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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Mcdavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)1
North, David J1

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Lectures

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1949-1969

Orton's published articles and draft typescripts of talks given in England and overseas on the history and development, aims and objectives, of the English Dialect Survey/Survey of English Dialects.

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Social Intercourse

1967-1972

This subseries, comprising a single file only, contains items relating to drinking and inns/public houses. This includes James Stevens Curl's article on gin palaces and their disappearance, extracted ...

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SED Phonological Map: Tongue
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SED Phonological Map: Tongue

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question VI.5.4 Tongue, mapping ng pronunciation. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and includes a typescript note.

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SED Phonological Map: Tongue
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SED Phonological Map: Tongue

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); North, David J

[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map for SED question VI.5.4 Tongue, mapping -ng- pronunciation. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and David North, and is dated 1963.

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Raven McDavid Articles

McDavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)

[1960-1981]

Originally housed in a single folder labelled Complete Set of Xeroxes of Raven McDavid's Articles, these files contain photocopies of printed, typed and draft articles and papers by McDavid, mainly re...

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Lists of Forms

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

This file contains papers which record the different word forms collected at different locations, and in different counties, on a single sheet or set of sheets. The recordings all appear to have been ...

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Parish and Church

[1965-1975]

This subseries, comprising a single file only, includes Werner Kissling's ms. notes on the Foresters' Walk in Coverdale (connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters) and its byelaws; Margaret Ottley...

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