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culture7
english language - dialects7
community life5
archive administration4
education4
communication3
occupations2
agriculture1
animals1
associations, institutions, etc1

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)7
Agar, Arthur1
Claughton, Mr R. Mick1
Cloughton1
Easton, Ronald1
Eden, Jim1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Fothergill, George William1
Hornsby, G1
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1

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Archive Sub-sub-series

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)....

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Experimental and Teaching Maps

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1950s-mid 1970s

This series includes a large number of experimental word maps based on the data collected by the Survey of English Dialects (SED) for England (with Wales and Scotland); photocopies and transparencies ...

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English Dialect Sound Recordings (Northern England)

Hornsby, G; Lenihan, J M A; Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Riddell, William

[1939]

The majority of recordings were made for the Survey of Northumbrian Dialects, in 1938 and 1939. This survey was inaugurated at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (then part of the University of Du...

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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...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for North Yorkshire locations 6Y3-8. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1952 and 1955. Harol...

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Photographic Negatives

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s-1970s]

The photographic negatives held by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) comprise 620 individual negatives and sets of negatives. The collection consists of a variety of formats, incl...

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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...

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