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The Human Being
1969-1974
This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items relating to the human body. This includes a photocopy of a short article from 'The Guardian' on left-handedness (5 May 1974); and a mounted mag...
Dress
1966-1975
This subseries contains items relating to costume and dress. The subject matter includes traditional and occupational clothing and footwear; the collection of footwear; and headwear and related access...
Getting Married: An Ethnographic and Bibliographic Study
Neale, Brenda Ann
1985
This Ph.D. thesis is divided into two parts. Part One, The Study of Ritual, describes theoretical foundations, theoretical developments and urban ritual studies. Part Two, Getting Married, includes ch...
Quarry Bank Mill: The Development of a Folk Museum
Price, Sarah M
1978
A dissertation describing the development of Quarry Bank Mill as a museum, tracing the history of the village of Styal where it is situated, the mill and, briefly, the Lancashire cotton industry. In d...
A Study of the Hat-Making Craft
Bell, M W
1964
A study describing the history of, and contemporary manufacturing processes within, the hat-making industry. Particular reference is made to the Offerton branch of the Battersby Hat Company . Sixteen ...
Clogs and Clog Making. With Reference to the Aire and Calder Valleys of the West Riding of Yorkshire
Moore, Vivienne E
1972
M.A. dissertation which provides a survey of clogs and clogmaking in the West Riding of Yorkshire (focussing on the industry in Airedale and the Calder Valley), both setting the trade and the article ...
The Fishermen of Newhaven
Paine, M J
1967
A thesis containing eight sections, providing general notes on Newhaven town and harbour, examples of fishermen's superstitions and prejudices, customs of the Brighton and Newhaven fishermen, clothing...
The Newhaven Fishwives
Falconer, Seonaid Gordon
1968
A study comprising seven chapters on the history of Newhaven, the clothing and duties of a Newhaven fishwife (including local recipes), penny or paying weddings, the Scottish Newhaven Fisherwomen's Ch...
The Oral History and Traditions of the Lancashire Textile Workers
Taylor, Monica
1972
A study of some features of working, domestic and recreational life in the cotton town of Haslingden in Lancashire, in the early part of the twentieth century. The description of such aspects is based...
Clogs. Their Social Aspects, with Particular Reference to Fighting and Dancing
Woolley, Hilary J
1976
A study comprising four chapters. The first presents the historical, functional and social context of wooden soled footwear, with sections on working clogs and dress clogs. Chapter Two considers the c...
Tartan: The Origin and Development of the Cloth and its Characteristic Form, the Kilt
Wordley, Vivienne E
1977
A study looking at the relationship between tartan and Scotland, and tartan and the rest of the world; between the practical, functional side of tartan, and the symbolic role it has played in the past...
The Goldsmith or Jeweller and Associated Customs in the Tamil Speaking Community of South Africa
Pather, Ranjeni
1980
A dissertation which considers the origins of the goldsmithing trade, looks at the manufacture of jewellery in South Africa by the Tamil speaking community of that country, and describes some of the c...