1:2V-7R - [Helm Notes on Rushcart and Morris Dancing - from Gilchrist (1927)]

Author: Gilchrist, A. G.
Title: 'The Lancashire Rush-Cart and Morris-Dance'
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: Ser 2:1 (1927), 17-27
Notes: Cr - I:22, 32, 9, 12, 17, 23, 57
Date: 1927
Content: Illus; Music
Refs: ICD

1:7R-8V - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Tunstall]

Author: Tunstall, Beatrice.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 1 City Walls, Chester; Oct. 24, 1949
Notes: Cr - I:57; Reference to Letter from Coulter Walker, Nov. 7, 1949
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:8V-9V - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Collins on Antrobus Play, 1949]

Author: Collins, J. R., Jr.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Manley Farm, Antrobus, N. Northwich; --
Notes: "Seen [by Collins?] on Oct. 29th at Antrobus School Hall. (1949)"
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:9V-17 - [Crompton Notes on Glossop, Old Glossop, Godley Hill Morris]

Author: Crompton, R. C.
Title: Crompton Collection; Helm Collection - Copy
Journal: --
Imprint: March 9, 1937
Notes: Cr - I:6, 23, 57, 22, 12; Newspaper Cutting; Authority Joseph Hadfield; Assisted by H. C. King and R. Saunders; Pages Misnumbered
Date: 1937
Content: Illus; Chart
Refs: not used

1:16[A-C] - [Helm Notes on Letter from Metcalfe to Helm on Glossop Morris]

Author: Metcalfe, G.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Oct. 18, 1949
Notes: Pages Misnumbered
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:18-20R - [Letter from Crompton to Schofield on Godley Hill Morris]

Author: Crompton, H.
Title: Schofield Collection; Helm Collection - Copy
Journal: --
Imprint: 3 Park Gardens, Halifax; March 9, 1937
Notes: Cr - I:14
Date: 1937
Content: Music
Refs: not used

1:20R-24R - [Helm Notes on Godley Hill Morris and Rushcart - From Middleton (1949)]

Author: Middleton, Thomas
Title: --
Journal: Ashton Reporter
Imprint: Aug. 5, 1949
Notes: Cr - I:4; 32, 1, 9, 57, 6, 12, 17
Date: 1949
Content: Music; Photos
Refs: ICD

1:24R-25R - [Helm Notes on Congleton Rush-Bearing - from Head (1---)]

Author: Head, --.
Title: Congleton
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: Cr - I:28, 58, 84
Date: --
Content: Photos
Refs: not used

1:25R-28V - [Helm Notes on Soul Plays and Bawming the Thorn - from Hole (1941-2)]

Author: Hole, Christina
Title: English Custom and Usage
Journal: --
Imprint: London: Batsford, 1941-42
Notes: --
Date: 1941-2
Content: Music; Photos
Refs: ERD

1:28V - [Helm Notes on Letter from Tunstall to Helm on Alderley Play]

Author: Tunstall, Beatrice
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: April 22, 1949
Notes: Marginal Note; Reference to Crossley's 'Cheshire'
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:28V-29R - [Helm Notes on Mummers Play - from Walker (1946)]

Author: Walker, Coulter
Title: --
Journal: Cheshire Life
Imprint: December 1946
Notes: Cr - I:88
Date: 1946
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:28R-30V - [Letter to Helm from Cathcart-Smith on Guilden- Sutton Play]

Author: Cathcart-Smith, C.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 9 Hilgrove Rd, Hampstead, London Nw6; [C. Oct. 1949]
Notes: Cr - I:8, 68
Date: 1949
Content: Illus
Refs: not used

1:30V-30R - [Letter to Helm from Cathcart-Smith on Guilden-Sutton Play]

Author: Cathcart-Smith, C.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 9 Hilgrove Rd. Hampstead, London Nw6; Oct. 20, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:30R - [Helm Notes on Derbyshire Well-Dressing - from Dean-Smith (1949)]

