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Archive Print Item

The expanding environment : the end of cities, the rise of communities

Gutkind, Erwin Anton (1886-1968)

[1953]

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Archive Series

Archivists' Correspondence and Related Papers

1962-1992

This series contains correspondence between successive Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and non-University of Leeds students and academics, publishers, museums and local m...

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Correspondence

1969-1981

Letters to and from Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists Joyce Salmona(archivist in 1969), Margaret Jackson(1971-1976), Brenda Neale(1976-1978) and Susan Drury(1978-1981). The...

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IDFLS Lists of Theses etc. - Correspondence

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Drury, Susan

1971-1987

The letters in this file comprise enquiries regarding the purchase of Stewart Sanderson's 'Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations in Folk Life Studies in the University of Leeds 1961-1970', and request...

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Application for Copies of Material: IDFLS

1977-1992

Application forms and accompanying correspondence; two lists (ms., typescript photocopies) of dialect theses held in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies library. The bulk of these items wer...

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Correspondence File

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Green, Anthony E (1943-)

1977-1981

Responses to an International Association of Sound Archivesquestionnaire, from Stewart Sanderson (1977) and Tony Green (1981), detailing the holdings of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studie...

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Internal Correspondence - Bursar, Miss Stead etc.

1981

Typed sheets relating to the employment of a Research Assistant in the School of English, to work on the English Dialect Survey's dictionary project. This was to be a two-year project, commencing Octo...

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Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies Letterheads

[1965-1975]

Blank letterheads, bearing the Institute's name and that of the Director, Stewart Sanderson.

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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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Indexes to the Institute's Holdings

[1970-1980]

This handmade sign, probably displayed on the archivist's desk/in the searchroom, explains how to use and locate the various indexes to the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies' holdings.

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