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Total number of records: 3090

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Record typeCount
Archives3055
Art items35

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3045
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections45
Brotherton Collection45

Count of Subject

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english language - dialects20
education20
culture20
community life20

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3045
Yorkshire337
Essex150
Lancashire140
Lincolnshire133
Somerset127
Norfolk126
Salop (Shropshire)110
Devon110
Staffordshire106

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1140
Wright, John T490
Wright, Peter375
Sykes, Donald Richard300
Barry, Michael V (1935-)269
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)126
Playford, Averil H120
Gibson, Dr Peter H106
Berntsen, Howard N90
Lawson, Fred34
Archive Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/12/1
c.1920 - c.1944
Large mounted print (woodcut) of Gypsy Traveller wagon with cart, tent and van around it.Undated.
Archive Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/12/2
c.1920 - c.1944
Mounted wood cut image of Gypsy Traveller wagon and silhouette of people to the left.Undated. In pencil, "woodcut by Fred Lawson for, 'the City Child." Initialed F.L
Archive Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/12/3
c.1920 - c.1944
Small mounted woodcut image of Gypsy Traveller wagon with building in the background.Undated DUR bookplate on the reverse.
Archive Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/12/4
c.1920 - c.1944
Unmounted, smaller version of wood cut, BC MS Rom 1/5/19/12/2.
Archive Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/12/5
May/1944
Small coloured (red and white) woodprint of Gypsy Traveller wagon parked outside building.
Archive Art Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/10/1
c.1920-c.1950
Ink drawing of a camp with Gypsy Traveller wagon tent, people sat at a table eating and drinking. Horses in the background. DUR bookplate on the reverse side. Undated
Archive Art Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/10/3
2/Oct/1928
Mounted pen and crayon drawing of Gypsy Traveller wagon with trailer/cart and possessions packed up and around the site.
Archive Art Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/10/6
11/May/1929
Charcoal drawing of a caravan [wagon] alongside vehicles in a large outhouse. Written in pencil, "Scott's Yard, Lincoln, May 11th 1929. Used in the winter quarter by Gypsys."
Archive Art Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/10/7
29/June/1927
Charcoal drawing of man and woman with two children and Gypsy Traveller wagon in the back ground.
Archive Art Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/10/8
c.1927
Pen and ink drawing of site with caravans, (vardos) and tents. Titled, " Brough Hill."
Archive Art Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/10/9
c.1927
Charcoal drawing of a rack built outside a Gypsy Traveller wagon to hang rabbits that had been hunted/killed. Labelled, "Rabbit skins [indecipherable word- possibly location]."
Archive Art Piece:
BC MS ROM 1/5/19/10/10
29/June/1927
Charcoal drawing of 4 children sat in front of Gypsy Traveller wagon.