Proverbs: General
Description
This file contains an ms. letter from Michael Cram to Angus McIntosh (Dept. of English Language, University of Edinburgh) regarding the origins of a proverb (26 November 1972), with an a accompanying ms. note from Angus McIntosh (possibly to Stewart Sanderson) on forwarding the letter; a photocopy of Alan Dundes' paper, 'On the Structure of the Proverb', from 'Proverbium', number 25 (1975), pp. 961-973; a photocopy of Robert Reisner's article, 'Spotty History of Graffiti', from the 'Weekend Telegraph Magazine' (June 1972), pp. 31-[34]; and mounted magazine and newspaper cuttings from 'Country Life' and 'The Guardian', on the origins of several sayings, and a variorum alphabet. File contents retained in original classification order, and chronologically within this.
Metadata
| Identifier | l2pskllr |
| IRN | 410753 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/FLF/13/4/2 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/l2pskllr |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Proverbs, Sayings and Expressions |
| Date | 1971-1975 |
| Size and Medium | 1 file of ms. correspondence, photocopied papers and mounted magazine and newspaper cuttings. |