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Some Aspects of Folk Life in Whitehaven
Graham, Jacqueline P
1980
A study of folk life in Whitehaven, based on information gathered from the collector's grandparents, visitors to their house and other family members, and covering roughly the seventy year period 1910...
Fieldwork
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1945-1974
Correspondence between Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth regarding linguistic research and surveys, their collaboration on a linguistic atlas of England and the development of an English dialect questionna...
Survey of English Dialects and Related Correspondence
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1961-1981
The correspondence in this sub-subseries relates to various aspects of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and its publication programme. It includes SED reports and draft text; original and copy cor...
Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
03 Feb 1956
[Side 1] Sam tells series of anecdotes incl. his efforts to trace descendants of local man sent to Botany Bay, describes trip by locals to Belle Vue (former zoo). [Side 2] Sam tells series of anecdote...
House Types
1971-1979
This file contains items relating to different types of dwelling house, including cuttings from 'The Guardian' newspaper and 'Country Life' magazine on a medieval aisled house in Castle Caereinion use...
Staffordshire Response Books
Gibson, Dr Peter H
1953-1954
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Staffordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...
Devon Response Books
Wright, John T
1958
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Devon to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorde...
Salop (Shropshire) Response Books
Sykes, Donald Richard
1954-1956
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Salop (now known as Shropshire) to the Dieth-Orton Questionnai...
Sound Recordings, North East England
Bird, Elizabeth
November 1973
[Collector announcement]; Evelyn Johnston talks about the Black Watch Jazz Band of Bedlington (Northumberland) during the period 1927-1928; boy and girl members; uniform; instruments; batons; mascot; ...
Glossaries, Etc.
Hudleston, Nigel A
[1950s]
These files contain four undated typed papers, annotated in ms., containing dialect glossaries (mostly Yorkshire based) and data on Yorkshire folklife, and diagrams illustrating wagons and cottages. ...