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community life23
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culture12
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english language - dialects5
archive administration2
communities2
folklore2
associations, institutions, etc1
entertainment events1

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Armstrong College (University of Durham)1
Shippey, T A1
University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies1

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Archive Series

Publicity

1971-1980

This series contains press releases and press cuttings relating to the grant given to 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE) project from the Leverhulme Trust; captions from a pre-publication display...

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Correspondence

Shippey, T A

1989-2003

Correspondence between Tom Shippey (Chairman of the School of English, University of Leeds) and Kurt Rydland, March 1989-May 1993, relating to Rydland's loan of and work on the Orton Corpus; correspon...

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Publicity

1935-1971

The items in this series relate to the publicising of the published SED Basic Material volumes, through press conferences and media coverage, announcements by the publishers, E. J. Arnold, and the Uni...

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Archive Series

Other Institute Display Items

[1970-1980]

The items in two of these files were displayed on the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies' general notice board, and include information on a variety of organisations and publications of releva...

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R: Gypsies (Cultural Minorities)

1966-1975

This subseries contains items relating to Gypsy Traveller and Roma culture. The subject matter includes Gypsy Traveller life and customs, public perceptions of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities, S...

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D: The Community

[1960-1983]

This series contains items relating to community life and organisation.

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Archive Series

Archivists' Correspondence and Related Papers

1962-1992

This series contains correspondence between successive Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and non-University of Leeds students and academics, publishers, museums and local m...

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Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations

1942-1985

Doctoral theses and masters/diploma dissertations submitted in fulfillment of degrees in Folk Life Studies, English Language, English Literature and Dialectology. The majority of these are typed, and ...

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Undergraduate Dissertations

1948-1984

Bachelor of Arts dissertations submitted in partial fulfillment of degrees in English (including dialectology) and Special Studies in English (Scheme D), also including projects by occasional overseas...

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Audio-Recording Papers

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1956-1995

Typed items relating to aspects of the audio-recording of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants. This includes Harold Orton's proposals for an anthology of dialect recordings and a linguistic at...

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Non-Institute Theses and Dissertations

1964-1992

A large proportion of the doctoral and master's dissertations and theses contained within this series are concerned with the study of English language, and dialect in particular (morphology, phonology...

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Open Days and Visits

1974-1980

This series contains items relating to the promotion of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, through organised visits, and Open Days for prospective students.

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