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Letters, 1956-7, regarding a portrait photograph, publication by the Country Book Club, a transcription into Braille for the National Library for the Blind (with a copy of its annual report, March 1956), publicity in the Esso Farmer and the Western Mail.

Two letters by A. P. Robinson of Berwyn, The Park, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, dated 11 February, 1955, relating to the manufacture of early steam ploughs and anecdotes involving Prince Halim Pasha of Egypt and Prince Duleep Singhi of India; a note of thanks for a donation to Ipswich Museum, 1956; correspondence from the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), dated 1956-7, notes and sketches relating to merchants' marks in ancient buildings; and a postcard, 1966.

Printed material comprising: a short story, 'He Saith Among the Trumpet Ha, Ha', by George Ewart Evans (photocopy); articles on the local history of Norfolk, linguistics, opium consumption in the Fenlands, and deafness.

Educational magazine on Suffolk produced in 1964 by a pensioners' class tutored by George Ewart Evans; typescripts of his own lectures given to educational groups, 1967-8; and a programme for a course on folklore, 1970.

Handwritten and typed transcripts of an inventory, 1844, bible inscriptions, 1698-1926, invitation cards, 1805, school log-book, 1800-99, award (valuation), 1902, lease agreement, 1903, and a tenancy agreement, 1919.

Transcripts:: a court roll, 1718, and a terrier of Barking and Needham; article from the Illustrated London News, 1851, on a meeting for the improvement of the labouring classes, chaired by Prince Albert; an obituary notice from The Times, 1886, and a biography of Mrs Girling of the Shaker community; survey of the rural districts of Suffolk. Date of transcripts estimated [1950x1980]

Colour print of the Brecon Beacons by John Warwick Smith, 1795; two black and white sillhouette cards showing country scenes; and the business card of John Harrison & Sons, Dronfield, tool manufacturers [? c. 1953].

Correspondence concerning folklore associated with St Brigid's crosses (1971), and the author's help in producing a promotional leaflet for a local history journal (1980).

Press cutting reporting the wedding of the author's sister, no date [?1930x1940]. Other cuttings, 1965-79, relating to: dialect; an article by George Ewart Evans, entitled 'Old Carpenters' Tales' in the Times Educational Supplement, 4 November 1966; Mulbarton Pond; American politics; and a local fair.

Invitation and programme for the Times Educational Supplement fiftieth anniversary dinner [1960]. Address card of the Inspector of Historic Buildings for Norfolk.

Two articles, with notes and relevant press cuttings attached, on Christmas customs, particularly in Wales, and on home brewing.

Notes and related correspondence, 1961 and 1967, relating to metal working and other industry in East Anglia; miscellaneous extracts and notes on crime and punishment, social change in rural areas, windmills, archaeological evidence in gardens and houses, and the character of the rural village in East Anglia.

Miscellaneous notes on dialect, curiosity of villagers and village anecdotes; schedule of visits in 1984; list of influential figures and their works in the field of dialect studies; dates of marriages of the author's children; and a printed newsletter, 1977.

Transcript of a schools' radio programme for A-level English, on the subject of Chaucer, containing an interview with George Ewart Evans (August 1967), accompanied by his own notes on echoes of Chaucerian imagery in local country speech.

Miscellaneous correspondence, including draft letters by George Ewart Evans, with support from Iorwerth C. Peate and Norman Scarfe, and replies from Sir Mortimer Wheeler, in connection with an application for a British Academy award, January 1962 - February 1963; note from Ffransis Payne of the Welsh Folk Museum, November 1966; correspondence and invoices for subscription to a dictionary, October - November 1979.