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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture21
Brotherton Collection4
Herbert Read Collection2
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education48
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Sykes, Donald Richard9
Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849)7
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell7
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell (1744-1817)7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Hamilton, Richard Winter (1794-1848)3
Parry, David (1937-)3
Wright, Peter3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Burgess, Richard (1796-1881)2

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Practical education; by Maria Edgeworth... and by Richard Lovell Edgeworth (v.1)

Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849); Edgeworth, Richard Lovell (1744-1817)

1798

Vol. 1: [3], vi-x, [2], 775, [19] p., 2 plates.

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Article "The new young"

1921

Extracted from the journal 'St. Martin-in-the-Fields Review', n. 366 (August, 1921), pp. 371-372 Item 360 in Pickering; reprinted in Higginson, pp. 13738; see also letters database for correspondence ...

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Lectures on history, and general policy : to which is prefixed, An essay on a course of liberal education for civil and active life (v.1)

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804); Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)

1793

First London edition; with dedication and preface of first edition, Birmingham 1788. The essay on education first published 1764--caption-title. Running-title: An essay on education.

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Lectures on history, and general policy : to which is prefixed, An essay on a course of liberal education for civil and active life (v.2)

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804); Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)

1793

First London edition; with dedication and preface of first edition, Birmingham 1788. The essay on education first published 1764--caption-title. Running-title: An essay on education.

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Abbots Bromley Horn Dance Interview Transcriptions

10 Dec 1975 - 11 Dec 1975

An ms. copy and a typed copy of Ann Fowell's interview transcript on the Abbots Bromley horn dance, as well as biographical information. Ms. transcript of Richard Hollins and Ken Hollins' interview on...

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Mulcaster's Elementarie

Mulcaster, Richard (1530?-1611); Campagnac, Ernest Trafford (1872-)

1925

With reproduction of original t.-p.: The First Part of The Elementaire Which Entreateth Chefelie of The right writing of our English tung, set furth by Richard Mvlcaster. [Printer's device] Imprinted ...

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Sound Recording, Staffordshire

Higgs, Judith

March 1973

[Announcement, made by collector's mother, a nurse visiting the informant]; Richard Mills and his wife recorded in Walsall Wood; Mr. Mills sings 'The Old Folks Jim', 'A Lady in Hospital' and 'I'm Foll...

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Survey of Vernacular Architecture, 1980-1981

1980-1981

This file contains photocopies of two papers submitted for the FLS I student exercise for the undergraduate degree in Dialect and Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (I...

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Development of English

[1960-1979]

This file contains papers relating to the teaching of the development of the English language, including several papers on aspects of Old English grammar; lines from the Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's...

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Staverton Bridge (Folk Group)

Staverton Bridge (Folk Group)

1973-1975

This file contains papers relating to the folk music group Staverton Bridge, a professional trio of folklorists/musicians ( Tish Stubbs, Paul Wilsonand Sam Richards) specialising in the performance of...

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Sound Recording, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...

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