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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)13
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)10
Pickering, Michael J9
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)8
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Archive File

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...

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Footwear Collecting

Finlay, Ian

1972-1975

This file largely contains papers produced by Ian Finlay, founder of the Footwear Collectors' Society, on the subject of collecting footwear. This includes a photocopy of an article on Finlay, forming...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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Collected Articles on Yorkshire Crafts and Craftsmen. Etc.

Walton, James

1930-1949

This file contains a large number of articles collected, and largely written, by James Walton, most of which have been pasted into hard-backed scrapbooks. The articles were grouped by subject matter...

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Village Song and Culture: A Study Based on the Blunt Collection of Song from Adderbury, North Oxfordshire

Pickering, Michael J

1981

This file contains a complete photocopy of a typed draft, with ms. corrections, of Pickering's study of the folk songs of Adderbury, as published by Croom Helm , 1982, [viii], 281 leaves. The book was...

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Folklore of Worsley: A Miscellaneous Collection of Tradition and Belief From the Area of Worsley, Salford Metropolitan District

Skinner, Margaret

1975

A study of the folklore of Worsley people, based on oral and printed sources. Interviews were conducted with older residents, and children at a Primary School in Walkden. The study contains a sectio...

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The Worst Printer Ever. A Study of the Brereton Broadside Ballads Contained in W10 of the Bigger Collection, held by the Central Reference Library, Belfast

Neilands, Colin W

1983

M.A. study of a collection of sixty-six ballads collected by F. J. Bigger, forming part of the F. J. Bigger Collection at Belfast Central Reference Library. Fifty-five of these were printed by Peter B...

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The Passing of a Community and its Songs: A Study Based on the Unpublished Manuscript Collection of Songs from Adderbury, North Oxfordshire, made by Janet Heatley Blunt

Pickering, Michael J

1978

Ph.D. thesis concerned primarily with the social background to traditional English song, as found in the manuscript collection made by Miss Janet Blunt in Adderbury, North Oxfordshire. The Introductio...

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