel, Andrew

1994

English translation of books 1-4 published by Knopf in 1933 as The well of days. Book 5 never before published in English.

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