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Songs of the Pit Communities of Northumberland and Durham
Baker, Maxine
1966
A collection of songs gathered from fifteen informants living in Northumberland and Durham. Song texts are included throughout. The study is divided into six sections, with the first presenting hist...
SED Phonological Map: Ashes
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question V.4.5, Ashes, mapping responses with an unstressed e. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and J. M., is dated January 1964 an...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
December 1970
Assembled company singing carols in the Angel pub, Grenoside, Sheffield, on 17 December 1970. [Tr. 1]
Survey of English Dialects recording in Warslow, Staffordshire
03 Jan 1955
[Side 1] Mrs. Lomas talks about making black puddings and curing pig for ham, bacon and 'brawn' [= boiled pig's head], tells anecdote about being wrongly accused of hiding cheese vats at dairy. [Side...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
December 1970
Assembled company singing carols in the Fountain pub, Ingbirchworth, on 20 December 1970. Includes also some popular songs. [Tr. 2]. Conclusion of session which is recorded on tapes LAVC/SRE/A164rand ...
Plant Lore
1961-1980
This file includes an ms. letter from Gillian Bulmer to Stewart Sanderson on names of apples (12 November 1975); a photocopy of Grace Pleasant Wellborn's paper on plantlore in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'T...
Addendum to Theses
Nalder, Peter Francis
1967
This addendum contains the compiler's thoughts on three theses held in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies archive. The theses under consideration are Maxine Baker's study of songs of the p...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Staffordshire
Gibson, Dr Peter H
1955
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Staffordshire, based on fieldwork in Warslow, Mow Cop, Alton, Barlaston, Mavesyn Ridware, Ellenhall, Lapley, Hoar Cross, Edingale, Wigginton and Himley during the period...
Sound Recordings, Northumberland and Durham
Baker, Maxine
[1966]
Edited field recordings of male and female solo singers, some accompanied on the piano, made in Northumberlandand Durham. Includes also monologues and a parodic sermon. The informants include Mrs. Ley...
Staffordshire Response Books
Gibson, Dr Peter H
1953-1954
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Staffordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...