Papers of Stephen Caunce

The archive comprises the tapes and partial transcripts from Dr Caunce's PhD research 1972-1975, into farm-workers in the East Riding of Yorkshire, including: 29 reel-to-reel tapes of interviews with farm workers 1972-1975; a subject index for the tapes; partial transcriptions of the interviews; typescript of the project participants, 1990; letters and completed questionnaires providing biographical details for the participants, [1973]-1990.

Dr Stephen Caunce grew up in Newton-le-Willows. He attended University College London, matriculating in 1969, before completing his PhD through the Institute for Dialect and Folk Life Studies at the University of Leeds. He worked at Beamish Museum, Kirklees Museum and the Yorkshire Mining Museum before returning to academia at the University of Leeds and the Open University. In 1998, he became a senior lecturer in history at the University of Central Lancashire, specialising in early modern history. In 2004, he initiated a BA degree in History, Museums and Heritage, catering specifically for mature students.
Dr Caunce has published two books arising from his PhD thesis: Among Farm Horses: The Horselands of East Yorkshire (1991) and Oral History and the Local Historian (1994). He has also contributed a section on oral history to the BBC local history website, as well as publishing various articles and essays on northern history and identity.
Dr Caunce retired from university teaching in 2014 but continues to write, research and lecture.

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The papers were gifted to the Borthwick Institute by Dr Caunce in 2019.

Dr Stephen Caunce grew up in Newton-le-Willows. He attended University College London, matriculating in 1969, before completing his PhD through the Institute for Dialect and Folk Life Studies at the University of Leeds. He worked at Beamish Museum, Kirklees Museum and the Yorkshire Mining Museum before returning to academia at the University of Leeds and the Open University. In 1998, he became a senior lecturer in history at the University of Central Lancashire, specialising in early modern history. In 2004, he initiated a BA degree in History, Museums and Heritage, catering specifically for mature students.
Dr Caunce has published two books arising from his PhD thesis: Among Farm Horses: The Horselands of East Yorkshire (1991) and Oral History and the Local Historian (1994). He has also contributed a section on oral history to the BBC local history website, as well as publishing various articles and essays on northern history and identity.
Dr Caunce retired from university teaching in 2014 but continues to write, research and lecture.

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Created by Alexandra Medcalf, 29.10.19

Description created by Alexandra Medcalf, 29.10.19.

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Stephen Caunce, Amongst Farm Horses: The Horselads of East Yorkshire (Stroud, 1991).

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