ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN
Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum
Inside cover of one of the pamphlets in Ettlinger's collection in the Balfour Library.
1965.5.1.137 Market day, Galway, 1949. Photograph by Ellen Ettlinger
Ellen Ettlinger (1902-1994)
Alison Petch,
Researcher 'The Other Within' project
Ellen Ettlinger was born in Germany in 1902, but was forced to leave in 1938 because of Nazi persecution. She settled in Oxfordshire and lived there for the rest of her life. She had always been interested in German folk art, customs and belief and she transferred this interest to English folklore. She was also very interested in amulets and churches. She was a steadfast and distinguished member of the Folklore Society.
She donated a collection of pamphlets, folklore notes and photographs to the Pitt Rivers Museum which include a card catalogue systematically set out to demonstrate her intellectual interests. This site will examine those cards and pamphlets in detail and bring her collection and work to life.
Short biography of Ellen Ettlinger
Ettlinger's pamphlet collection
Ettlinger's manuscript collection
Bibliography of Ellen Ettlinger
Oxfordshire and District Folklore Society [1948-1965?]
Ettlinger's work on folkloric links to churches
Ettlinger and well-dressing in Derbyshire
Ettlinger and the Aran Islands, Ireland
An object biography about one of Ettlinger's catalogue cards
There is also information about Christina Hole, Secretary of O&D Folklore Society.