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Total number of records: 119

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture118
Brotherton Collection1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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folklore119
culture117
community life74
manners and customs66
occupations42
communication40
literature and folklore40
persons39
english language - dialects37
social life and customs37

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Wilson, David L6
Green, Anthony E (1943-)4
Wharton, Colin S4
Russell, Ian3
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)3
Upton, Clive S3
Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)2
Bury, Jack2
Bystad, Berit2
Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy2

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Archive File

Folk Life Bibliographies

University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies

[1960-1979]

This file includes a number of typed bibliographies, most of which relate to the teaching of Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). An introductory bibliography, ...

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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...

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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 ...

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Leeds Teaching Notes

Brunk, Wille

[1966-1968]

This file contains papers created by Brunk for use in tutorials and lectures given to undergraduate students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The papers contained within this...

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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...

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Uppsala Classification: Short Version

Jackson, Margaret

[1972-1976]

Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies archivist Margaret Jackson's typed version of the Uppsala subject classification scheme (before revision). 5 copies, each 13pp.

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The Irrelevance of Conan Doyle

Gardner, Martin

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of Martin Gardner's typed paper (with ms. corrections) on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritualism, including his involvement in the publication and investigation of the Co...

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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 ...

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Horn-blowing Customs

Walton, James

1938-1939

This file contains items written and collected by James Walton on horn-blowing customs, mostly relating to Yorkshire. This includes an article by Walton on horn-blowing published in the 'Newcastle Wee...

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Booklists

1951-1980

These files contain bibliographies, catalogues and related items, collected by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and members of staff. The items were originally held in one...

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"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"

Clinch, Angela Jane

1982

Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...

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