Category Archives: Childhoods and Play

Childhoods and Play

The ‘Childhoods and Play‘ project is focused on the archival collection of Iona (1923) and Peter Opie (1918-1982) relating to the play and traditions of children. The internationally significant collection contains information contributed by some 20,000 British children, as well as the Opies’ own observations and sound recordings, and is distributed between the Bodleian Libraries, the Folklore Society archives, and

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