Skip to main content

Search Special Collections

Results

1 to 12 of 16 records

Total number of records: 16

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture16
oral traditions16
literature and folklore11
community life8
english language - dialects8
education6
folk music6
folklore5
manners and customs5
play5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Agar, Jack1
Attebery, Louie W (1927-)1
Courtis, Jim1
Crombie, Mr1
Dewes, Koro1
Fisher, Vivian1
Foster, Jack1
Foster, Ralph1
Gregor, Mr1
Leeming, Chris1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18001
From 190015

Archive File

The Gregor-Crombie Manuscript of Riddles and Proverbs

Gregor, Mr; Crombie, Mr

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of an undated ms. collection of proverbs and riddles, [121] leaves.

More details


Archive File

Riddles: General

[ca. 1967-1978]

This file contains a typed copy, with ms. annotations, of Peter Nalder's paper commenting on the extension and modification of the Archer Taylor riddle index, 'English Riddles from Oral Tradition', wi...

More details


Archive File

Comparisons to a Creature Not Identified as Animal or Man

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

[1960s]

This file contains two typed copies of a paper by Sanderson on riddles containing comparisons to a living creature/being, 38 leaves; and typed and ms. notes by Sanderson detailing formatting and corre...

More details


Archive File

Maori Folk Literature 1

Dewes, Koro

1974

This file contains photocopies of two typed papers by Koro Dewes, being 'Maori Literature: A Tentative Framework for Study' ( Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Anthropology and Maori), ...

More details


Archive File

Papers on Newfoundland Dialect

[1960s]

This file contains papers relating chiefly to Newfoundland English. It includes a printed [proof] copy of an article by John Widdowson, 'Some Items of a Central Newfoundland Dialect' published in an u...

More details


Archive File

Verse: General

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a typed copy of Edward K. Miller's paper, 'Local Chauvinism and Life-Experience Transfiguration in British Monologues', with photocopied notes and appendices, 19, [7] leaves. The ap...

More details


Archive File

Folktales: Miscellaneous 2

[1970-1973]

This file contains items relating to folklore and folktale, including folktales from Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lindi Shembi Williams of the University of Botswan...

More details


Archive Item

Sound Recording, West Yorkshire,

3 February 1981

Ken Sutcliffe, recorded in his home in the Cookridge area of Leeds; talks about papers and books concerning World War Two bombers; occupied territories (Holland); photographs; [collector announcement]...

More details


Archive Item

Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 November 1977

Ugthorpe quoits team Quoits Supper, recorded at the Black Bull pub in Ugthorpe; includes jokes, monologues and song; anecdote re. two quoits players; the announcement of prize winners and presentation...

More details


Archive Item

Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

1981

[Collector announcement]; Jack Agar, recorded in the Territorial Army's Churchill Barracks in Leeds, on the 17 February 1981; gives biographical details; talks about the outbreak of World War Two; joi...

More details


Archive Sub-series

Village and Farm

1960-1973

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...

More details


Archive Item

Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

16 February 1981

[Collector announcement]; Ben Pearce, recorded in Leeds on the 16 February 1981 [conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A601]; talks about bombers flying in formation, attacking Sumatra...

More details