Folk Life File
Description
This subfonds constitutes the Folk Life File, an archival resource actively created throughout the lifetime of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), probably in relation to its Folk Life Survey commitments. It contains newspaper and magazine cuttings, extracted articles, offprints and reprints, photocopies, typed and ms. papers and correspondence, on a wide variety of folklore and folk life subjects. A large proportion of the Folk Life File comprises photocopies of original items. It is not always clear when these copies were made, and thus the date range for a number of files is based on an estimate of when these were taken, and not the date when the original item was created.
Metadata
| Identifier | kxxlbxbb |
| IRN | 410488 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/FLF |
| Level | Sub-collection |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/kxxlbxbb |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies) |
| Date | 1836-1998 |
| Size and Medium | 32 boxes with 314 files., 13.12 linear metres., Reproductions |
| System of Arrangement | The subfonds has been arranged in series which reflect the classification scheme used to organise the Folk Life File. Within each series, the rehousing of items in archival-quality folders has been conducted on a file-for-file basis, so as to retain as far as possible the original arrangement of the Folk Life File. The series are: - AA. General Works - A. Settlement and Dwelling - B. Livelihood and Household Support - C. Communication and Trade - D. Community Life - E. Human Life - The Family - F. Nature - G. Folk Medicine - H. Calendar Customs - I. Popular Belief and Practice - J. Mythical Tradition - K. Historical Tradition (Legend) - L. Popular Oral Tradition - M. Folk Music, Dance, Drama - N. Leisure, Pastimes - P. Children's Traditions - Q. Folk Art - R. Gypsies (Cultural Minorities) - Dialect File |