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culture20
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manners and customs9
communication8
literature and folklore7
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Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)21
Traynor, Helena M2
Barnes, Glynis E C1
Folklore Society (Great Britain)1
Harris, Wendy1
Kirk, Robert (1641?-1692)1
Mahoney, Kathryn C1
Metcalfe, Robert1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Stern, Janet L1

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The secret common-wealth : & A short treatise of charms and spels

Kirk, Robert (1641?-1692); Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Folklore Society (Great Britain)

1976

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Urban Folklore

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1964-1980

This file contains items on contemporary legends and folklore, and includes an ms. letter from A. Tozer (to Stewart Sanderson?) on modern folktales (16 December 1964), prompted by an article in 'The G...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

23 February 1972

Four students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, (University of Leeds), relate their knowledge of the Cinderella folk tale. Possibly recorded as part of a coursework exercise. The stud...

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Fieldwork and Research

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1962-1978

Papers relating to Stewart Sanderson's research activities during his time as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). Sanderson's interests appear to have been varied, with...

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Administration

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1980-1983

Papers concerned with administrative matters relating to Sanderson as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). These include typed memos regarding the acquisition of videota...

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Comparisons to a Creature Not Identified as Animal or Man

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

[1960s]

This file contains two typed copies of a paper by Sanderson on riddles containing comparisons to a living creature/being, 38 leaves; and typed and ms. notes by Sanderson detailing formatting and corre...

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Stewart Sanderson

February 1981

Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies Director, Stewart Sanderson, with a visiting academic (possibly Raymond Headley), in his office. The Roger Stevens Building (University of Leeds) can be seen...

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Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]

Metcalfe, Robert

[1970s]

Stewart Sanderson [?recorded in Leeds] talks about motoring folklore; his interest; Rolls Royce and Volkswagen examples; friend-of-a-friend tales and truth; collecting examples; the study of oral trad...

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The Cottingley Fairy Photographs

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1973

This file contains an offprint copy of Sanderson's Presidential Address to the Folklore Society at their Annual General Meeting, 21 March 1973. Entitled 'The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: A Re-Apprais...

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Fairy Papers

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1964-1973

This file contains two papers by Stewart Sanderson on fairies and fairy belief. These comprise 'A Prospect of Fairyland', a paper on Robert Kirk's 17th-century treatise 'The Secret Common-wealth', on ...

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Changes in the Transmission of the Story of Pocahontas in England from 1625 to the Present Day

Traynor, Helena M

1978

A study comprising six chapters. The Introduction contains sections on the transmission of folktales, the story of Pocahontas, types of changes in the transmission of folktales and the format of the c...

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New Dialect Publication Proposals

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1969-1983

This file comprises correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and others on proposals for dialect-related publications following the completion of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). This includes...

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