Author: Dean-Smith, Margaret
Title: --
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: Oct. 26, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:31V - Souling Song

Author: Andrews, William
Title: Byegone Cheshire
Journal: --
Imprint: --, 1898
Notes: --
Date: 1898
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:31R - Souling Song [Great Budworth]

Author: Foster, (Mr.?)
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:32V - Comberbach Souling Song

Author: Boyd, A. W.
Title: Boyd Collection; Helm Collection - Copy
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: Words Page 54
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: ERD

1:32R-34V - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Tunstall on Hoisting, May Birchers, Rush Bearing, Bunbury Souling Play]

Author: Tunstall, Beatrice
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Nov. 22, 1944
Notes: Cr - I:4, 9, 21, 26, 63, 81-83, 33, 31, 90, 92, 89
Date: 1944
Content: Texts
Refs: not used

1:34V-34R - [Helm Notes on Haslingden Morris - from Tunstall(19--)]

Author: Tunstall, Beatrice
Title: The Shiny Night
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:34R - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Dean-Smith on Haslingden Morris]

Author: Dean-Smith, Margaret
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Nov. 23, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: ERD (?)

1:34R - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Dean-Smith on Hobby Horse]

Author: Dean-Smith, Margaret
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Nov. 28, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: ERD (?)

1:[35V]-38R - [Helm's Chart of 27 Characters and 48 Locations]

Author: Helm, Alex
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: ERD

1:54V-57R - Comerbach Soul-Caking Play (As Acted 1926)

Author: Boyd, A. W.
Title: Boyd Collection; Helm Collection - Copy
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:39V-54V - [Helm Notes on Mummers Play - from Tiddy (1923)]

Author: Tiddy, R. J. E.
Title: The Mummers' Play
Journal: --
Imprint: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923
Notes: Cr - I:53, 32, 58, 59; Cites Crossley's 'Cheshire', pp.68
Date: 1923
Content: Texts
Refs: ERD

1:57R - [Helm Notes on Morris Dancers - from Holland (1886)]

Author: Holland, Robert
Title: Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part 2
Journal: --
Imprint: London: Trubner, 1886, pp.231
Notes: Cr - I:6, 12, 17, 26
Date: 1886
Content: --
Refs: ICD (?).; RAD (?)

1:58V - [Helm Notes on Pace Egg - from Holland (1886)]

Author: Leigh, --.; [in Holland, R.].
Title: Ballads and Legends of Cheshire [in Glossary of Words, Part 2]
Journal: --
Imprint: London: Trubner, 1886, pp.250
Notes: Cr - I:54, 59
Date: 1886
Content: --
Refs: ICD (?).; RAD (?)

1:58R - [Helm Notes on Rushbearing - from Holland (1886)]

Author: --
Title: Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester
Journal: --
Imprint: London: Trubner, 1884-6
Notes: Cr - I:25, 84
Date: 1884-6
Content: --
Refs: ERD (?).; ICD (?).; RAD (?)

1:59V-65 - Tarvin Soul-Caking Play (1891)

Author: Hudson, J.K.
Title: Hudson Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 1891
Notes: Cr - I:54, 58, 26, 33, 31, 81-83, 90, 92; Authority A. W. Boyd; Given to Him [Hudson? Boyd?] by Boy Actor 16 Years Old
Date: 1891
Content: Text
Refs: ERD

1:66-76 - [Helm Notes on Mummers Play - from Boyd (1929)]

Author: Boyd, A. W.
Title: 'The Comberbach (Cheshire) Version of the Soul-Caking Play'
Journal: Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Imprint: 44 (1929), 41-53
Notes: Cr - I:28, 81-83
Date: 1929
Content: Text
Refs: RAD

1:76-85 - [Helm Notes on Halton Souler's Play and Rushbearing - from Holland (1886)]

Author: Holland, Robert
Title: Glossary of Words, Vol. 3
Journal: --
Imprint: London: Trubner, 1886
Notes: Cr - I:26, 33, 63, 31, 83, 89, 90, 68, 81, 82, 92, 31, 25, 58
Date: 1886
Content: Text; Music
Refs: ERD; ICD (?).; RAD (?)

