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Professor Orton: Biography and Obituary Notices
1972-1975
This file comprises papers containing biographical information on, and obituaries of, Harold Orton. This includes printed biographical details of Orton's education and career, possibly from/for a biog...
Maori Folk Literature 2
Orbell, Margaret Rose
1973-1975
This file contains 2 offprints by Margaret Orbell on Maori folktales, being 'Two Versions of the Maori Story of Te Tahi o te Rangi', offprinted from the 'Journal of the Polynesian Society', volume 82,...
Cottingley Fairies
1967-1977
This file contains items relating to the Cottingley Fairy photographs, and includes a photocopy of an article from the 'Times' (3 March 1921); a photocopy of a page from Harry Houdini's 'A Magician Am...
Folklorists: Biography and Obituaries
1974-1980
This file comprises items containing biographical information on individual folklorists. It includes a black and white photograph, mounted on a specially-printed card, of Professor Jan Brunvand (Depar...
Education - Miscellaneous
1970-1975
This file contains a photocopy of a typed paper listing details of oral history projects in Great Britain and Ireland, compiled by David Lance of the Imperial War Museum (December 1975), 17 pp.; and a...
Source Lists
1975-1980
This file contains a typed list of the books held in the Orton Research Room (as at 1980), and source lists compiled by Margaret Jackson and Brenda Neale for the subjects Education (1975), Folklore an...
Instrumental Music: General
[1936-1977]
This file contains items relating to instrumental music generally, including bands. This includes a copy of M. Mokhtar's paper, 'Studies of the Tone-Quality of Organ Pipes: 1. The Influence of Wind Pr...
Pagan and Christian Mythology
1955-1976
This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...
Irish Music
1974-1975
This file contains copies of three publications containing the melodies to Irish tunes. These include 'Music From Ireland', volumes 1 and 2, compiled by Dave Bulmer and Neil Sharpley (n.p.: B&S, 1974)...
"Gypsies: General"
1966-1975
This file contains two photocopies of Stewart Sanderson's typed 'Gypsy Bibliography' (August 1974); mounted magazine and newspaper cuttings from 'Country Life', 'The Countryman' and the 'Northumberlan...
Proverbs: General
1971-1975
This file contains an ms. letter from Michael Cram to Angus McIntosh (Dept. of English Language, University of Edinburgh) regarding the origins of a proverb (26 November 1972), with an a accompanying ...
Historical Events
1969-1975
This file contains Theo Brown's pamphlet, 'Trojans in the West Country' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1970), 16 pp.; L. V. Grinsell's pamphlet on the folklore of Stanton Drew (St. Peter Port: Toucan ...