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Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 1
1971-1972
This file contains a mounted newspaper cutting from 'The Guardian' on the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and the publication of the final Basic Material volumes (4 October 1971); an ms. letter from ...
The Media and the Traditions of Modern Children
Mitchell, Elspeth Anne
1981
An examination of Middle School children and their traditions, and the effect their exposure to modern mass media has on such traditions. The study is based on written responses to the collector's que...
SED Word Map: Partition
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties for SED question I.3.2, Partition (i.e. of cow stalls), mapping the distribution of responses Boose-Side, Boskin, (-)Parting, Skell-Boose and Tre...
Audio Recording: Duncan-Austwick, Pauline
Hall, Rosemary
06 Sep 2022
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, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
December 1971
Assembled company and soloist singing carols in the Royal pub, Dungworth near Sheffield, accompanied on the organ by Lol Loy. Recorded on 5 December 1971. Charlie Fretwell sings 'Song for the Time'. T...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Lyonshall, Herefordshire
20 Jun 1952
[Side 1] Charles recalls having to retire from gardening due to sciatica, tells series of anecdotes about subsequent experiences as chimney sweep. [Side 2] Charles recalls threshing by hand and talks...
A grammar of the dialect of West Somerset : descriptive and historical
Kruisinga, E (1875-1944)
1905
Appeared in part as author's inaugural dissertation, Bonn, 1904.
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
November-December 1971
Assembled company singing carols in the Sportsman pub, Lodge Moor, Sheffield, on the 27 November 1971. [Tr. 3]
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
December 1971
Assembled company singing carols in the Black Bull pub, Ecclesfield, with brass accompaniment. Recorded on the 9 December 1971. [Tr. 1]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A191r.
Trams, Railways and Boats
1967-1973
This file contains items on forms of travel, including James Edward Holroyd's article on tramcars, extracted from 'Country Life' (7 December 1967), p. 1490; an ms. postcard from Jeremy Godwin to Stewa...
Children's Games: Student Surveys
1979-1980
This file contains surveys of children's games collected by students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) from schoolchildren in Leeds. These include Elspeth Mitchell's ms. transc...
Herefordshire Response Books
Sykes, Donald Richard; Wright, Peter
1952-1955
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Herefordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...