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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture15
University Archive1

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education16
community life15
culture7
english language - dialects4
communication3
archive administration2
associations, institutions, etc1
folklore1

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

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Up to 199915
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Archive Series

Semitic Studies, Department of

1957-1980

This collection comprises documents relating to the Department of Semitic Studies at the University of Leeds. BOX 1: 1. Prospectuses. 2. Newscuttings re: Motya Expeditions 1962, 1964, 1969, 19...

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Raw Material

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...

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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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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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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.

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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 ...

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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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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...

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Coursework

1962-1982

This series contains essays and surveys written by students of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). These were largely undertaken by undergraduates, although some postgraduate stude...

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Conferences and Exhibitions (Papers and Photographs)

1955-1986

This series contains correspondence files relating to the organisation of conferences run by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, and black and white photographs displayed at associated and...

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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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