1:85 - [Helm Notes on Rushbearing - from Coward (1---)]

Author: Coward, --.
Title: Cheshire
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:86-89 - [Helm Notes on Pace-Egging, etc. - from Crossley (1949)]

Author: Crossley, F. H.
Title: Cheshire
Journal: --
Imprint: London: 1949
Notes: Cr - I:28
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: JIG

1:89-90 - [Notes on Letter to Helm from Perry on Souling Song]

Author: Perry, Elsie M.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Ivy House, Teanford, Tean; Nov. 11, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:90 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Mainwaring on Soulcaking]

Author: Mainwaring, E.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 26 Heath St., Goddenhill: Nov. 9, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:90-91 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Armstrong on St, George Play]

Author: Armstrong, E.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 18 King's Ave., Wolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent; Nov. 11, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:91 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Fenton on Geyzing]

Author: Fenton, John
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 20 Elm Place, Broadway Meir, Stoke-on-Trent; Nov. 14, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:92-93 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Cooper]

Author: Cooper, E. Winifred
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 23 Mayfield Ave., Newcastle, Staffs; Nov 13, 1949
Notes: Cr - I:31, 33, 63, 81, 83, 89, 90
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:93 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Walker on Utkinton Play]

Author: Walker, Coulter
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 223 Corn Exchange Bldgs., Manchester 4; Nov. 11, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:93 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Morgan on Goostrey Rose Festival]

Author: Morgan, B. S.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Goostrey, N, Crews; Nov. 16, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:93-94 - [Helm Notes on Telephone Conversation with Morgan on Goostrey]

Author: Morgan, B. S.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Nov. 11, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:94-102 - 'Geyzing' Play, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent

Author: Fenton, John
Title: Fenton Collection; Helm Collection - Copy
Journal: --
Imprint: 20 Elm Place, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent; --
Notes: Cr - I:9; Notes on Costumes
Date: --
Content: Illus; Text
Refs: not used

1:102-105 - [Play from] Dales Gren and Rookery (Mow Cop) Staffordshire

Author: Armstrong, E.
Title: Armstrong Collection; Helm Collection - Copy
Journal: --
Imprint: 18 King Ave., Woolstanton, Stoke-on-Trent; Nov. 17, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:105-110 - [Helm Notes on Old Hoss, Christmas Play, Keynshaw, Somerset, Well Dressing - from -- (1---)]

Author: --
Title: --
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: 5:2 (----), ----
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:110-180 - [Helm Notes on English Folk Play - from Chambers(1933)]

Author: Chambers, E. K.
Title: The English Folk Play
Journal: --
Imprint: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933
Notes: --
Date: 1933
Content: Texts
Refs: ERD; RAD

1:180 - [Helm Notes on Letter from Pearson to Helm on Selameir Soulcaking]

Author: Pearson, C.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 97 Bloomsbury Lane, Temperley; Nov. 28, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:180-183 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Roberts on Weaverham Souling]

Author: Roberts, W. H.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 7 Cambria Rd., Old Colwyn, North Wales; Nov. 25, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:183 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Darwen on Summit Pace-Egging]

Author: Darwen, E. A.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 8 Harrow Rd., Brooklands [?], Manchester; Nov. 28, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:183-185 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Prince on Sandiway Souling]

Author: Prince, F.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 12 Green St., Kennisford; Nov. 11, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:185-191 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Sutton on Antrobus Play]

Author: Sutton, J. S.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: 39 Fairfield Rd., Stockton Heath, N. Warrington; Nov.28, 1949
Notes: Green Ink MS James Wright 1932; Red Ink MS Major Boyd
Date: 1949
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:191-198 - Frodsham Souling Play

Author: Myres, Dr.; Nicholls, J.
Title: Myres and Nicholls Collection; Helm Collection - Copy
Journal: --
Imprint: Rectory and 42 Townfield Lane, Frodsham; Nov. 27, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:198-232 - [Helm Notes on Ripon Sword Dance, Skelton Mummers, etc - from Kennedy (1930)]

