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Total number of records: 3369

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Record typeCount
Archives3363
Books and printed items5
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3358
Brotherton Collection7
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections6
Cookery Collection4

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
education30
english language - dialects30
culture30
community life30
recipes3
cooking3
cooking, english3
table setting and decoration3
house furnishings1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3369
Yorkshire371
Essex165
Lancashire154
Lincolnshire148
Somerset140
Norfolk139
Devon121
Salop (Shropshire)121
Staffordshire117

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1258
Wright, John T540
Wright, Peter413
Sykes, Donald Richard331
Barry, Michael V (1935-)298
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)139
Playford, Averil H132
Gibson, Dr Peter H117
Berntsen, Howard N99
William34

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From 15001
From 17003
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From 19003364

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Up to 19993364
Archive Art Item:
BC MS ROM 1/5/1/17
1948
Pencil portrait titled, "Jim Kin(g)don, Kirkstall, 1948." Signed J.A.
Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/15
1939
Photograph of women outside caravan with caption, "Appleby Hill fair. Summer 1939. Photo by NP."
Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/44
Jun 1939
2 photographs of families outside caravans mounted on page (loose) from album. Labelled, " The Hill, Appleby June 1939. Photo by N.P."
Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 1/4/1/46
1939
Black and white photgraph of girl outside caravan. Caption reads, "Appleby hill Fair. N.P." 1939
Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 2/A/1/2/7
20/Jan/1962 - 18/May/1963
Scene of eviction of Gypsy Travellers at Darenth Woods, Kent. Scene shows woman with two children, [modern] wagons, film crew in background. Also includes woman and two men in foreground which have be...
Archive Item:
BC MS ROM 2/A/1/2/5
20/Jan/1962 - 18/May/1963
Scene of eviction of Gypsy Travellers at Darenth Woods, Kent. Scene shows [modern] Gypsy Traveller wagon being towed by tractor; elderley man and young boy holding chicken, [he has been coloured roun...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/1/1
25/Mar/1953 - 1/Apr/1953
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/1/2
18/Jan/1953 - 22/Jan/1953
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/1/3
28/Jan/1953 - 31/Jan/1953
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/1/4
4/Sep/1953 - 29/Sep/1953
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/1/5
2/Feb/1953 - 7/Feb/1953
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Archive Item:
LAVC/SED/2/2/1/6
30/Nov/1954 - 6/Dec/1954
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...