Sound Recordings

Description

This subfonds contains both original and master copy fieldwork recordings, made primarily in England by fieldworkers collecting dialect data for the country-wide English Dialect Survey (later published in printed form as the Survey of English Dialects), language and folk life students studying at the University of Leeds, and non-Leeds students and others pursuing individual research interests through (or independently from) other British/overseas educational institutions.

Provenance

The majority of the dialect survey recordings are held on gramophone discs, as are recordings which predate the Survey, made in the North East of England by Harold Orton. Student and non-student recordings are generally held on open reel and cassette formats. This series also includes some access copy CDs of sample content from oral history interviews and the LAVC conference in 2005.

System of arrangement

The disc/tape format distinction is reflected in the arrangement of the subfonds in two series:

- Audiotape Sound Recordings

- Gramophone and Long Play Disc Recordings

Access and usage

Reproduction

Access

This collection is currently being worked on by the Special Collections team and therefore may not always be readily available for users to consult. Please contact staff in advance if you would like to access the material.

This material is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can be supplied by the Library for research or private study. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.

Physical and technical conditions

Mono half-track; playback speeds 19cm/sec., 9.5cm/sec., 4.8cm/sec; 78 r.p.m., 45 r.p.m. and 33 1/3 r.p.m.

Related material

Papers relating to the Survey of English Dialects and Harold Orton's North East dialect survey are held at LAVC/SED and LAVC/COR respectively. The student projects, dissertations and theses which many of the sound recordings in this subfonds accompany are held at LAVC/SRP, LAVC/FIL and LAVC/VID.

Related subjects / tags

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