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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 931 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 25 |
| Brotherton Collection | 21 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 13 |
| Cookery Collection | 5 |
| English Literature | 5 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 5 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 5 |
| Maurice de Sausmarez Archive | 4 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 2 |
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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies)
University of Leeds
1836-2003
The Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture comprises the combined multiple media holdings of the archives of the Survey of English Dialects (ca. 1946-1978) directed by Harold Orton, and the University of...
Dialect and Heritage Project Oral Histories
2022 - 2023
Oral History recordings made by staff, students, volunteers and partner museums as part of the 'Dialect and Heritage' project that ran 2019 -2023. Some recordings also include transcripts and phot...
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...
Compton Mackenzie
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1963
This sub-subseries consists of a copy of an article by Sanderson on Sir Compton Mackenzie as a novelist, written as an appreciation for his 80th birthday. The article was published in 'Literature' (Ja...
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 ...
LAVC, IDFLS and Dialect and Heritage (Interviews)
2022 - 2023
Oral histories recorded with interviewees who had associations to the LAVC Collection, Survey of English Dialects, Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies or the later Dialect and Heritage Project.
I: Popular Belief and Practice
1966-1981
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of popular belief and practice. This includes items on popular beliefs and superstitions; a paper on superstitions in Imo State, Nigeria; the script o...
P: Children's Traditions
1954-1982
This series contains items relating to children's customs and traditions. The main focus is on children's games, songs and rhymes.
Museum Partners (Interviews)
2022 - 2023
Oral history interviews recorded with members of the public by various museum partners as part of the National Lottery funded "Dialect and Heritage Project." These include, Avoncroft Museum of Histor...
H: Calendar Customs
1962-1981
This series contains items relating to the celebration of calendar days and annual festivals, and related customs and traditions.
Photographic Prints
University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies
c.1962-c.1984
This series contains over 2100 individual photographic prints, contact prints, and contact print sheets. Over 1800 of these photographs were deposited in photo files, which were created as part of the...
Regional Social Histories
1969-1982
This subseries contains items relating largely to the social history of specific areas, including details of folk custom. Of the subseries' eight component parts, six are photocopies of original manus...