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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections30
Brotherton Collection29

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gypsies4
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Dorothy Una Clough4
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips4
Dorothy Una Phillips4
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)4
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)2
Lawson, Fred2
Alland, Alexander1
Arnold, Hermann (1912-)1
Bataillard, Paul (1816-)1
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Archive Series

Papers of the (National) Gypsy Council Archives

National Gypsy Council

c.1963- c.1971

Papers relating to the establishment and work of the (National) Gypsy Council in the UK.

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Svenska landsmål och svenskt folkliv = Archives des traditions populaires suédoises

H.251 1947 Contents include: Gjerdman, Olof: 'Djos Per Anderssons ordlista över svenskt förbrytarspråk; Två förbrytaeordlistor från 1840-talet (pp. 1-46, 65-184, resp.); Tillhagen, Carl-Herman...

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A társadalom peremén : képek a magyarországi cigányok életéből : válogatás a Néprajzi Múzeum archív felvételeiből

Szuhay, Péter; Néprajzi Múzeum (Hungary)

1989

Hungarian and German; summary in English.

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Indexes

c.1950 - c.2001

Indexes to material held by Sir Angus M.Fraser, articles in the Journal of Gypsy Lore Society and archive material held at US library/archives.

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Archive Print Item

Lieder deutscher Zigeuner

Arnold, Hermann (1912-)

Offprint from: Archiv für Völkerkunde, Bd.16, 1961.

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Archive File

Board Papers

1988-1991

Correspondence, minutes, agenda and reports of the Board for the Gypsy Lore Society.

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Archive Print Item

The Hop Pickers Memorial, St Mary's Church, Hadlow

Wright, M E

[1992?]

Memorial to 30 Gypsy hop pickers drowned in 1853 when a bridge collapsed.

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Borrow (George Henry) Norfolk fragment

1950

1) Holograph (handwritten) manuscript of a fragment beginning: “School boys in Norfolk” and ending, “An. Sax sword service”

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Archive Sub-collection

Romany Collection (2)

c.1558 -2007

Consists of archive material donated or purchased by the University post 1962. Is mainly made up of a selection of press cuttings bought from Durrants's Press Cutting Agency. Features (UK) nationa...

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Research material [copies] collated by Sir Angus M. Fraser

1872 - c.1995

Research material relating to Gypsies, Travellers and Roma collated by Sir Angus Fraser. Contents include photocopies of published material/archival material held elsewhere, reports, pamphlets and F...

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P. Notes on Christmas and Easter

c. 1910

T.W Thompson's handwritten notes and extracts on the subject of music, dance, costumes and customs associated with Christmas and Easter with a focus on traditions in Cumbria/Lake District area (UK). ...

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Archive Collection

Romany Collection

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

c.1551 - c.2007

Archive and print items referencing the history, culture and representation of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Consists of three sub-collections; 1) Romany 1: The col...

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