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animals17
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Mcnay, Ian10
Brunk, Wille9
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)4
Langhorne, Richard3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)2
Unno, Bertrand2
Billy1
Grey, George (1873-)1
Hood, William1

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Gazette

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1961-1969

This file contains correspondence relating to Stewart Sanderson's professional duties, and includes original and copy papers. It includes correspondence concerning the University Council (July and Oct...

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Anglo-Swedish Scheme

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1968-1969

This file consists of original and copy correspondence, and related papers, concerning a postgraduate course in Swedish folk museums devised by Stewart Sanderson and Ingemar Liman. It includes ms. and...

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Stagecoach

[1970s]

Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows a stagecoach drawn by a team of four horses, which dates from around 1820. Men and women in period ...

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Lister Post-Chaise

[1970s]

Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows a Lister post-chaise dating from around 1725. The carriage is drawn by a team of two horses. The dr...

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Other Institutions

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1964-1983

This file contains correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and colleagues at academic and related institutions. It includes a typed questionnaire on folklife research in Europe from the Commission In...

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Industrial Archaeology

1977-1981

This file contains leaflets and programmes relating to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, and the Institute of Industrial Archaeology. The Ironbridge Gorge Museum leaflets include information on study and r...

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Folklife Museum Posters

[1970-1979]

These posters include colour photographs (with accompanying text and location map) of the interior and exterior of the Scottish Fisheries Museum at Anstruther, the Avoncroft Museum of Buildings at Bro...

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Lowther State Chariot

[1970s]

Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows the Lowther state chariot (possibly belonging to James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale), which dates ...

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Swedish Peasant Carriage
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Swedish Peasant Carriage

March 1965

Peasant carriage from the exhibition of Peasant Art and Handicraft at the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm (Sweden). In front of the carriage and in the background are a corner cupboard and some textiles....

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Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
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Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum

McNay, Ian

1966

View of the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) and the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire). The museum is housed in a restored cornmill.

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Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
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Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum

McNay, Ian

1966

View of a lock near the Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum (formerly the Waterways Museum) on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire).

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Sedan Chair

[1970s]

Photographic postcard from the West Yorkshire Folk Museum, Shibden Hall, Halifax. The postcard shows a woman in period costume, sitting in a sedan chair which dates from ca. 1790. The door of the seda...

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