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Total number of records: 37

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SubjectCount
community life37
culture33
english language - dialects25
occupations19
folk music17
manners and customs13
communication12
persons11
play11
folklore10

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Baldwin, John R10
'Dusty'3
Dawes, George3
Dunn, Ginette3
Houck, Charles L3
Cook, E. T.2
Cook, Mrs. E. T.2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)2
Miller, T. J.2

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A Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations in Folk Life Studies in the University of Leeds, 1961-1970

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1971

Stewart Sanderson's published guide to theses and dissertations in folklife produced by students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). It forms no. 1 of the IDFLS Occasional Paper...

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Dialect recording in Wall, Northumberland

Lenihan, J M A

Jun 1939

[Side 1] Memories of various pranks incl. putting hen down neighbour's chimney and friends taking blame, remember Margaret Henderson selling tobacco for halfpenny, anecdote about Ned Telfer persuading...

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Dialect recording in Whalton, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

25 Aug 1939

[Side 1] Joe and Billy talk briefly about cars; Joe outlines recent local cricket matches and personal contributions, compares cricket with football, mentions Billy's weekly trips to watch Newcastle U...

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Cambridgeshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1958

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Cambridgeshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Urban Folklore

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1964-1980

This file contains items on contemporary legends and folklore, and includes an ms. letter from A. Tozer (to Stewart Sanderson?) on modern folktales (16 December 1964), prompted by an article in 'The G...

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Sound Recording, Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

December 1973

James McCrindle, recorded at home in Ayr, talks about his career as a fisherman; the type of fish caught; fishing grounds; starting in 1923; describes a fishing boat, sailing as a schoolboy, the crew,...

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Sound Recordings, Manchester and Shropshire

Dunn, Ginette

April 1974

Fred Jordan, singing at the Bay Horse pub in Manchester on the 26 April 1974; sings 'Farmer's Boy', 'The Vacant Chair' and 'The Old Armchair'. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/...

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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

1836-1985

The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...

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The Courtney Manuscript and Related Papers

1973-1974

This file contains papers relating to the republication of Margaret Courtney's 'Cornish Feasts and Folklore' (originally published Penzance: Beare, 1890). Tony Green, lecturer at the Institute of Dial...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

July 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape on 17 July 1974; sings 'City of Laughter'. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tapes LAVC/SRE/A340r and LAVC/SRE/A341r. Bob Hart, recorded at home on 2...

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Sound Recordings, Salop

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-)

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Salop locations 11Sa1-8. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1966. The date when this copy tape was made is not kn...

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Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire

Baldwin, John R

1966

[Collector announcement]; Doris Warner, recorded singing in her home in Ascott-under-Wychwood. Mrs. Warner announces the title of each song before singing it. She sings 'Jockey to the Fair', 'Come Las...

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