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Total number of records: 659

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Langhorne, Richard43
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Cook, Catherine10
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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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Archive Sub-series

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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A Collection of Riddles from Shetland

Maclean, Calum I; Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1960

This file contains three photocopies of Maclean and Sanderson's paper, consisting of a collection of riddles compiled from fieldwork undertaken in Shetland in August 1954, and published in 'Scottish S...

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A Collection of Children's Games, Rhymes and Songs

Waller, Vivien M

1962

A collection of children's games, rhymes and songs, collected in the Manchester area from children between the ages of nine and fifteen, playing in the street or whilst at school. Schools visited were...

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A Collection of Folk Tales from Upper Nidderdale

Cook, Catherine

1971

M.A. dissertation on folktales recorded by the collector in Nidderdale in 1970-1971 (some of the tales are, however, set in locations beyond Nidderdale, e.g. Swaledale, Arkengarthdale and Merryfield)....

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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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Manuscript Collection of Folk Songs made by Janet Blunt

University Microfilms Limited

[1970s]

Microfilm copy of the ms. collection of folk songs from Adderbury (Oxfordshire) made by Janet Heatley Blunt. The copy was made for Michael Pickering, who used the manuscript as a basis for his Ph.D. t...

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The Black Country Dialect: A Collection of Words, Phrases, and Stories

Starkey, H J

1953

This file comprises an ms. notebook containing a collection of words, phrases and dialect texts of the Black Country (i.e. South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and North West Warwickshire), compi...

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The Folklife of South Warwickshire: A Field Collection with Comparative Annotations and Commentary

Wharton, Colin S

1974

This Ph.D. thesis is divided into three parts. The first (Introduction) defines the word folklore, describes the purpose of the work and the method of approach. The second (The Folklore of South Warwi...

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