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Museums
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...
Sound Recordings, [Cheshire]
Price, Sarah M
August 1977
Annie Lownds talks about working at Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, before it was a museum - hours of work, pay, work (weaving) techniques and process. [Tr. 6] Mary Wolstenholme and her sister, Nellie, tal...
A Grammar of the Dialect of Albrighton, North-East Shropshire
Hubbard, Wendy E
1960
An M.A. study of the dialect spoken in Albrighton , based on data collected from four principal informants. This data comprises responses to some of the questions in the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
18 March 1976
[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'Since I've Had a Row with the Wife', and 'My Grandfather's Clock' [parody]; singing in pubs as a teenager; sings [unide...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
2 April 1976
Frank Raw, recorded at home in Danby with his wife, talks about the village; the decline of the young population and job opportunities in the Yorkshire Dales; changes in farming methods (mechanisation...
Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire
Shaw, David H
1955
Will Clarke, recorded in Stanbridge; talks about his daughter's move from Stanbridge to Hertfordshire [his daughters, Mrs. W. Urquhartand Mary Cooper, and sons-in-law William Cooper and Mr. W. Urquhar...
Record, Film and Microfilm Catalogues
[1965-1979]
This file contains guides and catalogues for audio-visual items that might be used during the course of study or research into folklife and folk music. It includes British Universities Film Council le...
Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.
1836-1985
The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...
An Annotated Collection of Oral Tales and Traditions from South Somerset with an Appendix of Comparative Material from the District Around Blandford Forum, Dorset
Palmer, Kingsley
1971
M.Phil. thesis in two volumes. Volume One contains a general introduction to the Somerset tales and traditions, including methods of collection and classification. The main body of the volume presents...
University Archive
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1960-1980
This file contains original and copy correspondence, and related papers, concerning Stewart Sanderson's activities as an academic folklorist. Its contents seem to have been selected by Sanderson for d...
A Phonological Analysis of a Dialect Recording of Withypool (Somerset)
Oxley, Joyce
1970
A study of the dialect spoken in Withypool, Somerset, based on the collector's analysis of a tape recording of one male speaker, made by Stanley Ellis in 1956.
The Living Dialect of Farnley in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Outhwaite, Paul N
1964
A study of the dialect spoken in Farnley, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on data collected from three male informants in 1963.