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Institute Open Day Exhibition Photographs
[1978]
The photographs were displayed at a University Open Day on November 3rd and 4th, 1978. This exhibition showed the work of overseas postgraduate students based in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Hunsonby, Cumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
14 Jan 1954
[Side 1] Albert talks about his schooldays, describes eccentric schoolmaster 'caving' about [= dancing awkwardly] betwen desks talking to himself, eventually could not cope singlehandedly with 85 chil...
Autograph Albums 1900-1935: A Classified Collection
O'Brien, Kathleen Celia
1978
A study of autograph albums, based on responses to appeals for information made by the collector in three Yorkshire newspapers. This yielded letters from over 170 people, and the loaning of more than ...
"Gypsies and Travellers in Yorkshire"
Wyman, Melvyn
1980
M.A. study of Gypsy Traveller culture, and their material culture in particular, based on fieldwork carried out on camp sites in West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire, at the National Gypsy Education Cou...
Sound Recordings, Somerset
Mitchell, Sarah L G
1978-1979
[Collector announcement: informant collector's mother]; E. M. Mitchell, of Bath, talks about present-day Christmas traditions - shopping, cards, present buying, house decorations; Christmas Eve tradit...
Leeds Teaching Notes
Brunk, Wille
[1966-1968]
This file contains papers created by Brunk for use in tutorials and lectures given to undergraduate students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The papers contained within this...
Fifty Years of Wragby Life
Sutton, Diane
1980
A dissertation which looks at life in the Lincolnshire village of Wragby during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. The information it presents is based on the memories and printed ephemer...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Mackay, Donald
August 1970
Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, singing and in conversation. Talks about the sources of the songs he knows, the local community and attending school/Sunday School.
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Wilson, David L
17 November 1971
Reginald Vaughan and Donald Stack, recorded in Leeds, talking about American university and college campus folklore from the 1950s: freshmen initiation rites - first informant says none at Harvard Uni...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Pegg, Bob
17 July 1977
Methodist Sunday School Anniversary service, recorded in Marsh, near Haworth and Oxenhope (West Yorkshire). The Preacher (retired), Reverend Ian Johnson, introduces proceedings; the congregation sings...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Pegg, Bob
17 July 1977
Methodist Sunday School Anniversary service, recorded in Marsh, near Haworth and Oxenhope (West Yorkshire). The Preacher continues his talk on weariness and recognition; makes reference to the Methodi...
Some Aspects of Campus Lore
Wilson, David L
1972
M.A. dissertation which surveys contemporary American folklore, focussing on folkloric material found on American university and college campuses. Examples gathered from fieldwork interviews relate to...