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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)12
Brunk, Wille3
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)3
E. J. Arnold and Son Limited1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
University of Leeds1
University of Leeds. Information Service1

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Correspondence

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1929-1975

Original incoming and copies of outgoing letters between Harold Orton and Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers, publishers, editors, university administrators and academics. These relate to O...

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Lectures and Talks

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1936-1974

Harold Orton promoted the Survey of English Dialects (SED), and the proposed Linguistic Atlas of England, to academic and public audiences at home and abroad, through the writing of papers for present...

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Press Conferences and Announcements

E. J. Arnold and Son Limited; University of Leeds

1962-1971

Items relating to the launch of Survey of English Dialects Basic Material volumes in London, Leeds and Birmingham.

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Correspondence

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1956-1983

This subseries comprises the correspondence of Stewart Sanderson during his appointment as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The correspondence largely concerns the c...

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Lectures and Talks

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1973-1982

This subseries comprises papers relating to Sanderson's lecturing activities. These particular lectures were delivered to professional academic bodies rather than being related to Sanderson's teaching...

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Swedish Folklife Surveys

[1957-1970]

Surveys co-ordinated by the Institute for Folk Life Studies (Lund University), the Institute for Dialect and Folklore Research at Uppsala ( Landsmåls- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala), and an atlas o...

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Lectures

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1949-1969

Orton's published articles and draft typescripts of talks given in England and overseas on the history and development, aims and objectives, of the English Dialect Survey/Survey of English Dialects.

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Correspondence

Brunk, Wille

1965-1967

This subseries contains correspondence, research papers and newsletters, received by Wille Brunk during his assistant lectureship at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). This includ...

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Teaching Notes

Brunk, Wille

1961-1968

This subseries includes notes created by Brunk during his studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folklore Research at Uppsala, Sweden; and ms. and typed lecture and tutorial notes, and handouts, used...

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Other Folklore and Folklife Surveys

1955-1979

Papers relating to surveys undertaken by several English universities and the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, and examples of maps from folklife atlases for Austria, Holland, Portugal, Swi...

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Fieldwork and Research

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1962-1978

Papers relating to Stewart Sanderson's research activities during his time as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). Sanderson's interests appear to have been varied, with...

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Folklore Surveys

1962-1967

Folklore surveys and research exercises undertaken by students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The topics covered include a study of children's play in Leeds; a survey of fo...

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