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archive administration17
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community life8
english language - dialects7
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architecture4
communication4
education4
occupations4
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Berntsen, Howard N1
Brunskill, Ronald W1
Eynden, Nadine Van Den1
Jelley, Susan Jennifer1
O'Brien, Kathleen Celia1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Orton, W R1
Playford, Averil H1
Sutcliffe, L Jean1
Sykes, Donald Richard1

Archive Sub-series

Fieldworkers and Fieldwork

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1945-1965

This subseries includes ms. maps and notes recording the progress of fieldwork; published maps with Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities marked; fieldwork expenses books; and illustrations used...

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Folk Museums of the British Isles

Orton, W R

1968

This survey of twenty-five British folk museums comprises an introductory section which presents a definition, history and thoughts on the function of the folk museum, followed by individual descripti...

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Farm Buildings

1954-1979

This file contains items on farmhouses and other buildings traditionally found on working farms. The larger part of the file includes items from the period 1965-1979; cuttings and articles extracted f...

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The Linguistic Geography of Shropshire and Worcestershire: A Phonological Survey

Sykes, Donald Richard

1956

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Shropshire and Worcestershire, based on fieldwork using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire during 1954-1955. Four chapters present an overview of previous work on the dialect...

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Clothing and Footwear - General

1966-1971

This file contains items relating to clothing and footwear in general, and includes a photocopy of the section on clothing from a chapter on material culture, explaining aspects to consider when resea...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Essex

Berntsen, Howard N

1962

M.A. thesis comprising three volumes. Volume One contains six chapters, the first being a description of the Essex sounds recorded in 1958, 1959 and 1961. Chapters Two to Six treat the development of ...

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Recording English Vernacular Architecture

Brunskill, Ronald W

[ca. 1970]

This file contains multiple copies of recording sheets developed by R.W. Brunksill for recording the details of various types of English vernacular architecture, and found in his 'Illustrated Handbook...

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Yorkshire Proverbial Sayings

Jelley, Susan Jennifer

1977

A collection of 190 proverbs, collected in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire via appeals for information in the 'Yorkshire Post' and 'Farmers' Weekly' newspapers. A number of follow-up interviews wit...

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The Living Dialect of White Coppice

Sutcliffe, L Jean

1964

A study of the dialect spoken in White Coppice in Lancashire, based on the answers of two informants to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, recorded over Easter and July 1963.

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Survey of Vernacular Architecture, 1981-1982

1981-1982

This file contains a photocopy of a paper submitted for the FLS I student exercise for the undergraduate degree in Dialect and Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies. The ...

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The Dialect of Medomsley in the County of Durham

Walsh, N Gordon

1963

A study of the dialect spoken in Medomsley, County Durham, based on data collected during interviews with three informants in March, July and October 1962, using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire to elici...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland

Playford, Averil H

1957

M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...

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