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Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
23 Feb 1939
[Side 1] Conversation between coxswain Brown and Hunter (unplayable by current technological means). [Side 2] Conversation between Janet and Maggie about crossing to Holy Island; Hunter recites the st...
A Synchronic Study of the Dialect of the Upper Holme Valley in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
1960
Volume One of this Ph.D. thesis includes an Introduction, notes on the informants and on methods and principles of phonetic transcription, phonetic transcriptions made from field tape recordings, a se...
Proverbs and Sayings of the Potteries
1964-1965
This file contains a series of ms. correspondence with Stewart Sanderson from informants in the Potteries (i.e. the Stoke-on-Trent area), in response to articles in the 'Hanley Daily Sentinel' and the...
Oral History Society
[1975]
The Oral History Society held a conference at the University of Leeds' Ellerslie Hall [of Residence] on April 11th-13th 1975. This file contains typed conference details, a booking form, notes by Tony...
Sound Recording
British Broadcasting Corporation
[1972]
Radio programme [BBC Home Service 1960-05-28 17:00; Children's hour] on Captain Charles Towneley and his role in the English Civil War; hiding from Cromwell's men; death at the Battle of Marston Moor,...
The Romance of Sassi: A Critical and Comparative Study
Shan, Harnam Singh
1964
A study of the Indian tragic romance legend of 'Sassi Punnun', submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Indian Lore and Literature) in the Arts Faculty of the University of London, through th...
Oral History Research Papers
[1950s-1981]
Three copies of a leaflet on the oral history programme at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; and an article on George Freeston and his efforts to record and preserve the history of Blisworth, ...
Oral History: Associations, Workshops, Conferences
1969-1977
Leaflet on oral history and the Regional Oral History Office at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley; printed review of the Oral History Micropublication Plan at the Butler Library...
Dialect recording in Stamfordham, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
05 Apr 1939
[Side 1] John Johnson talks about father farming at Black Heddon before being sacked for stopping squire crossing his land and moving to Shotley Bridge, father died when John was seven and John return...
Military Humour
Wills, Caroline
1979
A study of verbal military humour, based on written items sent to the collector from a British Army unit based in Antwerp (70 items), and 500 items from the Humor in Uniform pages of the 'Readers' Dig...
Sound Recordings, [Liverpool]
Bond, Francis Keith
[1973/1974]
Unidentified male informant talks about Army life during World War Two, rationing, and relates various humorous anecdotes. [Tr. 3] René Bond talks about her experience as a fourteen year old living...
Jokes, Anecdotes, Etc.
1979-1980
This file contains an ms. collection of jokes made by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) undergraduate student Kathryn Dearden at Christmas, 1979; and mounted newspaper cuttings from t...