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25.01.24 - W&E committee quote.docx
Women's Aid Federation of England
29 Feb 2024
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PAPERS OF B W J KENT: PAPERS OF KENT FAMILY OF TATEFIELD HALL
18th century-20th century
Including: farm account books of Isaac Denison of Dunkeswick and others 1809-1893 and diary of a farmer recording the weather, events on the farm, payments 1855-1893 (back of diary records accounts re...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Sheffield, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
21 Dec 1952
[Side 1] Sid describes process of making steel, talks about role of melter, explains terms incl. 'fracture' [= sample of metal for analysis] and need to 'slag off' [= remove e.g. sulphur and phosphoro...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kniveton, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
May 1956
[Side 1] Tom recalls occasion when he played practical joke on new farm-hand by pretending to be ghost, farm-hand jittery all day and ran away from 'tit' [= small horse] that scared him while walking ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Hathern, Leicestershire
Apr 1957
[Side 1] Mr Hunt reflects on his working life, recalls starting work aged 10 years, describes hours and wages at Hathern brickworks and later at sock mill, remembers 'kill' [= kiln] closing during Wor...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Lyddington, Rutland
Apr 1957
[Side 1] Mr Manton discusses hedge maintenance in detail, explains how to clear dead wood out with 'hatchet' [= light, short-handled axe] and how to handle occasional 'stoven' [= tree stump], describe...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Bentley, Essex
Oct 1959
[Side 1] Mr Dunton describes condition of roads in village in past, tells series of anecdotes about childhood pranks and practical jokes incl. regularly unharnessing donkey from cart outside village p...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Bentley, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in East Mersea, Essex
Jun-Oct 1959
[Side 1] Mr Dunton recalls starting work aged 14 as 'stock-boy' [= farm worker helping to look after livestock] at Fordham Hall, describes long hours and gradual increase in wages to £7 before retiri...
Aubrey Beardsley, autograph letters and other material, with other items relating to him
Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898)
1892-1898
Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph letter to George Scotson-Clark [1892]; (2) Proof copies of two grotesques, 1893; (3) Invitation card designed by Aubrey Beardsley for the opening of the Pr...
PAPERS OF CHARLES TRAVIS CLAY
Clay, Charles Travis (1885-1978)
1642-1976
Consists mainly of photocopies and correspondence exchanged with historical scholars including P Aheir, W Paley Baildon, W Farrer, LC Loyd, WE Preston, FM Stenton and A Hamilton Thompson. Topics inclu...
Edmund Gosse Archive
Gosse family
c.1823-1954
The Gosse collection includes material from five generations of the Gosse family, but is largely the archive of Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), the writer and literary critic. The collection hol...
Norfolk Response Books
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)
1956-1957
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Norfolk to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recor...