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          5 Archival description results for Oral tradition

          Arnott, David Whitehorn
          GB 0102 PP MS 73 · 1950s-1980s

          Papers, 1950s-1980s, of Professor David W Arnott on West African languages, comprising papers, including notes and questionnaires, from his study leave (1955-1956) spent travelling from Nigeria through Niger, Dahomey (Benin), Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), French Sudan (Mali), Senegal and Gambia to Guinea and Sierra Leone; copies (photocopied and photographic) of manuscripts; translations and transcriptions; transcriptions of language recordings; seminar and conference papers; teaching material; offprints of articles by Arnott; typescripts or corrected proofs of articles; and reviews of books by other authors. The papers relate largely to Nigeria but also to Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal, relating mainly to Fulfulde, Fula and Fulani (language of the Fulani people of West Africa), and also to Tiv and to Hausa poetry and songs. The subjects include literature, including poetry (religious and non-religious), oral literature and folklore, proverbial lore, Islamic influences on African literary cultures, grammar, including morphology, verbal and nominal systems, nouns, vocabulary, and the distribution of dialects.

          Arnott , David Whitehorn , fl 1955-2000 , linguist
          BRICE, T. {PRINTER}
          GB 0074 O/286 · Collection · 1730?-1760?

          Printed broadsheet of the Proverbs of Poor Richard, or the Way to Wealth, by Benjamin Franklin; printed by T. Brice, in Musgrave Alley, High Street, Exeter.

          T Brice , printer of Exeter Franklin Benjamin , 1706-1790 , natural philosopher, writer, and revolutionary politician in America
          GB 2603 Lloyd · 1953-[1982]

          Papers of Albert Lancaster Lloyd, 1953-[1982], comprising materials relating to traditional folk music from around the world, especially Eastern Europe, notably newspaper cuttings, photographs, typescript notes, drafts of articles, diaries, notebooks, broadcast scripts and texts of lectures on subjects including:
          English folk music, including erotic songs, ballads, carols, London songs, Morris dancers, North-East songs and poetry.
          Romanian folk music, [1955-1973], including notes on subjects including costume, customs, instruments, proverbs, social life and topography, as well as a large number of photographs depicting native song and dance.
          Hungarian folk music, [1946-1970s], including notes on subjects such as art, custom, dance, history and instruments.
          Bulgarian folk music, [1954-1960s], including papers, correspondence and photographs on costume, dance, recorded music, and topography.
          American folk music, [1949-1967], including materials on cowboys, blues and jazz, spirituals, work songs and vagrants.
          Industrial song, [1950s-1970s], including miners, textile workers, political songs, and American work songs.
          The collection also includes material on Chinese and Australian traditional music.

          Lloyd , Albert Lancaster , 1908-1982 , folklorist
          GB 0114 MS0198 · c 1800

          Papers of Charles Dagge Seager, c 1800, comprising a manuscript transcript by Seager, of the notes taken at lectures on surgery by John Hunter, arranged into aphorisms by Charles Brandon Trye.

          Seager , Charles Dagge , 1779-1844 , surgeon