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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...
Editorial Procedure
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1947-1968
This subseries consists of papers relating to editorial work on the fieldwork data collected for the Survey of English Dialects (SED), in preparation for its publication. This includes papers on edito...
Introduction
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1970-1974]
This subseries includes Harold Orton's ms. notes; annotated and corrected typescript drafts of preliminary matter and introductory text; photocopies of typed abbreviations to be used; and a photocopie...
Maps
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Wright, Nathalia
1966-1974
This subseries consists of papers relating to the preparation and production of maps for 'A Word Geography of England' (WGE). It includes typed editorial notes on mapping conventions; typed lists of n...
Text
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1968-1978]
This subseries comprises papers relating to the drafting and editing of the text for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE), in preparation for publication. It includes Harold Orton's and Stewart San...
Maps
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-1978]
This subseries contains a variety of maps produced by 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE) editorial team, in varying stages of completion. It includes maps used for reference purposes; forms of bl...
Fishing Questionnaire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1963-1968]
This subseries includes drafts and final copies of Stanley Ellis's fishing questionnaire, items referred to in its compilation and related papers.
United Kingdom Linguistic Surveys
1951-1985
This subseries contains general, country-wide dialect surveys of Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and more specific surveys relating to particular aspects of language usage.
Other European Linguistic Surveys
[1928]-1974
This subseries contains items relating to the Europe-wide linguistic survey, published as the 'Atlas Linguarum Europae', as well as surveys undertaken in France, Holland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Swed...
North American and Caribbean Linguistic Surveys
[1950-197?]
Items in this subseries relate to surveys undertaken in the British Caribbean, New England, the Middle Atlantic States and South Atlantic States and Newfoundland.
English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)
Hornsby, G; Lenihan, J M A; Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Riddell, William
[1939]
The majority of recordings were made for the Survey of Northumbrian Dialects, in 1938 and 1939. This survey was inaugurated at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (then part of the University of Du...
Verse
[1960s-1970s]
This subseries contains items relating to verse and folk poetry. The subject matter includes British monologues; long narrative verse including 'Beowulf' and other Old English poetry; copies of pages ...