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Weston Rhyn Response Book - 11Sa1
Sykes, Donald Richard
2 Nov 1954 - 3 Nov 1954
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Raw Material I
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1928-1939]
Harold Orton's ms. phonetic fieldwork recordings and orthographic notes on informants for Acomb, Bamburgh, Belford, Bellingham, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Cambo, Capheaton, Coxhoe, Cullercoats, Harbottle and...
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...
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...
Editorial Procedure
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1967-1975
This subseries contains a variety of ms. and typescript papers produced during the editorial planning and preparation of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). It includes ms. and typed memos, agend...
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...
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.
Principles and Methods
[1964-1981]
This subseries includes printed and photocopied papers relating to the principles and practice of research into various aspects of folklore and folklife.
Correspondence
1969-1981
Letters to and from Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists Joyce Salmona(archivist in 1969), Margaret Jackson(1971-1976), Brenda Neale(1976-1978) and Susan Drury(1978-1981). The...
Arnott, Katherine
2022
Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage...
Folktale Studies and Philology: Some Points of View
Sydow, Carl Wilhelm von (1878-1952)
1965
Photocopy of an article from 'The Study of Folklore' (1965) pp. 220-242, in turn reprinted from C.W. von Sydow, 'Selected Papers on Folklore', edited by Laurits Bødker (Copenhagen: Rosenkilde og Bagg...
Pagan and Christian Mythology
1955-1976
This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...