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Coracle Fisherman
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Coracle Fisherman

[1970s]

Coracle fisherman demonstrating how to row a coracle on the River Towy at Carmarthen. The fisherman is watched by a crowd, possibly attending a folk life conference. The photograph may have been taken...

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A Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations in Folk Life Studies in the University of Leeds, 1961-1970

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1971

Stewart Sanderson's published guide to theses and dissertations in folklife produced by students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). It forms no. 1 of the IDFLS Occasional Paper...

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Survey of English Dialects File 8

1961

“SED - Lectures”. Harold Orton’s ms. notes, a newspaper cutting on Louis Lucien Bonaparte from the Times (3 July 1961), and hand-outs including examples from the Survey of English Dialects Quest...

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Funding File 3

1961

Correspondence between Harold Orton and the Gulbenkian Foundation regarding the funding of the Survey of English Dialects. 1 file. 1961.

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Funding File 5

1958-1961

Correspondence between Harold Orton and the Nuffield Foundation regarding the funding of the Survey of English Dialects. 1 file. 1958-1961.

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Funding File 10

[1956]-1961

Correspondence between Harold Orton and the Pilgrim Trust regarding the funding of the Survey of English Dialects. 1 file. [1956]-1961.

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Funding File 2

1961-1963

Correspondence between Harold Orton and the Burton Trust regarding financial support of the Survey of English Dialects. 1 file. 1961-1963.

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Fieldwork File 9

1954-1961

Correspondence between Harold Orton and Donald R. Sykes regarding Sykes’ Survey of English Dialects fieldwork. 1 file. 1954-1961.

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Language Papers

Strevens, Peter

1961-1966

This file contains a typed draft version of a paper for a Festschrift for Daniel Jones, 'Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, and Other Components of Language-Teaching' (1961), 15 leaves; a typed working d...

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Funding File 13

1961-1964

Correspondence between Harold Orton and the Wolfson Trust; and between the University of Leeds Vice-Chancellor, Roger Stevens, and the Wolfson Trust. 1 file. 1961-1964.

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The Living Dialect of Bury, Lancashire

Ramsbottom, Valerie Anne

1962

A study of the dialect spoken in Bury, Lancashire, based on data collected during interviews with three local informants in 196[1].

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