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Harold Orton Centenary Conference Exhibition
1998
Papers relating to an exhibition of items relating to Harold Orton and the Survey of English Dialects (SED) at the Harold Orton Centenary Conference, an international dialectology conference marking b...
Harold Orton Papers
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1893-1975
This series relates specifically to Harold Orton's academic research in the field of language and linguistics, and contains correspondence with Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers, publisher...
Instrumental Music: General
[1936-1977]
This file contains items relating to instrumental music generally, including bands. This includes a copy of M. Mokhtar's paper, 'Studies of the Tone-Quality of Organ Pipes: 1. The Influence of Wind Pr...
Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]
Bryon, Fiona
10 Dec 1980 - 15 Dec 1980
Jim Roche, recorded in his home, talks about the Leeds clothing industry in the 1920s/30s; starting work at John Baron's; describes contracting out, machinery, processes, hours of work, health (T.B. p...
Sound Recordings, [Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Dorset, West Sussex, Gloucestershire and North Lincolnshire]
Harrop, Peter K
[1970s]
Compilation of recordings (copy extracts) of traditional drama performances, including also some conversation regarding mummers and mumming. The provenance of these recordings is uncertain, as are the...
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; ...
Leeds Tailoring Industry Papers
Smith, Paul (1947-)
[1970-1992]
Items collected for a project on the Leeds tailoring industry, with related papers. A large proportion of these items are photocopies, and it is unclear when the copies were made. The date range for t...
Mumming: Play Texts, Etc.
Millington, Peter T
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains photocopied and typed papers, produced and collected by Peter Millington, on mumming and mummers' plays, with particular reference to Nottinghamshire. (In the following list, a coun...
The Sound System of the Dialect of Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear
Welford, Ross A
1984
A study of the dialect spoken in Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with two local informants.