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Total number of records: 470

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culture470
english language - dialects470
folk music470
community life194
manners and customs146
occupations123
persons122
play115
holidays90
agriculture77

Top 10: People and organisations

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Russell, Ian90
Dunn, Ginette69
Sullivan, Keith Frederick53
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)25
Harrop, Peter K24
Baldwin, John R21
Green, Anthony E (1943-)19
Hinchcliffe, Frank18
Webb, Percy16
Broadhead, Bernard14

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Manuscript Collection of Folk Songs made by Janet Blunt

University Microfilms Limited

[1970s]

Microfilm copy of the ms. collection of folk songs from Adderbury (Oxfordshire) made by Janet Heatley Blunt. The copy was made for Michael Pickering, who used the manuscript as a basis for his Ph.D. t...

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Sound Recording

Higgs, Judith

[1970-1973]

Unidentified female sings "When on the hill he turned" [1st line]; unidentified male sings "Out upon the rolling prairie" [1st line].

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Popular Singing Traditions in and Around Snape and Blaxhall

Dunn, Ginette

1977

Ph.D. thesis in three parts, subdivided into nine chapters covering folksong scholarship and the development of a critical methodology, the histories of the villages of Blaxhall and Snape, men's singi...

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Craven Yorkshire Dialect

Stuart, Douglas

1976

A doctoral dissertation which analyses descriptions of Yorkshire dialects, recorded by William Carr in his 'Horæ Momenta Cravenæ, or, The Craven Dialect' (London: Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1824) and ...

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Traditional Singing in West Sheffield, 1970-1972

Russell, Ian

1977

Ph.D. thesis in three parts, subdivided into fifteen chapters. The study is a result of fieldwork in the suburban and village communities on the western outskirts of the city of Sheffield. Considerati...

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Addendum to Theses

Nalder, Peter Francis

1967

This addendum contains the compiler's thoughts on three theses held in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies archive. The theses under consideration are Maxine Baker's study of songs of the p...

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Yorkshire Broadsheet

Daniel, Tom

1966

This file contains two copies of a collection of folk songs collected, revised, or rewritten by Tom (Tommy) Daniel of York. The collection includes song texts and notes on the songs. The songs include...

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Songs of Frank Weatherill

Weatherill, Frank (1892-1974)

[1967]

This file contains photocopies of texts and tunes for songs in the repertoire of Frank Weatherill of Danby, North Yorkshire. These include the typed text of 'Beside the Bonnie Hawthorn', with a photoc...

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Yorkshire Dialect and North Country Songs

[ca. 1934-1960s]

This file contains a printed score and the text of J. Perkins' 'Pratty Flowers', or 'Holmfirth Anthem', no. 4 in the series 'Yorkshire Dialect Songs' (Leeds: Banks, ca. 1934); and illustrated greeting...

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Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs Chiefly Obtained in Yorkshire and the South of Scotland: Together with their Appropriate Words from Broadsides and from Oral Tradition

Kidson, Frank (1855-1926)

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of Frank Kidson's compilation of ballad texts and tunes, largely collected in Yorkshire and Southern Scotland, published Oxford: Chas. Taphouse & Son, 1891 (xvi, 17-174 ...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Wharton, Colin S

1960-1961

Edited compilation of field recordings of songs sung by a number of informants at locations in North Yorkshire. The collector announces the name of the song and singer, where known, before each song. ...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Wharton, Colin S

1960-1961

Edited compilation of field recordings of songs sung by a number of informants at locations in North Yorkshire. The collector announces the name of the song and singer, where known, before each song. ...

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