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Catalogue of the mechanical engineering collection in the United States National Museum : motors, locomotives, and self-propelled vehicles
Mitman, Carl Weaver (1889-); United States National Museum
1922
Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]
Metcalfe, Robert
[1970s]
Stewart Sanderson [?recorded in Leeds] talks about motoring folklore; his interest; Rolls Royce and Volkswagen examples; friend-of-a-friend tales and truth; collecting examples; the study of oral trad...
Haymaking: Hay Sledge
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1962
Farmer, Mr. Fothergill, riding a draft horse drawing an empty wooden hay sledge up into high fields to collect hay, Dent ( Dentdale). Stone barn in background. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO...
Haymaking: Hay Sledge
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1962
Farmer, Mr. Fothergill, riding a draft horse drawing an empty wooden hay sledge up into high fields to collect hay, Dent ( Dentdale). A (sheep)dog accompanies him. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC...
Haymaking: Hay Sledge
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1962
Farmer, Mr. Fothergill, mounting a draft horse drawing an empty wooden hay sledge in order to take it up into high fields to collect hay, Dent ( Dentdale). A (sheep)dog accompanies him. Mounted on Pho...
The Rag-and-Bone Men of Leeds and their Carts
Witton, Lesley A
1971
A study comprising an introduction and history of rag-and-bone collecting, a description of the Leeds Tatters' Market, the rag-and-bone business in 1971, with descriptions of some yards in Leeds, and ...
Sound Recording, County Durham
Upton, Clive S
13 May 1974
[Collector announcement]; Herbert Hodgson, recorded at home in Bishop Middleham; talks about working in a colliery on leaving school; picking stones from tubs of coal; collecting tubs from the pit hea...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Ronague, Isle of Man
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
Nov 1958
[Side 1] Amanda talks about local farms and farmhouses, recalls open fireplace in childhood home, remembers trips by horse and cart to collect ling for fire, describes apparatus for cooking and baking...
Staithes
Day, Angela M
1967
A study of Staithes in North Yorkshire, in two sections. The first considers the community, and contains an introduction to the village and its history, and sections on the social pattern (dress, educ...
Boatbuilding on the Thames Between Richmond and Kingston: An Approach to the Study of Material Culture in an Urban Environment
Small, Graham
1978
A dissertation examining evidence of material culture in a small local industry, in a modern urban environment. The study focusses on the boatbuilding firm of Tough Brothers of Teddington, and present...
Sound Recording, Hampshire
Wright, John T
January 1958
Charles Dudman, recorded in a pub in Hatherden; talks about a shepherding job on leaving school; ?locus beans in sheep feed; work as a garden boy at Clanville Lodge; humorous anecdote re. a visit to [...
Glossaries, Etc.
Hudleston, Nigel A
[1950s]
These files contain four undated typed papers, annotated in ms., containing dialect glossaries (mostly Yorkshire based) and data on Yorkshire folklife, and diagrams illustrating wagons and cottages. ...