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Children and Bonfire
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Children and Bonfire

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1965

Children climbing on a pile of wood and discarded furniture which has been built up into a bonfire (unlit at this point), on wasteland in Dewsbury (West Yorkshire).

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Christmas Traditions: Student Survey, 1968-1969

1968-1969

This file contains papers produced by students for the undergraduate degree in Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The papers are the result of a survey exerci...

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Academic Correspondence File 13

1967-1969

"Prof. Zuther Kansas 1968”. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Gerhard Zuther and George Worth of the University of Kansas, regarding course reading lists for 1967 and 1968. 1 file. 1967-1969.

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Funding File 14

1968

Draft of a typed appeal to Yorkshire Television regarding the funding of the Survey of English Dialects. 1 file. 1968.

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Accent, Pattern, and Dialect in North American English

Berger, Marshall D

1968

This file contains a copy of Marshall Berger's paper on the importance of meaning of the term accent in linguistics, with reference to André Martinet's functional approach to linguistic analysis. The...

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Anglo-Swedish Scheme

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1968-1969

This file consists of original and copy correspondence, and related papers, concerning a postgraduate course in Swedish folk museums devised by Stewart Sanderson and Ingemar Liman. It includes ms. and...

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Academic Correspondence File 123

1968

YDS. Correspondence from John Waddington-Feather of the Yorkshire Dialect Society regarding Orton’s election as an Honorary Life Member of the Society. 1 file. 1968.

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Academic Correspondence File 26

1968-1970

Barry, M.V. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Michael Barry regarding the editing and proof-reading of Survey of English Dialects publications. 1 file. 1968-1970.

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General Dialect-Related Enquiries File 7

1963-1968

"SED Queries”. Letters between Harold Orton and various correspondents regarding the publication and availability of the Survey of English Dialects Basic Material volumes. 1 file. 1963-1968.

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Academic Correspondence File 43

1966-1968

Eagleson, Robert D. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Robert D. Eagleston of the Australian Language Research Centre regarding the latter’s visit to Leeds. 1 file. 1966-1968.

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Academic Correspondence File 47

1968-1969

Misc. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Norman Eliason regarding Eduard Kolb and a review of Kolb’s Phonological Atlas of the Northern Region (Bern: Francke, 1966). 1 file. 1968-1969.

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SED Phonological Map: Harvest
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SED Phonological Map: Harvest

[Late 1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question II.6.1, Harvest, mapping the distribution of responses where the initial H is retained. The map is initialled C. G., and dated...

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