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| Collection group | Count |
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| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 529 |
| Brotherton Collection | 55 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 36 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 23 |
| Liddle Collection | 5 |
| English Literature | 4 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 3 |
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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009) | 102 |
| Orton, Harold (1898-1975) | 36 |
| Sanderson, Stewart (1924-) | 23 |
| Barry, Michael V (1935-) | 22 |
| Dunn, Ginette | 17 |
| Wright, Peter | 15 |
| Tammivaara, Irmeli | 13 |
| Wright, John T | 13 |
| Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968) | 12 |
| University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies | 11 |
City of Leeds Training College, Leeds College of Art and Leeds College of Music, papers on higher education, held by Leeds City Council Education Committee
c.1903-1961
Comprises: (1) Leeds College of Art papers, ca. 1910-1961, including administrative correspondence, the Principal's annual reports, miscellaneous annual and other reports, notably one of an inspection...
Association of Directors and Secretaries for Education, the Association of Education Officers, and the National Association of Education Officers (papers)
1906-1954
Comprises: (1) Minute books of ADSE and AEO Executive Committees, Apr 1906 - May 1954; (2) Minute book of NAEO Executive Committee, May 1908 - Dec 1916; (3) Letter from D.J. Cowan to F.H. Toyne, with ...
Society of Education Officers papers
1970-1988
Comprises: (1) General correspondence, Aug 1977 - Dec 1984. (2) (a) Executive Committee, attendance register, Dec 1970 - Dec 1983; papers and agendas, Jul 1983 - May 1988; minutes, Mar 1984 - Dec 198...
William Norman Illingworth, educationalist, letters and papers relating to his early career as a teacher in Leeds and Birkenhead, 1923-1929
Illingworth, William Norman (1902-1980)
1923-1929
West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, Alexander Bradshaw Clegg directorship documents
1902-1974
Select documents together with photocopies, transcripts and abstracts of documents relating to the West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, 1902-1974, but mostly during the directorship of Alexan...
Miscellaneous papers relating to Parliamentary grants to local authorities for educational purposes, 1925-1928; compiled by the Association of Education Committees
1925-1928
Title stamped in gold on front board gives the dates as '1925-1935'. On the spine is stamped the word 'GRANTS'. The cover is green
Papers and correspondence of the North of England Education Conference
1903-1992
Comprises the administrative papers and correspondence, conference papers and printed reports of the North of England Education Conference in its many different venues around the country between 1903 ...
Pamphlet collection compiled by Lord Boyle of Handsworth
Boyle of Handsworth, Edward Boyle Baron (1923-1981)
c.1945-1981
1141 pamphlets held in 40 pamphlet boxes on 5 shelves. Sorted and boxed by broad subject. Possibly the bequest of Lord Boyle, ca.1981 Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, P.C., C.H....
Papers of the Association of Education Committees
1904-1977
Minute books, papers and files of correspondence of the Association of Education Committees.
Film
[1960-1976]
Film and stills on traditional ropemaking and clog-making from Sam Hanna's series of films on traditional English crafts; film taken during a trip by members of staff of the Institute of Dialect and F...
Institute Staff Papers
University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies
1952-1983
This subfonds contains papers created and collected by members of staff at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), and includes correspondence; papers relating to the research interest...
Student Research Papers
1942-1992
The items in this subfonds present original research in Folklore and Folklife Studies, English Language and Dialectology. The subject areas covered include custom and belief, traditional narratives, t...