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Archive File

MS and TS copies of correspondence and minutes regarding the Special Enquiries Office of the Board of Education, including the appointment of librarian

1894-1900

A collection of copies of official minutes and correspondence relating to the work of the Office of Special Enquiries and Reports, Board of Education, including comments by Sadler, notably a finished ...

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Sound Recording

British Broadcasting Corporation

[1972]

Radio programme [BBC Home Service 1960-05-28 17:00; Children's hour] on Captain Charles Towneley and his role in the English Civil War; hiding from Cromwell's men; death at the Battle of Marston Moor,...

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Sound Recordings, Stockton-on-Tees

Schrut, Judith Lynne

1977

Discussion regarding church flower arranging, including Easter arrangements and history of the church in which the recording is being made [? St. Paul's Church, Thornaby]; brief mention of Thornaby hi...

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Sound Recording, East Riding of Yorkshire

Chamberlain, John S

July/August 1961

Herbert Sykes of Wetwang relates items of weatherlore - rainbows, moon (and associated rhymes), wind direction, horses' behaviour/crows' behaviour (nesting) as signs of weather; Mrs. Sykes relates say...

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Lore and Legend of the Western Fen Borderland

Toffler, Lenora Clare

1967

A study of the folklore of eleven informants living in villages to the north of Peterborough ( Crowland, Helpston, Whittlesey, Glinton and Maxey). The study comprises five chapters, with the first pre...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Cheichel, Edna

1970

Various informants recorded at Donisthorpe Hall Old People's Home in Leeds. Leizer Gold sings unidentified song; male sings unidentified song; male ( Rabbi Safer) relates an incident, and other inform...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Staffordshire locations 12St5-10. The original recordings were made in 1955 and 1965. The date when this copy tape was made ...

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Sound Recordings, Dorset

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mr. Spiller of Broadwindsor talks about farming; milking cows; hedging and the decline in the numbers of hedgers; farm horses and ploughing; weeding corn; haymaking; women labourers; informant's famil...

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Leeds Tailoring Industry Papers

Smith, Paul (1947-)

[1970-1992]

Items collected for a project on the Leeds tailoring industry, with related papers. A large proportion of these items are photocopies, and it is unclear when the copies were made. The date range for t...

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