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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Swaby
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SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Swaby

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s-mid 1970s]

Page from an SED fieldwork notebook completed in ms. by Stanley Ellis. The page includes responses from informant Bill Elder of Swaby, Lincolnshire, recorded on 16 September 1951, to sections 1.1 and ...

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Bi︠u︡lletenʹ religīozno-pedagogicheskoĭ raboty s pravoslavnoĭ molodezhʹi︠u︡ (no.1(30), 1955)

Zenʹkovskiĭ, V V protopresviter (1881-1962); Pravoslavnyĭ bogoslovskīĭ institut v Parizhi︠e︡. Religīozno-pedagogicheskīĭ kabinet

Editor: V.V. Zi︠en︡ʹkovskīĭ. Issues also numbered within the year, 1935-1939, with issues 3 and 4 always combined. None published 1940-1950; no. 23 (dek. 1951)-no. <25/26 (dek. 1952)> calle...

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Education for peace

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1949

"Four... papers ... originally delivered in 1947 or 1948 as lectures in various parts of the world ... The final essay was originally published by Freedom Press (London) as a seperate pamphlet" - note...

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Minute book and business papers of the Zion Old British School, Leeds, also known as the Zion Sunday School Fund

1949-1979

Contents: (1) Minute book, 1949-78; (2) Bank books, in account with Yorkshire [Penny] Bank, 1932-72 (2 vols.); (3) Loose-leaf file of annual statements of account, 1950-78; (4) File of correspondence,...

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Questionnaire Response Books: Non-SED and Unused Locations

1951-1952

This subseries includes fieldwork response books recording phonetically the responses of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by fieldw...

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A Study of the Living Dialects of Lincolnshire Based on an Investigation by Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1952

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lincolnshire, based on fieldwork carried out between June and December 1951 using versions four and five of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. The collector made initial fie...

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Worcestershire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard

1951-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Worcestershire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Archive File

Children's Songs and Rhymes

1954-1979

This file comprises a copy of James Ritchie's 'The Singing Street: A Merry-Ma-Tanzie of Skipping, Hopping, Stotting, Hiding, Birling, Playing, and Dancing Rhymes', revised edition (Edinburgh: Albyn Pr...

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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire, Isle of Man and Cheshire

Dyson, B Ronald; Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Siporin, Rae Lee

[1965-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y30-31, 33-34; Isle of Man 6aMan1-2; and Cheshire 7Ch1-2. The original recordings were made between 195...

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Documents concerning the Zion Sunday School, New Wortley, Leeds

1835-1937

A collection of rules, lists of scholars, accounts of proceedings, annual reports, etc.

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