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Total number of records: 248

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture248
University Archive1

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SubjectCount
archive administration248
culture248
english language - dialects161
community life114
education63
occupations63
communication55
folklore46
folk music43
agriculture38

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)31
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)16
Sullivan, Keith Frederick9
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)6
Harrison, Stephen5
Nixon, Graham5
Ambler, Pamela J3
Dagg, Archie3
Green, Anthony E (1943-)3

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From 18005
From 1900243

Archive File

Folk-Life Research in Our Time

Erixon, Sigurd (1888-1968)

[ca. 1963]

Photocopy of Sigurd Erixon's article, 'Folk-Life Research in Our Time: From a Swedish Point of View', from an unidentified issue of 'Gwerin', ca. 1963, pp. 275-291.

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Folk Museums of the British Isles

Orton, W R

1968

This survey of twenty-five British folk museums comprises an introductory section which presents a definition, history and thoughts on the function of the folk museum, followed by individual descripti...

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Folklife Survey - Uppsala

Landsmåls- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala

[1960s]

Photocopies of typescript folklife questionnaires [Swedish text], selected English translations of some of these questionnaires, and the Uppsala folklife classification scheme [English text].

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Principles and Methods

[1964-1981]

This subseries includes printed and photocopied papers relating to the principles and practice of research into various aspects of folklore and folklife.

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A Guide to Aural History Research

Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Aural History

1976

Printed guide to the Aural History Institute of British Columbia , comprising an introduction to the Aural History Programme at the British Columbia Provincial Archives; the principles of aural histor...

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Internationale Volkskundliche Bibliographie Classification Scheme

Drury, Susan

1979

Correspondence between Susan Drury and Rolf Brednich, Professor of Folklore at the Universität Göttingen, regarding the 'Internationale Volkskundliche Bibliographie'[ 'International Folklore and Fol...

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Uppsala Key Adaptation

Whitfield, Jean

1963

Jean Whitfield's proposed revision of the Uppsala Real Register (folk life classification scheme). The whole revision is in ms. form, and is accompanied by a letter from Lisa [surname?] (possibly a st...

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Archive and Library Guide

[1970-1980]

The first page in this file is headed Guide to the Archive and Library, and the complete item includes information on the arrangement and location of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies' ar...

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Research Suggestions Box

[1970-1980]

This box, bearing the sign Research Suggestions. Additional ideas welcome sellotaped to the front, contains index cards with ms. information on potential research topics and details of potential infor...

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Uppsala Realregister - Folk Life Classification

[1965-1975]

The provenance of the original notebook, copied in this bound volume, is unclear. It is possibly a version of the classification scheme, written out by one of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life St...

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Subject Classification for Folklife Material

Drury, Susan

19 June 1979

This copy of the folklife classification scheme, produced for Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies users, was produced by archivist Susan Drury and includes broad headings and subject subdivisio...

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Finding Aids and Related Papers

1970-1983

This series contains items relating both to the organisation of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies' archive and library holdings, and aids for researchers wishing to access such holdings. ...

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