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Total number of records: 13

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture7
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
holidays13
community life7
manners and customs7
culture6
nature6
occupations6
agriculture5
animals5
education5
english language - dialects5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Boulogne, France2
Dover, United Kingdom2
France2
Bedford, United Kingdom1
Calais, France1
Croagnes, France1
Florence, Italy1
Italy1
Makerere, Africa1
Perpignon, France1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Pasanen, Leena3
Applett, Stanley1
Bradbury, Kathleen Frances1
Brook, Ann1
Chilvers, Maggie1
Creasy, George1
Farrow, Mrs1
Goddard, Mr1
Higgenbottom1
Higginbottom, Mr Bernard1

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Route plans through France

c. 1960

Undated handwritten route plans through France, beginning in Boulogne, noting the distances between places, paint colours, places to stay and places of interest. 1.

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Travel and transport

1955-1969

Documents related to Maurice de Sausmarez's travels across France, Italy and Spain, including official documents and handwritten itineraries for varioius different trips. He often spent the summers pa...

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Travel, architecture and landscapes

c. 1940-1969

Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of architecture and landscapes in France, Italy, East Africa and the United Kingdom, taken by Maurice de Sausmarez. Includes enlarged photographs o...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

July-August 1971

[Collector announcement]; George Creasy, recorded at home in Framsdenon the 30 July 1971; recites the monologues 'Bill and Bob' and 'Harvest Carting in Suffolk'; talks about his working life on local ...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

August 1971

[Collector announcement]; Stanley Applett, a retired butcher, recorded in his home in Framsdenon the 3 August 1971; talks about his working life as a butcher; his apprenticeship and wages; joining the...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire and Cheshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

May 1965

[Collector announcement]; Mr. E. Nealey, recorded in Burbage; provides biographical information; makes reference to cockfighting; an Endowed School; selling newspapers at the age of nine; aunt and unc...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Pasanen, Leena

July 1971

[Collector announcement]; Maggie Chilvers, recorded in Helmingham on the 26 July 1971; describes a typical working week for her mother, including brushing Sunday clothes; washing (Tuesdays); ironing (...

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Reservations from Dover to Calais

26 Jul 1960-13 Sep 1960

Typed letter from J. Lindsay of the Automobile Association to Maurice de Sausmarez, confirming reservations to travel between Dover and Calais on 26 July 1960 and returning from Boulogne to Dover on 1...

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Programme for an organ concert

13 Aug 1969

Copy of a typewritten programme for a concert of organ music at the Eglise de Saint-Saturnin-Lès-Apt on 13 August 1969.

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Automobile Association reservation advice

20 Feb 1962

Printed and handwritten reservation advice and statement of account from the Automobile Association for Maurice de Sausmarez's journey from Dover to Boulogne on 14 August 1962 and return journey on 16...

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The Derbyshire Well Dressings

Bradbury, Kathleen Frances

1971

A study of the well dressing custom observed in a number of Derbyshire villages. The first of three chapters includes sections on the origins and history of well dressing, and well dressings in litera...

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