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House Types
1971-1979
This file contains items relating to different types of dwelling house, including cuttings from 'The Guardian' newspaper and 'Country Life' magazine on a medieval aisled house in Castle Caereinion use...
Fishing Questionnaire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1966-1968
Ms. draft and typed copies of an agenda for a meeting to discuss the progress of the Fishing Questionnaire; typed copies of a covering letter sent out with the completed questionnaire to institutions ...
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...
Games and Pastimes
1969-1976
This file comprises four photographic prints of historic European playing cards, accompanied by a photocopy of a typed key to the plates; a photocopy of Frank Weatherill's typed and ms. notes on the g...
Text
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1968-1978]
This subseries comprises papers relating to the drafting and editing of the text for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE), in preparation for publication. It includes Harold Orton's and Stewart San...
Conferences and Folk Events
1974-1981
This file contains ephemera used to promote and provide information on conferences and other events related to folklore and folklife. This includes a leaflet for the 2nd Yorkshire Folk and Craft Fayre...
Easter Egg Survey
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1962-1963
This sub-subseries includes typed and photocopied questionnaires and covering letters, and ms. and typed responses, to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears t...
Bonfire Survey
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1967-1968
This sub-subseries contains papers relating to a collaborative survey of bonfire customs conducted by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies at Leeds (IDFLS), and the Department of English at ...
Bonfire Survey
1967-1968
This file contains items relating to a collaborative survey of bonfire customs conducted for the Folk Life Survey through the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) at Leeds, and the Depar...
Proverbs and Sayings of the Potteries
1964-1965
This file contains a series of ms. correspondence with Stewart Sanderson from informants in the Potteries (i.e. the Stoke-on-Trent area), in response to articles in the 'Hanley Daily Sentinel' and the...
North American Folklore and Folk Music Serial Publications
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)
1973
Typed list of North American serial publications on folklore and folk music, compiled by Joseph C. Hickerson of the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress. The list includes publication titles and ...
Survey of English Dialects Sound Recording Documentation and Transcriptions
1964-1973
This file contains documentation relating to sound recordings made for the Survey of English Dialects (SED), including informant records; and transcriptions of SED sound recordings. These include Mich...