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Total number of records: 16

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SubjectCount
archive administration16
culture14
english language - dialects7
folklore6
community life5
communication4
education4
literature and folklore4
nature4
land use3

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People and organisationsCount
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Whitfield, Jean2
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Mcdavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)1
Osbourne, Mr Frank1
Ostler, Mr William1
Sydow, Carl Wilhelm Von (1878-1952)1

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Archive Sub-series

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...

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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...

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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.

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Archive File

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...

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Archive File

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...

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Archive File

Uppsala Key Adaptation

Whitfield, Jean

1963

Jean Whitfield's proposed revision of the Uppsala Real Register (folk life classification scheme). The whole revision is in ms. form, and is accompanied by a letter from Lisa [surname?] (possibly a st...

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East Midland Counties and East Anglia (Volume 3)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-1971]

This subseries consists of papers relating to the editing of fieldwork data collected in the East Midlands and East Anglia, in preparation for the publication of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) E...

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SED Printer's Page: Fields
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SED Printer's Page: Fields

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printer's page for the Northern Counties Basic Material volume, completed in typescript with responses to SED question I.1.1, Fields, for all Northern Counties localities. This was one of the last sta...

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Index Cards

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

This sub-subseries comprises a single set of index cards, recording alphabetically and orthographically in ms. the different word forms collected in response to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questi...

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SED Printer's Page: Fields
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SED Printer's Page: Fields

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printer's page for the Northern Counties Basic Material volume, completed in ms. with responses to SED question I.1.1, Fields, for localities in Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham and Westmorland. Thi...

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SED Printer's Page: Fields
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SED Printer's Page: Fields

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printer's page for the Northern Counties Basic Material volume, completed in ms. with responses to SED question I.1.1, Fields, for localities in Lancashire and Yorkshire. This was one of the last stag...

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Archive File

Notes for Thesis

Whitfield, Jean

1963

This file contains draft ms./typed notes relating to a proposed thesis, 'Survey Work in Folklore: A Critical Examination of Sources and Methods'. The author, Jean Whitfield, is described by Angela Cli...

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