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Total number of records: 312

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture312
University Archive1

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SubjectCount
archive administration312
culture248
english language - dialects161
community life147
occupations87
education79
communication58
agriculture48
folklore46
buildings43

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)36
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)27
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)12
Sullivan, Keith Frederick9
University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies7
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)6
Harrison, Stephen5
Nixon, Graham5
Brunk, Wille4
Sykes, Donald Richard4

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From 18006
From 1900306

Archive File

University Archive

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1960-1980

This file contains original and copy correspondence, and related papers, concerning Stewart Sanderson's activities as an academic folklorist. Its contents seem to have been selected by Sanderson for d...

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Archive and Library Guide

[1970-1980]

The first page in this file is headed Guide to the Archive and Library, and the complete item includes information on the arrangement and location of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies' ar...

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Lists from the Archive of Folk Song

Archive of Folk Song (U.S.)

1971-1974

This file contains lists produced by and for, and information about, the Archive of Folk Song at the Music Division of the Library of Congress. The file includes two versions of the paper, 'The Archiv...

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Notes on Gramophonic Recording of Yorkshire Dialects

Bruff, Harold J L

1926

Copy of a typed paper delivered to the Yorkshire Dialect Society, and subsequently issued in a limited edition of 50 copies. The paper outlines a proposal for the construction of a sound archive of Yo...

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Folklife Survey - Lund

[Institute for Folk Life Studies, Lund]

1968-1969

Photocopies of student (typescript) dissertations and seminar papers deposited in the Folklivsarkivet i Lund[Lund Folklife Archive], covering a wide range of Swedish folklore and folklife topics [Swed...

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Archivists' Index Cards

[1975-1983]

This box is labelled Names and Addresses, List of Jobs, Periodical Accessions, Filing, and contains various sections recording tasks relating to the day-to-day management of the archive holdings.

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Archivists' Correspondence and Related Papers

1962-1992

This series contains correspondence between successive Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and non-University of Leeds students and academics, publishers, museums and local m...

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Papers on Resources for Folklife Research

1971-1979

This file contains catalogues and lists detailing folk-related items held at various institutions. It includes the International Association of Sound Archives'Directory of Member Archives' (London: IA...

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A Guide to Aural History Research

Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Aural History

1976

Printed guide to the Aural History Institute of British Columbia , comprising an introduction to the Aural History Programme at the British Columbia Provincial Archives; the principles of aural histor...

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Om Avlyssning och Utskrivning av Dialekttexter i Fonogram: Några Erfarenheter och Problem

Hedblom, Folke (1908-)

1966

This file contains a typed paper by Folke Hedblom in Swedish, on listening to and transcribing dialect samples from phonographic sound recordings, [31] leaves. This includes sections on potential prob...

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Papers on Fieldwork

[ca. 1969]

Photocopies of Donald A. MacDonald, 'Fieldwork: Collecting Oral Literature' (pp. 408-430); Warren E. Roberts, 'Fieldwork: Recording Material Culture' (pp. 431-444); George List, 'Fieldwork: Recording ...

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Finding Aids and Related Papers

1970-1983

This series contains items relating both to the organisation of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies' archive and library holdings, and aids for researchers wishing to access such holdings. ...

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