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Vocal Music
1958-1981
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of traditional vocal music, including ballad and folk song. The subject matter includes informants' song collections, institutional collections of fol...
Tradition and Belief in Industrial Communities: A Comparative Study of Middlesbrough and Some Durham Mining Villages
Woodall, Carole W
1965
An examination and comparison of the folklore of people living in Middlesbrough and Durham, based on fieldwork interviews in the homes and workplace of steelworkers (including a visit in 1964 to the w...
Map of the Viking Raids on England
[1950s-1960s]
Map from an unidentified publication, showing the Viking raids on England between 793 and 860.
Audio Recording: Borthwick, Betty
Hall, Rosemary
09 Oct 2022
Digital recording of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project. Interviewer(s) listed under c...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
October 1971
Assembled company and soloists singing in the Rose and Crown pub, Ingbirchworth , 16 October 1971. The soloists are Betty Dawson, Bill Needhamand John Beaver. John Dawson accompanies on the piano. [Tr...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Farndon, Cheshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
04 Mar 1955
[Side 1] Walter talks about calving and what causes cow to 'break' [= abort calf prematurely], discusses cows' anatomy, describes in detail normal and abnormal births and explains reasons for veterina...
Dales Farm Building
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
May 1965
Farm building at Barden Hall ( Wharfedale), comprising a combined cowshed, stable, and barn.
Leaded Range in Stone Dwelling House
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1964
Black leaded Victorian range with various fittings, inside stone dwelling house in Carperby ( Wensleydale). The range and its fittings were still in use at the time of photographing.
West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 14
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 14: Clothing. Includes questions VI.14.1 Bonnet - VI.14.13 Trousers/Breeches.
Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 2
1951-1972
This file contains 'Some Acoustic Difference between Educated Australian and General American Dialects', by T. D. Hanley and Moya Landsberg Andrews, offprinted from 'Phonetica', volume 17, number 4 (1...
The Living Dialect of Farndon
Nettle, Joy
1973
A study of the dialect spoken in Farndon in Cheshire, based on interviews with one male informant, Lloyd Davies.
Tape Recording Transcriptions
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Tilling, Philip M (1938-)
1968-1976
Originally housed in a file labelled Transcriptions of M.R. for St./Db. RLS. + Miscellaneous Transcriptions. Includes typed transcriptions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants from audio-rec...