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Total number of records: 501

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture501
Rudolf Laban Collections1

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culture501
persons501
english language - dialects286
community life217
manners and customs203
folk music187
occupations164
folklore148
clothing and dress138
play135

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dunn, Ginette24
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)24
Sullivan, Keith Frederick16
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)15
Baldwin, John R14
Fothergill, Mrs13
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)13
Upton, Clive S13
Fothergill, George William12
Cooke, Jane A10

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Mrs. Beront

[1965-1966]

Mrs. Beront at Donisthorpe Hall, a Jewish old people's home in Leeds (West Yorkshire), during a visit by Dr. Zvi Sofer . Other residents at the home can be seen in the background.

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Mrs. Zabotiusky
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Mrs. Zabotiusky

[1965-1966]

Mrs. Zabotiusky at Donisthorpe Hall, a Jewish old people's home in Leeds (West Yorkshire), during a visit by Dr. Zvi Sofer .

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Mrs. Clayman

[1965-1966]

Mrs. Sarah Clayman at Donisthorpe Hall, a Jewish old people's home in Leeds (West Yorkshire), during a visit by Dr. Zvi Sofer .

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Mrs. Leyns

[1965-1966]

Mrs. Leyns, photographed [? in her home] in Leeds (West Yorkshire), during a visit by Dr. Zvi Sofer .

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Archive Series

E: Human Life: Social Customs and Rites of Passage

1962-1980

This series includes items relating to various aspects of human life and the human life cycle. The subject matter includes the human body, childhood, and customs and beliefs associated with birth, mar...

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Truth in Folk-Songs: Some Observations on the Folk Singer's Attitude

Halpert, Herbert (1911-2000)

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of Herbert Halpert's paper on the relationship between folk singers and folk songs in the United States, in particular ballads and songs of British ancestry. The paper i...

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69 + 55 Ways to Aural Stimulation and Entertainment. A Look at the Joke

Turner, Anthony J P

1973

A survey of the joke and joke telling, with sections concerning the collection, provenance and classification of the 124 jokes and shaggy dog stories recorded on accompanying 15cm x 10cm index cards. ...

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Old Churchyard
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Old Churchyard

[1960s]

Gravestones in the churchyard next to the ruined church picture in LAVC/PHO/P2141 (unidentified location).

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Sound Recording, [Cheshire]

Cliffe, David E

January 1968

Male [Mr. Cliffe of Macclesfield] sings '[Banks of the Brahmaputra]', "As Tommy was Walking" [1st line], with his [wife], [nonsense song], "Number One" [1st line].

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Sound Recording, East Riding of Yorkshire

Chamberlain, John S

July/August 1961

Schoolboy [? Stephen Sissons, recorded in a pub in Wetwang] describes children's games - jacks, hide and seek (including the dipping rhyme 'One Potato Two Potato'), Block (similar to hide and seek), B...

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"Gypsies and Bear"

[1970s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the early 20th century of a small group of Gypsy Travellers (adult male, teenage boy and two girls) by the roadside with a bear, at an unknown location, possibly in Heref...

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"Gypsy Children"

Hucklebridge, John

1968

The two young Light family boys, sitting on a trunk at an unknown location in Wiltshire. Both boys hold a young chicken in their hands. Mounted on Photo File card.

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