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Compton Mackenzie
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1963
This sub-subseries consists of a copy of an article by Sanderson on Sir Compton Mackenzie as a novelist, written as an appreciation for his 80th birthday. The article was published in 'Literature' (Ja...
Yorkshire Abbeys
Taylor, Alfred
1963
This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Bygone Abbeys of Yorkshire'/ 'Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire'/ 'Bygone Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire' series, published in and extracted from the...
Nailmaking, Blacksmiths, Steel, Etc.
1963-1974
This file includes a typed transcript of an interview between Fred Hobbis and E. John Penny on nailmaking in Northfield, Birmingham (June 1963); Evelyn Leonard's article on Tom Merrill and hand-forgin...
The Style and Structure of The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight, based on A[arne] - T[hompson] 313 Versions in Dr. Katherine Briggs' A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales, Part A, Folk Narratives, Volume 1
Morgan, John S
1972
M.A. dissertation suggesting that the folktale is not only an art form worthy of serious consideration in itself, but that the storyteller is a gifted performer whose performances merit critical appra...
Plant Lore
1961-1980
This file includes an ms. letter from Gillian Bulmer to Stewart Sanderson on names of apples (12 November 1975); a photocopy of Grace Pleasant Wellborn's paper on plantlore in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'T...
Annual Festivals: General
1962-1972
This file contains Mats Rehnberg's pamphlet on holidays and annual festivals in Sweden (Stockholm: Svenska Institutet, 1964), [24] pp.; a photocopy of the guide to the Stone Collection at Birmingham R...
Fairies, Folklore, and Supernatural Animals
1963-1978
This file contains items relating to fairies, folklore and supernatural animals. This includes a photocopy of the introduction to an article on Robert Kirk's 'The Secret Common-wealth', from the 'Scot...
Spring and Summer Festivals
1963-1981
This file includes a colour section from the West Yorkshire Road Car Company calendar for 1963 on well-dressing in Tissington, Derbyshire, on Ascension Day; a section of a colour poster on the May Day...
Fieldwork and Research
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1893-1974
The diffuse nature of the subject content of this subseries highlights Harold Orton's broad-ranging interest in language, language research and folk life, including in particular, phonetics ( Yorkshir...
Basket, Straw and Rope-Work
1960-1973
This file includes a photocopy of typed notes made by Rodney Cousins on basket-making, collected from H. Summers, basketmaker, Sutton-on-Trent (November 1969) and from Herbert Lloyd Johnes' 'The Baske...
Traditional Song: General
1963-1979
This file contains items relating to aspects of traditional music, and includes a copy of 'The Health of Man', a collection of traditional songs from Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Lancashire, c...
Sound Recording, St. Andrews
Read, John (1884-1963)
December 1957
[Collector announcement]; Professor John Read, reading extracts from his book, 'Farmer's Joy' (Edinburgh: Nelson, 1949). The first is from chapter nineteen, The Camel Play Actors, in which he gives an...