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Total number of records: 147

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Archives145
Books and printed items2

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture145
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
woodworking industries147
occupations144
culture77
implements, utensils etc76
community life53
play48
museums42
material culture41
handicraft40
buildings39

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Langhorne, Richard29
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)25
Taylor, Harry18
Witton, Lesley A18
Hunter, Robert9
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)8
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)6
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Brunk, Wille3
John3

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The woodworking trades : a select bibliography

Nicolle, George; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1993

Includes indexes.

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Archive File

Runes

[ca. 1960s-1970s]

This file contains 14 photocopied plates showing diagrams, tables and maps of and relating to objects with runic inscriptions. These comprise figures of the Ruthwell Cross, the Bewcastle Cross, the Fr...

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Archive File

Some Warwickshire Crafts

Wharton, Colin S

1969

This file contains a copy of a typed paper by Colin Wharton, on Warwickshire crafts. The paper is in two parts: Part I includes ms. illustrations and accompanying text; Part II consists of Wharton's i...

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Archive File

Wooden Industries

1959-1974

This file contains extracts and cuttings on boat-building, hurdle-making and other industries centred on wood, including D. Phillips Birt's article, 'Last Days of the Wooden Boat', extracted from 'Cou...

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Archive File

Technical Terms from a Wheelwright's Ledger

Wilkinson, Karl V

1972

This file contains a typed alphabetical list ([7] leaves) of terms relating to wheelwrighting, woodwork and agricultural tools, with definitions, compiled from a ledger belonging to Edward Packhamof t...

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Archive File

Woodworkers' Tools

1972-1973

This file contains typed correspondence from W. L. Goodman to Stewart Sanderson and Tony Green on the terminology of woodworkers' tools from the 16th and 17th centuries (23 December 1972 - 6 April 197...

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Archive File

Dales Crafts and Craftsmen

Walton, James

[1930s-1940s]

Articles written by James Walton on the craftsmen of the Yorkshire Dales, for the series 'Dales Crafts and Craftsmen' in 'The Yorkshire Dalesman', extracted and pasted into a hard-backed scrapbook. Th...

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Archive File

Local Woodcrafts

Walton, James

1940

Article on the history of woodcrafts in the Halifax/ Calderdale area, published in the 'Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society' (dated 5 October 1940). Includes sections on the woods themselv...

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Archive File

Cart Diagrams

Brears, Peter C D

[1970s]

Printed scale illustrations of the Halifax Heck Cart and the Lister Chaise (made for James Lister of Shibden Hall), shaded in coloured pencil to match the descriptions of the carts printed on the vers...

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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania)
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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Carved wooden gates at the house of Petri Bodent, Auseu, (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0024. Includes ms. note on the location, and the carver used.

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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania)
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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania)

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Carved wooden gates at the house of Petri Bodent, Auseu, (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0023. Includes ms. note on the location, and the wood-carver.

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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania): Detail
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Carved Wooden Gates (Romania): Detail

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

December 1974

Detail of carved wooden gates at the house of Petri Bodent, Auseu, (Romania). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0026.

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