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"Gypsy Children"
[1970s]
Copy of a photographic postcard, postmarked 1909 , of a group of Gypsy Traveller children in the New Forest (Hampshire), performing a dance. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note.
Classes of the Community
1972
This subseries, comprising a single file only, contains Christopher Sykes' article, 'The Last of the Wold Rangers', extracted from 'Country Life' (31 August 1972), pp. 504-505. The article focusses on...
Footwear Collecting
Finlay, Ian
1972-1975
This file largely contains papers produced by Ian Finlay, founder of the Footwear Collectors' Society, on the subject of collecting footwear. This includes a photocopy of an article on Finlay, forming...
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.
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 .
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 .
Mrs. Leyns
[1965-1966]
Mrs. Leyns, photographed [? in her home] in Leeds (West Yorkshire), during a visit by Dr. Zvi Sofer .
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...
"Gypsy Family"
Hartley, Dorothy
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 of a Gypsy Traveller family sitting outside their caravan in an unknown (English) location. The family group consists of two parents, five children and a baby, but ...
School Group
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century, of a group of boys and girls from the school at Thixendale (North Yorkshire), with a male (possibly the headmaster) and a female tea...
Raven McDavid Articles
McDavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)
[1960-1981]
Originally housed in a single folder labelled Complete Set of Xeroxes of Raven McDavid's Articles, these files contain photocopies of printed, typed and draft articles and papers by McDavid, mainly re...
Jokes, Anecdotes, Etc.
1979-1980
This file contains an ms. collection of jokes made by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) undergraduate student Kathryn Dearden at Christmas, 1979; and mounted newspaper cuttings from t...