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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture34
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Rollin, Charles (1661-1741)8
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)8
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)6
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Sofer, Zvi D (1980)3
Green, Anthony E (1943-)2
Wilson, H R2
Agar, Arthur1
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Barcelona College of Industrial and Technical Engineers1

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Archive File

Correspondence

Shippey, T A

1986-1995

Correspondence between Tom Shippey (Chair of the School of English), the North West Sound Archiveand others regarding the transfer of Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldwork audio-tapes and gramoph...

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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...

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Survey of English Dialects Tape Recording Anthologies

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1967

The file consists of a typed memo from Harold Orton to the director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies ( Stewart Sanderson) regarding the progress of Survey of English Dialects (SED) au...

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Other Institutions

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1964-1983

This file contains correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and colleagues at academic and related institutions. It includes a typed questionnaire on folklife research in Europe from the Commission In...

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Letter and Tape Index Card for Orton Tape

Wilson, H R

18 Mar 1975

Typed letter from H. R. Wilson to Stewart Sanderson regarding Harold Orton's death and notifying that he sending over a tape of Orton's Dearness Memorial Lecture. Also included is the original index c...

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