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Total number of records: 13

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SubjectCount
associations, institutions, etc13
community life13
culture6
manners and customs6
social life and customs6
communication4
english language - dialects4
entertainment events4
occupations4
religion4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Monaghan, Ann M3
Ashton, John1
Ashton, Mr1
Bergal, Nancy Ann1
Bonham-Carter, Victor1
Curtin, John1
Garton, J. A.1
Hartley, Frank1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Pickering, Michael J1

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1946-1970

Harold Orton's preliminary enquiries of academic, charitable and commercial trusts regarding Research Awards/sponsorship to support the work of fieldworkers and editorial team members. Those organisat...

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Pickering, Michael J

1973

BBC Radio Oxford outside broadcast programme, 'Hello Adderbury', recorded in Adderbury. The programme covers local government, including an interview with the clerk to the Parish Council who explains ...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Ashton, John

[1974/1975]

Irish folk music and song session in the Regent pub, Leeds, including performances by a number of unidentified people. Includes mouth music (lilting), instrumental music (accordion and bodhran), conve...

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Society for Folk Life Studies 1963 Conference Arrangements

1962-1963

The Society for Folk Life Studies held its Third Annual Conference at the University of Leeds' Bodington Hall [of Residence], in 1963. This file contains typed correspondence between the conference or...

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British Association Exhibition

Wakelin, Martyn F

1967

This file contains Martyn Wakelin's correspondence with Henry Douch of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, and Broundand S. Tonkin, Chief Fishery Officer for Cornwall, regarding the availability of a p...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

[1981]

[Announcement, ? by camera operator]; recording of a Committee meeting of the Leeds branch of the Air Gunners' Association, at the British Legion; and as part of filming for a film on British air gunn...

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Preston Guild Merchant: A Study of Traditional Involvement in a Civic Ceremony

Monaghan, Ann M

1974

A dissertation providing impressions of the 1972 Preston Guild Merchant ( Preston, Lancashire), based on personal observation and interviews with local people (who also provided information on the 195...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

1973

Continuation of interview, started on tape A019, with ? Frank Hartley in Preston, regarding the Preston Guild of 1972 - local reaction after the event, cost of the event and commercial benefits, publi...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

February 1975

[Collector announcement]; recording made at Whitby Folk Club, Whitby; male announcer informs audience of KS's presence and his tape recording the session; male sings [? 'Beneath the Bonnie Hawthorn'],...

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Sound Recordings, Lancashire

Monaghan, Ann M

1973

Male informant [? Mr. Suddell - informant refers to an ancestor, Roger Suddell; nephew, Paul, also contributes], recorded in Preston, gives a history of the Preston Guild; church processions, trades p...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Bergal, Nancy Ann

13 December 1979

John Curtin, recorded in his home in the Armley area of Leeds. Biographical details; interest in Scottish Country Dance bands; accordion, guitar playing as a teenager; distinction made between traditi...

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University Archive

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1960-1980

This file contains original and copy correspondence, and related papers, concerning Stewart Sanderson's activities as an academic folklorist. Its contents seem to have been selected by Sanderson for d...

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