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Papers of Diana Allen, Gypsy and Traveller Rights Campaigner.
Allen, Diana (1916-2007)
c.1967-2007
Includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, research papers, reports, copies of minutes and publications relating to Gypsies and Travellers collected by Diana Allen.
Papers of Jenny Smith, (Gypsy and Traveller Rights Campaigner)
Smith, Jenny
c.1985 - c.2017
Papers created and reference material collected in the course of Jenny Smith's work campaigning on behalf of Gypsies and Travellers in Bristol area and nationally (UK). Concerns various UK laws, (...
Centre for Disability Studies Collection
1974-2015
The collection includes the papers of various organisations run by disabled people for disabled people. It contains minutes, agendas and information bulletins. There are flyers and posters about eve...
T.W. Thompson Collection (Gypsy and Traveller related tales and research material)
Thompson, Thomas William
c.1890 -1964
Manuscript and research notes made by T. W Thompson of tales recounted by Gypsies and Travellers and information gathered during these encounters, (notes on language, customs, familial connections, bi...
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.
Robert M.Dawson Collection
Dawson, Robert (1944-)
c.1947-1970
Press cuttings and card indexes relating to Gypsies and Travellers.
Donald Kenrick Collection (Papers of the National Gypsy Council)
c.1963- c.1971
Papers (mainly relating to the establishment and work of the Gypsy Council) and print items referencing Gypsies, Travellers and Roma as deposited by Donald Kenrick.
Correspondence
1908-1918
Letters addressed to Reverend George Hall (at Ruckland Rectory, Nr. Louth, Lincolnshire) from a number of correspondents across the UK, (one in the USA). Most reference Hall's own and other's literary...
Phillips (Alfred Charles). “Fern Picking Gypsies." “Fern-picking Gypsies”
Vowles, Alfred Charles
31/Mar/1955
Typescript (6 page) account of “Fern-picking Gypsies” -an account of events in mid 1940s of some Gypsy/Travellers picking ferns from National Trust land at Dunkery, Exmoor for sale to fishmongers ...
Diaries
c.1912 - c.1917
Mainly loose typescript notes (many fragments) as diary accounts of travels (many visits to horse fairs) and meeting with Gypsies and Travellers. Many have annotations/corrections. Includes some hand...
Cowles (Frederick Ignatius), Letters to Mrs McGrigor Phillips.
Cowles, Frederick Ignatius (1900-)
28/07/1939 - 08/08/1939
2 typed and signed.letters from Frederick Cowles introducing himself to Mrs Phillips, (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe) as a friend of Dr Endre Spur (Hungary) just returned from his visit to Gypsy/Traveller ca...
Fitzgerald (Brian Seymour Vesey-), Letter to Mrs McGrigor Phillips.
Vesey-FitzGerald, Brian Seymour (1900-)
24/06/1956
Letter from author, Brian Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald to DUR (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe) with offer of law book used by George Borrow.