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A Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations in Folk Life Studies in the University of Leeds, 1961-1970
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1971
Stewart Sanderson's published guide to theses and dissertations in folklife produced by students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). It forms no. 1 of the IDFLS Occasional Paper...
Raven McDavid Articles
McDavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)
[1960-1981]
Originally housed in a single folder labelled Complete Set of Xeroxes of Raven McDavid's Articles, these files contain photocopies of printed, typed and draft articles and papers by McDavid, mainly re...
A Study in Structural Dialectology
Ehrenkranz, Jean Faith
[1970s]
A study based on data selected from the Survey of English Dialects' (SED) published material for Read in Lancashire (fieldworker, Stanley Ellis, 1954), and Spofforth in the old West Riding of Yorkshir...
Museums
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...
Dialectology in London
Leith, Richard
1971
M.A. dissertation presenting a study of the vowel phonemes in the idiolects of three people from north London ( Stepney, Hoxton and Kilburn), with the purpose of identifying any distinctive local vari...
The Black Country Dialect in the Cradley Heath Area
Manley, Sandra
1971
M.A. dissertation on the Black Country dialect as it is spoken in and around Cradley Heath, with particular focus on the vocabularies of the hand-made nail and chain trades. Three chapters describe th...
IDFLS Lists of Theses etc. - Correspondence
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Drury, Susan
1971-1987
The letters in this file comprise enquiries regarding the purchase of Stewart Sanderson's 'Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations in Folk Life Studies in the University of Leeds 1961-1970', and request...
Recording English Vernacular Architecture
Brunskill, Ronald W
[ca. 1970]
This file contains multiple copies of recording sheets developed by R.W. Brunksill for recording the details of various types of English vernacular architecture, and found in his 'Illustrated Handbook...
Archivist File
[1975-1980]
This file contains a photocopy of the first supplementary list of folk life dissertations held in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, covering the period 1971-1975 (i.e. supplementary to S...
Miscellaneous Folklore Papers
1964-1979
Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...
Classification Schedules
British Standards Institution
1970-1972
Printed and typed classification schedules and draft classification documents issued by the British Standards Institute. These include Universal Decimal Classification schedules 'UDC 332 Money, Bankin...
Papers on Resources for Folklife Research
1971-1979
This file contains catalogues and lists detailing folk-related items held at various institutions. It includes the International Association of Sound Archives'Directory of Member Archives' (London: IA...