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Total number of records: 9
Sound Recordings, New Zealand
Dunn, Ginette
[1973]
Male informant [as for tapes LAVC/SRE/A659r - A662r], recorded in New Zealand; talks about a poem he has written for the collector, and translates a Maori leavetaking. [Tr. 1] Copy recording of a gr...
Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 3
1960-1979
This file contains a photocopy of Vivienne Furze's paper on the Devonshire dialect, from an unidentified publication, pp. 20-21; an ms. orthographic and phonetic transcription of Purbeck marblers' dia...
Booklists
1951-1980
These files contain bibliographies, catalogues and related items, collected by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and members of staff. The items were originally held in one...
Trams, Railways and Boats
1967-1973
This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...
Sheep, Geese, Bees and Dogs
1957-1973
This file contains items relating largely to the care and management of sheep, but also items on geese, bees and dogs. This includes a typed copy of a letter on sheepshearing in Cumberland, from 'Will...
Villages
1971
This subseries, comprising one file, contains a two-part article by John Cornforth on the village of Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, extracted from 'Country Life' magazine (22 July 1971, pp. 214-217, an...
Social Intercourse
1967-1972
This subseries, comprising a single file only, contains items relating to drinking and inns/public houses. This includes James Stevens Curl's article on gin palaces and their disappearance, extracted ...
Punishment
1964-1975
This file contains items relating to criminal justice and punishment, and includes Derek Exley's article on the Halifax Gibbet, a crude form of guillotine, extracted from 'The Ridings' (Autumn 1964), ...
The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.
1969-1979
This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...