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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1928-1939]
Harold Orton's ms. fieldwork recordings in phonetic script, and ms. orthographic notes on informants for the Armstrong College Survey of Northumbrian Dialects. The recordings are in pencil on loose sh...
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 ...
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...
N: Sports, Games and Pastimes
1961-1976
This series contains items relating to amusements in the form of games, sports and pastimes. The subject matter includes sports and athletic games, traditional annual games, animal sports, and card an...
Armstrong College Theses
Armstrong College (University of Durham)
1930-1939
Undergraduate theses by students of Armstrong College on the dialects of ten localities in Northumberland. Each of the theses focusses on the phonology of the individual dialects.
Publicity
1974-1977
Promotional literature issued by Seminar Press; and cuttings and review articles on the WGE from a number of newspapers and scholarly linguistic journals.
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...
Experimental and Teaching Maps
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1950s-mid 1970s
This series includes a large number of experimental word maps based on the data collected by the Survey of English Dialects (SED) for England (with Wales and Scotland); photocopies and transparencies ...
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...
Folklife Surveys
1955-1979
This series contains national, regional and local surveys of folklore and folklife undertaken in Europe and North America through universities and government-funded Commissions. It provides examples o...
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...
Over-sized Maps
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1950s-1960s]
The series includes mounted Northern Counties word maps, some originally completed in ms. by Harold Orton, and some printed and headed Survey of English Dialects; mounted word maps of England and Wale...