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Collected Papers
Brunk, Wille
1965-1967
This file contains papers received and collected by Wille Brunk during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). This includes a copy of Åsa Werner-Ljungstr...
Miscellaneous Collections of Folklore
1951-1985
This subseries contains typed and printed items relating to folklife activities and research, both in the United Kingdom, and in Europe and the United States. It includes printed ephemera and guides t...
Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.
[1961-1982]
This file contains various leaflets, printed volumes and other items relating to places of historical/folk interest, and folk-related collections. This includes a general leaflet for Bunratty Folk Par...
Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.
1836-1985
The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...
Alfred Williams Collection: Index
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of a typed index to the Alfred Williams Collection of Folk Songs at Swindon Reference Library, collected in the early 20th century. The index was compiled by Frank Pursl...
Autograph Albums 1900-1935: A Classified Collection
O'Brien, Kathleen Celia
1978
A study of autograph albums, based on responses to appeals for information made by the collector in three Yorkshire newspapers. This yielded letters from over 170 people, and the loaning of more than ...
An Annotated Collection of Visayan Riddles from Leyte and Samar, Philippines
Vilches, Ma Luz C
1980
M.A. dissertation comprising an annotated collection of riddles from the Philippines (islands of Leyte and Samar), gathered by the collector from the archive of the Divine Word University Museum in Ta...
"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"
Clinch, Angela Jane
1982
Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...
An Annotated Collection of Oral Tales and Traditions from South Somerset with an Appendix of Comparative Material from the District Around Blandford Forum, Dorset
Palmer, Kingsley
1971
M.Phil. thesis in two volumes. Volume One contains a general introduction to the Somerset tales and traditions, including methods of collection and classification. The main body of the volume presents...
Archivists' Papers
1955-1992
Throughout most of its lifetime, the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) employed an archivist to manage its archive and library of dialect and folklife collections, created through the...
Folk Music in the British Isles
English Folk Dance and Song Society
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains photocopies of papers produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) on folk music collections and recordings in Great Britain. The file includes a photocopy of the lis...
SED Response List: Middle English A
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Ms. list of responses collected in Lancashire, headed Words Formerly Containing ME a (IX.9.4 Add.). The list was probably compiled as part of the SED editorial process.