Author: Kennedy, D. N.
Title: 'Observations on the Sword Dance and Mummers' Play'
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: Ser. 2:3 (1930), 13-38
Notes: --
Date: 1930
Content: Music; Texts
Refs: ICD; RAD

1:232-239 - Souling Play - Rudheath, Cheshire

Author: Lever, E.
Title: Lever Collection; Helm Collection - Copy
Journal: --
Imprint: 20 Agecroft Rd., Rudheath, Northarch, Cheshire; Nov. 29, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:239-240 - [Helm Notes on Cheshire Easter Customs - from Avon (1881?)]

Author: Axon, W. E. A.
Title: 'Cheshire Gleanings'
Journal: Transactions, Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire(?)
Imprint: 33 (1881?), --
Notes: --
Date: 1881 (?)
Content: --
Refs: ICD (?)

1:240-260 - [Helm Notes on Pace Egg - from Harwood and Marsden (1---)]

Author: Harwood, H. W.; Marsden, F. H.
Title: The Pace Egg, the Midgley Version
Journal: --
Imprint: Halifax: Halifax Printing Works, 1935
Notes: Annotations
Date: 1935
Content: Photos; Text; Music
Refs: ERD

1:260 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Harwood on Midgley Play]

Author: Harwood, H. W.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Halifax Courier and Guardian, Courier Building, Halifax; --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:260 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Siddall on Rochdale Pace-Egg]

Author: Siddall, J. S.
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Mossley, Congleton; Nov. 4, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:{260/261} - Festival of Folk Dance

Author: M--, H. M.
Title: 'Festival of Folk-Dance'
Journal: --
Imprint: London; Friday
Notes: Newspaper Clipping
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:260-284 - [Helm Notes on Bellerby, Hunton, Sowerby, etc. Plays - from Karpeles (1928?)]

Author: Karpeles, Maud
Title: 'some Fragments of Sword Dance Plays [?]'
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: Ser 2:2 (1928), 35-46 [?]
Notes: 'see Page 302 Vol. 2 Helmsley Quarter Sessions Record'
Date: 1928 (?)
Content: Music; Texts
Refs: ERD

1:284-287 - [Helm Notes on Coverdill Owd Lass - from Gilchrist (19--)]

Author: Gilchrist, A. G.
Title: --
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: Vol. 2 (?) --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: Music; Text
Refs: not used

1:287-288 - [Helm Notes on Arkengarthdale 1869]

Author: Tinkler, John
Title: --
Journal: --
Imprint: Cauntoth (?), Notts.
Notes: [Address more likely to be Carnforth, Lancs. than Caunton, Notts.]
Date: --
Content: Music; Text
Refs: not used

1:288-289 - [Helm Notes on Isle of Man Mummers - from Douglas (1928)]

Author: Douglas, Mona
Title: 'Ceremonial Folk Song, Mumming and Dancing in the Isle of Man'
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: Ser. 2:2 (1928), 19
Notes: --
Date: 1928
Content: --
Refs: ERD

1:289-290 - [Helm Notes on North Skelton Sword-Dance Play - from -- (19--)]

Author: --
Title: --
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: Vol. 2, No. 1
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: Music; Text
Refs: not used

1:290-293 - [Helm Notes on Blake Lecture on Welsh Folk Dance]

Author: Blake, Lois
Title: 'General Characteristics of Welsh Folk Dance'
Journal: --
Imprint: Edinburgh; July 1, 1948
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: ICD; RAD

1:293 - [Helm Notes on Skelton Sword Dance Play - from -- (19--)]

Author: --
Title: --
Journal: Journal of the English Folk Dance Society
Imprint: Vol. 2:1.----
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:293 - [Helm Notes on Letter to Helm from Dean-Smith on Betley Window]

Author: Dean-Smith, Margaret
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: --; Dec. 13, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: ERD

