Folk Life at Fifty: People, Places, and Publications During the Society’s First Half-Century

Figures & data

Figure 1. Iorwerth Peate making a presentation at the SFLS annual conference held in Northern Ireland during September 1966.

Figure 2. Original application form for membership of the Society for Folk Life Studies, which was circulated in the December 1961 issue of Gwerin.

Table

President
Dates	Name	Institution
1961–66	Iorwerth Peate	Welsh Folk Museum
1966–71	A. T. Lucas	National Museum of Ireland
1971–74	Anne Buck	Platt Hall, Manchester
1974–77	Alexander Fenton	National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland
1977–80	Trefor Owen	Welsh Folk Museum
1980–83	Caoimhín Ó Danachair	Irish Folklore Commission
1983–86	J Geraint Jenkins	Welsh Folk Museum
1986–89	Alan Gailey	Ulster Folk Museum
1989–92	Brian Loughbrough	Nottingham City Museums
1992–95	Ross Noble	Highland Folk Museum
1995–96	Peter Brears	Leeds City Museums
1996–99	John Williams Davies	Welsh Folk Museum
1999–2002	Catherine Wilson	Norfolk Museums
2002–05	Gavin Sprott	National Museums Scotland
2005–08	Roy Brigden	Museum of English Rural Life, Reading
2008–11	Christine Stevens	Beamish, Co. Durham
2011–	Eddie Cass	University of Aberdeen
Secretary
Dates	Name	Institution
1961–64	Geraint Jenkins	Welsh Folk Museum
1964–74	Alexander Fenton	National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland
1974–83	Alan Gailey	Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
1983–84	Hugh Cheape	National Museum of Scotland
1984–94	Peter Brears	Leeds City Museums
1994–99	David Eveleigh	Bristol City Museums
1999–2003	Steph Mastoris	Leicestershire Museums
2003–08	Eddie Cass	University of Sheffield/University of Aberdeen
2008–date	Matthew Richardson	Manx National Heritage
Treasurer
Dates	Name	Institution
1961–72	Melville Richards	University Liverpool/University College Bangor
1972–76	Geoffrey Dent	Private member, Skipton
1976–86	Brian Loughbrough	Nottingham City Museums
1986–87	Bruce Walker	University of Dundee
1987–2004	Christine Stevens	Welsh Folk Museum
2004–date	Duncan Dornan	National Museum of Rural Life, Scotland
Editor
Dates	Name	Institution
1961–63	Stewart Sanderson	University of Leeds
1963–79	Geraint Jenkins	Welsh Folk Museum
1978–91	William Linnard	Welsh Folk Museum
1990–2002	Roy Brigden	Museum of English Rural Life, Reading
2000–date	Linda-May Ballard	National Museums Northern Ireland
Conference Secretary
Dates	Name	Institution
1974–78	Gillian Sheppard (nee Watts)	Norfolk County Council/Anglia TV
1978–90	Catherine Wilson	Lincolnshire Museums
1990–94	Susannah Davis	Hereford Cider Museum
1994–96	vacant	-
1996–2006	Dafydd Roberts	National Slate Museum, Wales
2006–date	Steph Mastoris	National Waterfront Museum, Wales
Newsletter Editor
Dates	Name	Institution
1984–94	Peter Brears	Leeds City Museums
1994–99	David Eveleigh	Bristol City Museums
1999–2003	Steph Mastoris	Leicestershire Museums
2003–date	Elaine Edwards	National Museum of Rural Life, Scotland
Membership Secretary
Dates	Name	Institution
1995–98	Tecwyn Vaughan Jones	Welsh Folk Museum
1998–2006	Mared McAleavey (nee Sutherland)	Welsh Folk Museum
2006–date	Seb Littlewood	Beamish, Co. Durham
Website Co-ordinator/Editor
Dates	Name	Institution
2003–date	Heather Holmes

Table

1960	Cardiff (Wales Meeting to establish a steering committee)
1961	London (England. Inaugural Conference)
1962	Reading (England)
1963	Leeds (England)
1964	Cardiff (Wales)
1965	Edinburgh (Scotland)
1966	Belfast (Northern Ireland)
1967	Leicester (England)
1968	Bangor, (Wales)
1969	Douglas (Isle of Man)
1970	Dublin (Ireland)
1971	Liverpool (England)
1972	Glasgow (Scotland)
1973	Norwich (England)
1974	Bristol and Cardiff (England and Wales)
1975	Carmarthen (Wales)
1976	York (England)
1977	Dundee (Scotland)
1978	Ennis (Ireland)
1979	Lincoln (England)
1980	Wrexham (Wales)
1981	Cheltenham(England)
1982	Durham (England)
1983	Killarney (Ireland)
1984	Truro (Cornwall)
1985	Kingussie (Scotland)
1986	Bangor (Wales)
1987	Sheffield (England)
1988	Ambleside (England)
1989	Belfast and Enniskillen (Northern Ireland)
1990	St Andrews (Scotland)
1991	Douglas (Isle of Man)
1992	Nottingham (England)
1993	Gregynog, Newtown (Wales)
1994	Chichester (England)
1995	Skye (Scotland)
1996	Norwich (England)
1997	Killarney (Ireland)
1998	Cardiff (Wales)
1999	London (England)
2000	St Helier (Jersey)
2001	Kittochside (Scotland)
2002	Wisbech (England)
2003	Belfast (Northern Ireland)
2004	Mellac (Brittany)
2005	Melrose (Scotland)
2006	Skipton (England)
2007	Swansea (Wales)
2008	Killarney (Ireland)
2009	Douglas (Isle of Man)
2010	Chichester (England)
2011	Newcastle on Tyne (England)