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Academic Correspondence File 22
1963-1964
Allen, Harold B. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Harold B. Allen regarding Orton’s trip to the United States to publicise the Survey of English Dialects. 1 file. 1963-1964.
Film Storage Albums
c.1960-c.1980
Three original black leather film storage albums used for negatives in the collection, one big and two small. Labelled as A, B, and 1. Album A housed Wille Brunk and Stewart Sanderson negatives. Album...
SED Word Map: Rivulet
Wakelin, Martyn F; Dyson, B Ronald
[1960s]
Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.1.1, Rivulet, mapping responses Burn, Beck and Brook. The map was compiled by B. Ronald Dyson and Martyn W...
Academic Correspondence File 77
1959
Le Page. Final typescript draft of The Dictionary of Jamaican English, edited by F.G. Cassidy and R.B. Le Page (39 pp). 1 file. 1959.
Irish Music
1974-1975
This file contains copies of three publications containing the melodies to Irish tunes. These include 'Music From Ireland', volumes 1 and 2, compiled by Dave Bulmer and Neil Sharpley (n.p.: B&S, 1974)...
Tapestry (Norway)
January 1965
Tapestry from Østerdalen ( Østdal?) (Norway). The tapestry is made up of two pieces sewn together, and is heavily patterned with floral and geometric designs. It dates to around 1830, and is housed ...
Survey of English Dialects
1893-1995
This subfonds contains Harold Orton's SED and academic related papers, and items concerning the elicitation, collection, collation and publication of English dialect data. The published data, hereafte...
Sound Recordings, Ireland
Taylor, Barry Roy
1973-1976
Compilation of field and commercial recordings of Irish fiddle playing (some with whistle/piano/pipe accompaniment). Includes also the singing of an unidentified male singer. Fiddle players include Ju...
Ulster Dialect Archive Bulletin
Ulster Folk Museum. Dialect Archive
1965
This file contains issues 1 and 2 of the 'Ulster Dialect Archive Bulletin' (January and April 1965). The bulletins are accompanied by a typed letter from G. B. Adams to Harold Orton, and a leaflet and...
Academic Correspondence File 66
1946-1952
Jones, David. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Daniel Jones regarding lecturing in Phonetics at the University of Leeds; the Simplified Spelling Society and simplified spelling (including a cop...
SED Word Map: Come In! (To Cows)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in typescript, for SED question III.10.1(b), Come In! (to Cows), mapping the distribution of responses Cush, Cush-Hope, Hofe, Hope and How. The map is headed L...
SED Word Map: Come In! (To Cows)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Early-mid 1970s]
Experimental word map, completed in ms., for SED question III.10.1(b), Come In! (to Cows), showing the distribution of responses Cush, Cush-Hope, Hofe, Hope, and How. The map was produced by Harold Or...