1:293-300 - Mummers' Play from Lockinge, Berkshire [from Piggott (1928)]

Author: Piggott, S.
Title: 'Berkshire Mummers' Plays and Other Folk Lore'
Journal: Folklore
Imprint: 39 (1928), 271-279
Notes: Annoataions
Date: 1928
Content: Text
Refs: ERD

1:301-326 - Mummers Play from Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks. [from Piggott (1929)]

Author: Piggott, S.
Title: 'Mummers' Plays from Berkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Isle of Man'
Journal: Folklore
Imprint: 40 (1929), 262-273
Notes: --
Date: 1929
Content: Texts
Refs: ERD

1:326-327 - [Helm Notes on Irish Christmas Rhymers - from BBC (1949)]

Author: Helm, Alex
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: Dec. 19, 1949
Notes: --
Date: 1949
Content: --
Refs: ERD (?)

1:327-337 - [Helm Notes on Basque Masquerade - from Alford (1928)]

Author: Alford, Violet
Title: 'The Basque Masquerade'
Journal: Folklore
Imprint: 39 (1928), 68-90
Notes: --
Date: 1928
Content: Music
Refs: RAD

1:337-338 - [Helm Notes on Lymm Morris Dancing - from Ardern (C.1900)]

Author: Ardern, C. E.
Title: An Illustrated Guide to Lymm & District
Journal: --
Imprint: n.d. (C. 1900)
Notes: Cr - I:86
Date: 1900 (?)
Content: --
Refs: ICD; RAD (?)

1:338-348 - [Helm Notes on Souling, Clementing, Cattening - from Burne (19--)]

Author: Burne, Charlotte S.
Title: --
Journal: North Staffordshire Field Club Transaction
Imprint: XLIV. --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: Map
Refs: not used

1:348-350 - [Helm Notes on Roxburghshire Guisers - from Curle (1931)]

Author: Curle, J.
Title: --
Journal: Times Literary Supplement
Imprint: Nov. 26, 1931
Notes: --
Date: 1931
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:350 - [Helm Notes on English and Scottish Mumming - from Scott (19--)]

Author: Scott, Walter
Title: Marmion
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: --
Date: --
Content: Text
Refs: not used

1:351-357 - [Helm Notes on Papa Stores Sword Dance Play - from Chambers (1903)]

Author: Chambers, E. K.
Title: The Medieval Stage, Vol. II
Journal: --
Imprint: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903
Notes: Annotations
Date: 1903
Content: Texts
Refs: JIG.; RAD

1:357-361 - [Helm Notes on Thame, Oxfordshire St. George Play - from Manly (1897)]

Author: Manly, John M.
Title: Specimens of the Pre-Shakespearian Drama, Vol. 1
Journal: --
Imprint: Boston: Ginn, 1897
Notes: --
Date: 1897
Content: Text
Refs: ERD

1:362-383 - [Tabulation of Plays, Counties, Types of Plays, Authorities]

Author: Helm, Alex
Title: Helm Collection
Journal: --
Imprint: --
Notes: Oxfordshire Map, P. 378; Gloucestershire Map, P. 380
Date: 1967 (?)
Content: Maps
Refs: ERD

1:374 - [Hatton Soul-Cakers]

Author: --
Title: 'A Breath of Old England'
Journal: Liverpool Daily Post
Imprint: Oct. 28, [1949?]
Notes: Newspaper Clipping
Date: 1949 (?)
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:374 - [Norcott Brook Soul-Caking]

Author: --
Title: 'Old Original'
Journal: Liverpool Daily Post
Imprint: Oct. 28, [1949?]
Notes: Newspaper Clipping
Date: 1949 (?)
Content: --
Refs: not used

1:{384/385} - The Mystery of the White Horse [of Uffington]

Author: Whitlock, Ralph
Title: 'The Mystery of the White Horse'
Journal: The Field
Imprint: --
Notes: Condensed from 'the Field'; Attached to Helm Notebook by Cawte
Date: --
Content: --
Refs: not used