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Sound Recordings, Devon
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mrs. Reed [location not given] talks about the Mothers' Union; her husband's involvement with the local Church Council [Mr. Reed, recorded on tape LAVC/SRE/A699r]; the village fete; skittles; activiti...
Children's Rhymes, Songs and Singing Games in Birdsedge, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
1980
[M.A.] study of children's folklore in Birdsedge, based on fieldwork carried out in the playground of Birdsedge First School, between October 1979 and April 1980, and the recollections of parent and g...
The Hand-Made Nail Industry of Birmingham and the Midlands
Penny, E John
1964
A dissertation focussing on the nail making industry of Birmingham and the Midlands. Its five chapters cover the early history of the industry (mineral deposits and early iron industry, slitting mills...
Hand-Knitting in the Yorkshire Dales
Marsh, Penny
1977
M.A. dissertation on hand-knitting in Yorkshire, written in two parts. The first, The Knitting Process, contains chapters on materials (wool: provenance and type; wool: processing - carding and combin...
Plant Lore in England: 1600-1800
Drury, Susan
1984
M.Phil. thesis surveying the use of plants in material culture, as food, in calendar and social customs, in medicine, orthodox religion and the supernatural, in popular belief, divination, charms and ...
Sound Recordings, Somerset and Devon
Wakelin, Martyn F
1964
Mr. H. Evett , recorded in Brompton Regis; talks about farm work; time started each day; working with horses; hours of work and wages; tools for hedging; also present is a Mr. A. Gibbs, who talks abou...
Behind closed doors : at home in Georgian England
Vickery, Amanda; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
[2009]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Photographic Prints
Feb 1974
The Duchess of Kent with Stewart Sanderson (on the left) and Harold Orton (on the right) taken during the Duchess's visit to the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies in February 1974. The Duches...
Loose Photographs
[1962-1984]
A collection of unmounted photographs covering a range of subject areas. They include photographs taken by students, general fieldwork photography, and a number of the images relating to the Survey of...
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...
Sound Recordings, [West Yorkshire]
McKelvie, Donald
[1960-1963]
Male informant [location not known] talks about the preparation, valuation and sale of sheepskins at a hide and skin market; the preparation of skin by fellmongers; explains the process of separating ...