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Academic Correspondence File 103
1950-1956
Rohrer, Fritz. Correspondence from Harold Orton to Fritz Rohrer regarding the latter’s fieldwork in Hathersage (Derbyshire); from Peter Wright to Fritz Rohrer regarding Rohrer’s fieldwork; and bet...
Leeds Greek Community: Preservation and Transmission of the Greek Traditional Culture
Nitsiakos, Vassilis
1982
M.A. dissertation on the preservation and transmission of Greek traditional culture in Leeds. The dissertation is in three sections: The Field, Fieldwork, The Immigrants: What Happens to their Heritag...
Popular Beliefs and Superstitions in Iboland
Uzokwe, Francis C
1979
This file contains a paper by Francis Uzokwe of the Ministry of Education, Owerri, Nigeria, on beliefs and superstitions in Imo State, Nigeria. The paper includes a list of 30 numbered beliefs.
Preston Guild Merchant: A Study of Traditional Involvement in a Civic Ceremony
Monaghan, Ann M
1974
A dissertation providing impressions of the 1972 Preston Guild Merchant ( Preston, Lancashire), based on personal observation and interviews with local people (who also provided information on the 195...
Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: I Am
Röhrer, Fritz
[1950s]
Ms. map of Yorkshire showing the southern limit of the Northern England dialect form of (I) Am (SED question VIII.9.5), and the northern limit of the Midland dialect form of (I) Am. The map was compil...
Weald & Downland: Walton On The Hill Group
2022-2023
Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted (2022-2023) at partner museum with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage...
Audio Recording: Walton On The Hill Group
Stone, Amy; Shannon-Dabek, Nadja
2022-2023
Digital recording of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project. Interviewer(s) listed under c...
Sound Recordings, Durham and Northumberland
Atchison, Maureen
[1964]
Songs sung by Jack Elliott[JE], Christina Short [CS] and Tom Carruthers[TC], preceded by a woman [?Mrs. Elliott] relating her recollections of a mining accident [location not given]; 'Rap 'er to Bank'...
Transcript: Walton On The Hill Group
Hughes, Rae
2022-2023
Transcript of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project.
Survey of English Dialects recording in Dolphinholme, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
24 May 1954
[Side 1] Bill describes baking oatcakes over open fire with 'spittle' [= wooden baking shovel] and 'cratch' [= drying rack], talks about owners of Wyreside Hall and working with horses, recalls runawa...
The place-names of Wiltshire : their origin and history
Ekblom, Einar Laurentius
1917
Inaug.--Diss.--Uppsala, 1917.
Dialectal English and the student
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1947
Reprinted from the Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, 1947.