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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
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Schwyzertütsch: Bund zur Pflege der Schweizerdeutschen Dialekte

Schwyzertütsch

1946

This file contains a copy of 'Schwyzertütsch' (Zürich: Verlag Otto Walter ag Olten, [ca. 1946]), a publication issued by a group of Swiss dialectologists headed by Adolf Ribi, concerned with the Ger...

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Demolition at Virginia Road, Leeds
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Demolition at Virginia Road, Leeds

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

18 June 1964

Demolition work in progress in the area around Virginia Road, Leeds (West Yorkshire).

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Locality Indexes

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1928-1939]

Ms. record cards created by Harold Orton from the Raw Material and Armstrong College Theses, for the Armstrong College Survey of Northumbrian Dialects. The cards include essentially the same informati...

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Academic Correspondence File 86

1938-1957

McIntosh, Angus. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Angus McIntosh regarding the Chronicle of Thomas Castleford; Eugen Dieth’s Grammar of the Buchan Dialect (Cambridge: Heffer, 1932); the Dieth...

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Academic Correspondence File 54

1962-1975

Misc. Correspondence from P.J. Gardner, addressed to Clive Upton, regarding a dialect talk delivered to the Shipston-on-Stour and District Local History Society; between Harold Orton and Richard Gerbe...

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Unedited Indexes

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Bowman, Ernest M; Spoor, Joseph; Hoult, W H

[1928-1932]

Ms. record cards with phonetic data for Capheaton (sets (a) and (b)), Cullercoats and Newburn. These cards include data that does not occur in the Main or Locality Indexes. Cards for Capheaton (b) and...

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Selected Writings of Petr Bogatyrev

Bogatyrev, Petr (1893-1971); Miller, Stephen

1984

This file contains a master duplicator copy of part of 'Peter Bogatyrev (1893-1971): Selected Writings in Folkloristics (1931-1939)', edited by Stephen Miller. It forms no. 6 of the Leeds Folklore Gro...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Pegg, Bob

17 July 1977

Methodist Sunday School Anniversary service, recorded in Marsh, near Haworth and Oxenhope (West Yorkshire). The Preacher continues his talk on weariness and recognition; makes reference to the Methodi...

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Other Fieldwork Data

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1928-1939]

Ms. record cards compiled by Harold Orton from his own field recordings and from Armstrong College theses, containing background information on the periods of fieldwork, biographical information on in...

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The Legend of Lady Godiva

Rudall, Alison E

1981

An examination of the legend of Lady Godiva, comprising four sections. The first, presenting a history of the legend, includes transcripts and a discussion of seven accounts of the legend, a discussio...

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Sound Recording, British Columbia (Canada)

Smith, Peter

7 January 1977

Lindsay Carter, recorded in New Denver; talks about his birthplace; the town of Sandon - amenities, population, prominent citizens, community spirit; the Depression; Christmas time; Halloween; Christm...

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Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 4

[1933-1978]

This file contains a paper napkin printed with pictures and numbers with words in Welsh and English (undated); Harold Orton's review of Eugen Dieth's 'A Grammar of the Buchan Dialect (Aberdeenshire), ...

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