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community life19
education19
culture13
english language - dialects7
archive administration6
communication4
literature and folklore4
associations, institutions, etc3
folklore3
home2

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)6
Brunk, Wille3
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2

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From 190018

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Fieldwork and Research

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1893-1974

The diffuse nature of the subject content of this subseries highlights Harold Orton's broad-ranging interest in language, language research and folk life, including in particular, phonetics ( Yorkshir...

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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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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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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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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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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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Miscellaneous Collections of Folklore

1951-1985

This subseries contains typed and printed items relating to folklife activities and research, both in the United Kingdom, and in Europe and the United States. It includes printed ephemera and guides t...

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Questionnaire Response Books

1950-1961

This subseries contains the original response books in which the Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers recorded informants' responses to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. A response book exists f...

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Duplicate Response Books

1950-1961

This subseries consists of duplicate copies of the response books held at LAVC/SED/2/2. As the fieldwork information recorded in these duplicate response books quite literally duplicates the informant...

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Questionnaire Response Books: Non-SED and Unused Locations

1951-1952

This subseries includes fieldwork response books recording phonetically the responses of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by fieldw...

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Questionnaire Response Books: Miscellaneous Items

[ca. 1950]

This subseries consists of various forms of printed, blank (i.e. not completed in ms.) pages intended for recording the responses of informants to elements of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire.

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Fieldworkers and Fieldwork

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1945-1965

This subseries includes ms. maps and notes recording the progress of fieldwork; published maps with Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities marked; fieldwork expenses books; and illustrations used...

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