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Total number of records: 230

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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4
Brotherton Collection4

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genealogy230
hymns, english221
gypsies4
romany language3
traditional societies3
arts2
family archives2
cultural anthropology2
roma2
social history1

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England2
West Yorkshire1
Wales1
Scotland1
United States1

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People and organisationsCount
Heap, C. S. (1847-1900)1
Herne Family1
Hime, E L (1823-)1
Hall, Rev George1
Gray, John Locke (1843-1878)1
Glynn, John M. (1834-1893)1
Grant, Richard F1
Horner, Ralph Joseph (1848-1926)1
Grove, Sir George (1820-1900)1
J. Locke Gray1

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From 1800212
From 190012

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Archive Collection

Miscellaneous papers collected by W. T. Freemantle

Freemantle, W T

c.1775-c.1925

Includes papers on local history and music compiled and written by W. T. Freemantle. There are many music scores.

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Rev George Hall Collection

Hall, Rev George

1908-1918

Correspondence, notebooks, diaries and reports/loose notes documenting Hall's research and information gathering.Mainly concerned with (UK) Gypsy and Traveller biographies and genealogical details.

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Robert M.Dawson Collection

Dawson, Robert (1944-)

c.1947-1970

Press cuttings and card indexes relating to Gypsies and Travellers.

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Sir Angus (McKay) Fraser Collection

Fraser, Angus M

1562 - 2001

Personal papers, printed works, manuscripts, correspondence and research material referencing Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in UK and Europe as collected by Sir Angus (McKay) Fraser in the course of h...

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Romany Collection

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

c.1551 - c.2007

Archive and print items referencing the history, culture and representation of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Consists of three sub-collections; 1) Romany 1: The col...

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Archive Sub-collection

Photographic materials

19th cent

Includes photographs of the Partington family including the actress Sallie (Sally) Partington (1834-1907). Her sister Martha was William Freemantle's mother.

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Correspondence

1874-1921

Letters to and from Freemantle.

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Additional papers of Thomas Perronet Thompson and members of his family

Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1783-1869)

c.1745-1941

These papers supplement material in Special Collections MS 277. Some members of the family whose papers are included in this sub-collection appear in standard biographical reference books. There is a ...

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Archive Series

Correspondence about Louis Spohr's organ recital

1876

Correspondence relating to Freemantle's publication of Louis Spohr's setting of Psalm 24, Op. 97a.

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Archive File

Letters from Horton C. Allison

Allison, Horton Claridge (1847-1926)

1878

Includes flyers advertising his music. Allison was a pianist and composer.

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Archive File

Archive File

Letters from Alfred B. Allen

1876

Includes one draft letter by Freemantle.

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