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Total number of records: 2547

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Books and printed items2374
Archives117
Art items53

Count of Collection group

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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2547
Brotherton Collection2544

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies655
romani language66
folklore23
cant21
tales19
irish travellers (nomadic people)19
english language18
romani poetry17
scottish poetry16
natural history15

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England34
Great Britain20
Spain18
Hungary14
Greece12
Europe12
United States11
Ireland11
Romania10
France9

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Lawson, Fred67
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)61
Dorothy Una Phillips45
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)45
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips45
Dorothy Una Clough45
Gypsy Lore Society39
Nelson, S (1800-1862)37
Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)37
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-177332

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Archive Collection

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...

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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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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.

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The Selborne Mission Collection

Purches, Samuel Leslie (1898-1955)

1931-1955

The collection relates to the Selborne Hop Mission to members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community on the Selborne Estate, Hampshire, in 1931. The Mission may have been requested by Lord Selbor...

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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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Romany Collection (1)

c.1551 - 1971

Items collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (DUR) as part of her "Gypsy Library/Romany Collection." Includes a wide range of manuscripts, letters, typescripts, press cuttings, photographs, music, objec...

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Archive Sub-series

Blakeborough (Richard Fairfax-), “Topcliffe fair”.

Fairfax Blakeborough, Richard

16/11/1956

1) 3 page typed transcription of broadcast, “Letter from the North Riding” in “The Northcountry-man”, B.B.C. Home Service.

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Fleming (Elizabeth), “Gypsy poems”

Fleming, Elizabeth

c.1946

Bound volume of manuscript (handwritten) poems signed by the poet, Elizabeth Fleming of Newcastle on Tyne. Title taken from cover. The poems are recorded as published in Country Life, Chambers’s Jou...

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Official documents relating to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma in Spain, collected by Sir Angus Fraser

Fraser, Angus M

1630-1798

Comprises official documents of Spanish origin "affecting Gypsies," [Roma] including, prematica/pragmatica; real cedula; real provision; real orden; carta orden; real instruccion; real decreto and ind...

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National & International Missions to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma; the papers of William Webb

c.1948 - 1958

Papers relating to the work and establishment of national and international religious missions working with [Gypsy, Travellers & Roma] communities. These include but are not limited to; The Church of ...

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