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Fowler, Wilelmine M E1
Metcalf, Olive1
Morris, Patricia M1
Whitfield, Jean1

Archive File

Gardening Questionnaire Correspondence

Whitfield, Jean

1962-1963

Letters sent to Jean Whitfield from newspapers, journals and magazine editors regarding her research, and from individuals responding to her requests for help posted through these channels. This relat...

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Plant Lore

1961-1980

This file includes an ms. letter from Gillian Bulmer to Stewart Sanderson on names of apples (12 November 1975); a photocopy of Grace Pleasant Wellborn's paper on plantlore in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'T...

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The Fowler Manuscript

Fowler, Wilelmine M E

[1960s-1970s]

Bound photocopy of Wilelmine Fowler's manuscript, 'Yorkshire Sayings and Superstitions Collected in the Neighbourhood of Wakefield' ( ca. 1890s). Fowler intended the manuscript for publication in the ...

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Horses, Cattle and Draft Animals

1960-1973

This file contains items on livestock, in particular cattle and horses. The focus is largely on the general care and management of cattle and horses, folklore relating to their care, medicine, dialect...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Morris, Patricia M

17 September 1981

[Collector announcement]; Olive Metcalf, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; talks about living in back-to-back housing, Greenhow Walk; housework, including cleaning, gas lamps, cooking, ...

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