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Total number of records: 5

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	3
English Literature	2
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
folklore	5
fairies	2
mythology	1
material culture	1
photographs	1
play	1
traditional societies	1
social life and customs	1
manners and customs	1
gypsies	1

Count of Place

Place	Count
Lincolnshire	1
Wales	1
France	1
England	1
Cumbria	1
Derbyshire	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Shorter, Clement King (1857-1926)	1
Lock Family	1
Lee Family	1
Smith Family	1
Thompson, Thomas William	1
Wright, Elsie	1
Woods Family	1
University of Leeds	1
Hardy, Thomas	1
Griffiths, Frances (1907-1986)	1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1800	3
From 1900	2

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1999	3
Up to latest	2

Archive Collection:
MS 1309

Katharine Mary Briggs, correspondence and papers

c.1900-1980

Katherine Mary Briggs was bom in London in 1898, the eldest of three surviving daughters of Ernest and Mary Briggs. The Briggs family had its origins in Yorkshire and had built up its fortune from the...

Archive Collection:
MS 1600

Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies)

1836-2003

The Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture comprises the combined multiple media holdings of the archives of the Survey of English Dialects (ca. 1946-1978) directed by Harold Orton, and the University of...

Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Clodd

Edward Clodd, manuscripts, diaries and correspondence, with a collection of his printed books.

1875-1930

Comprises: (1) BOUND MSS of some of Clodd's books, comprising volumes entitled: Animism, Dreams, Evolution, The Evolution of Religion, Folklore, Jesus of Nazareth, Magic in Names, Miracle Plays, Myste...

Archive Collection:
MS 2072

T.W. Thompson Collection (Gypsy and Traveller related tales and research material)

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...

Archive Collection:
BC MS Cottingley Fairies

Cottingley Fairies Collection

1920-2010

Comprises: (1) BOOKS: 11 books (and 1 video) related to the case of the Cottingley Fairies, 1973-1998; (2) JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1920-1992: including the 1920 and 1921 issues of the Strand Magazine in whi...