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The Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations, Past and Present
Babbidge, P A
1982
A dissertation which traces the evolution of a major commercial waterway, and describes the lives of the men who work, and have worked, on it (based on a number of fieldwork visits and interviews).
Conferences and Exhibitions (Papers and Photographs)
1955-1986
This series contains correspondence files relating to the organisation of conferences run by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, and black and white photographs displayed at associated and...
General Dialect Related Enquiries
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1929-1971
The larger part of this sub-subseries comprises letters sent to Harold Orton from members of the public, in response to newspaper articles and radio broadcasts on the Survey of English Dialects (SED)....
The Role of the Public House in an Urban Environment
Hargreaves, Janet
1979
A study which examines the importance of public house visiting as a major leisure time activity, the pub as the centre of a community, and the customs and attitudes associated with the pub within an a...
The Worst Printer Ever. A Study of the Brereton Broadside Ballads Contained in W10 of the Bigger Collection, held by the Central Reference Library, Belfast
Neilands, Colin W
1983
M.A. study of a collection of sixty-six ballads collected by F. J. Bigger, forming part of the F. J. Bigger Collection at Belfast Central Reference Library. Fifty-five of these were printed by Peter B...
Fieldwork and Research
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1893-1974
The diffuse nature of the subject content of this subseries highlights Harold Orton's broad-ranging interest in language, language research and folk life, including in particular, phonetics ( Yorkshir...
Booklists
1951-1980
These files contain bibliographies, catalogues and related items, collected by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and members of staff. The items were originally held in one...
The Six Northern Counties and the Isle of Man (Volume 1)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1962-1969
This subseries contains papers relating to the editing of fieldwork data collected in Northern England and the Isle of Man, in preparation for the publication of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) N...