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Staithes
Day, Angela M
1967
A study of Staithes in North Yorkshire, in two sections. The first considers the community, and contains an introduction to the village and its history, and sections on the social pattern (dress, educ...
Cleveland Bay Horse Research
Brunk, Wille
1966-1968
Papers relating to Wille Brunk's research into the Cleveland Bay horse, undertaken during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). Brunk intended to write a...
"The Gypsy Caravan in Britain: A Functional Examination of its Significance in Traditional Gypsy Society"
Schuster, Ivan L
1971
M.A. dissertation comprising five chapters. The first gives a delineation of spheres of Gypsy Traveller cultural activity, a colour-coded map locating wagon makers and craft specialists, fairs and rac...
The Future of the Bicycle in a Modern Society
Claxton, E C
1968
This file contains a copy of Claxton's paper, read to the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) on 15 November 1967, and extracted from the 'Journal of the Royal Society of Arts'(January 1968), pp. 114-134. The...
Horse-Drawn Vehicles
1965-1972
This file contains items relating to horse-drawn carriages and wagons, etc., and includes a mounted black and white photograph of strickles and mounted postcard depicting an illustration (19th century...
Trams, Railways and Boats
1967-1973
This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...
"Gypsies: General"
1966-1975
This file contains two photocopies of Stewart Sanderson's typed 'Gypsy Bibliography' (August 1974); mounted magazine and newspaper cuttings from 'Country Life', 'The Countryman' and the 'Northumberlan...
Wooden Industries
1959-1974
This file contains extracts and cuttings on boat-building, hurdle-making and other industries centred on wood, including D. Phillips Birt's article, 'Last Days of the Wooden Boat', extracted from 'Cou...
Decorative Arts
1970-1979
This file contains items relating generally to the decorative arts, including carving and the decoration of items. The file includes a photocopy of Carson I. A. Ritchie's article, 'Art of the Northern...
The Living Dialect of Great Hale, Lincolnshire
Brown, Robin
1960
A study of the dialect spoken in Great Hale in Lincolnshire, based on data collected through interviews with five local informants over the Easter to August period in 1959, printed sources and referen...
Technical Terms from a Wheelwright's Ledger
Wilkinson, Karl V
1972
This file contains a typed alphabetical list ([7] leaves) of terms relating to wheelwrighting, woodwork and agricultural tools, with definitions, compiled from a ledger belonging to Edward Packhamof t...
Glossaries, Etc.
Hudleston, Nigel A
[1950s]
These files contain four undated typed papers, annotated in ms., containing dialect glossaries (mostly Yorkshire based) and data on Yorkshire folklife, and diagrams illustrating wagons and cottages. ...