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communication45
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manners and customs45
social life and customs45
culture39
literature and folklore31
folklore23
occupations20
persons20
holidays13

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Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)3
Baker, Alice1
Baker, Charles Albert1
Bell, Brigid M1
Bell, Mary1
Bell, Robert1
Bell, Sheila1
Brown, Nora S1
Bryon, Fiona1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1

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Sound Recording, [Location Unknown]

Bell, Brigid M

24 December 1978

[Collector announcement]; collector's family recorded in conversation whilst eating Christmas Eve supper; discussion covers the food served, Prince Charles' potential bride, Monaco royal family; Luxem...

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Bonfire Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1967-1968

This sub-subseries contains papers relating to a collaborative survey of bonfire customs conducted by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies at Leeds (IDFLS), and the Department of English at ...

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Folklorists: Biography and Obituaries

1974-1980

This file comprises items containing biographical information on individual folklorists. It includes a black and white photograph, mounted on a specially-printed card, of Professor Jan Brunvand (Depar...

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Bonfire Traditions

1971-1977

This file contains items relating to bonfire traditions, and includes an anonymous ms. paper by an Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) student on bonfire traditions amongst other IDFLS ...

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Easter Egg Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1962-1963

This sub-subseries includes typed and photocopied questionnaires and covering letters, and ms. and typed responses, to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears t...

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Professor Orton: Biography and Obituary Notices

1972-1975

This file comprises papers containing biographical information on, and obituaries of, Harold Orton. This includes printed biographical details of Orton's education and career, possibly from/for a biog...

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Nursery Rhymes

1969-1982

This file contains mounted magazine cuttings from 'Country Life' on nursery rhymes and their origins (May 1969); a mounted newspaper cutting from the 'Times' (8 February 1982) with an obituary of Pete...

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Easter Egg Survey

1962

This file contains items relating to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears to have been organised and conducted by Stewart Sanderson and Stanley Ellis. The fi...

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The Role of the Public House in an Urban Environment

Hargreaves, Janet

1979

A study which examines the importance of public house visiting as a major leisure time activity, the pub as the centre of a community, and the customs and attitudes associated with the pub within an a...

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Builders' Customs: Topping Out

March-April 1968

This file consists of correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents connected with the building industry, regarding topping-out ceremonies. The correspondents include Norbert F. ...

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The Human Being

1969-1974

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items relating to the human body. This includes a photocopy of a short article from 'The Guardian' on left-handedness (5 May 1974); and a mounted mag...

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Exhibition Programmes and På Gång

Riksutställningar (Sweden)

1968-1985

This file contains printed items issued by the Riksutställningar (Swedish Travelling Exhibitions) organisation. These include a specially designed folder containing Swedish and English guides to the ...

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