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Halpin, Nicholas John to Smith, George
13 Dec 1844
Handwritten letter from the clergyman and writer John Nicholas Halpin to George Smith, expressing his gratitude to Smith for drawing his attention to Mary Cowden Clarke's 'Concordance to Shakespeare' ...
Sender: Halpin, Nicholas John
Recipient: Smith, George
Letters: 1
Date(s): 13 Dec 1844
Location: BC Novello Cowden Clarke Collection
Sender: Smith, George
Recipient: Shorter, Clement King
Letters: 1
Date(s): 10 Jul 1895
Location: BC MS 19c Bronte C15, mounted and bound with typed transcripts in volume "Brontëana - Smith, Elder & Co - Clement K. Shorter correspondence"
Oakley Response Book - 39Ha2
Wright, John T
29 Mar 1958 - 2 Apr 1958
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Sound Recording, North Lincolnshire
Haldenby, Cynthia
October 1958
George Smith, recorded in South Ferriby; talks about his working life (hours, accidents, conditions), including thirty years in a brickyard, at Barton-upon-Humber cement works and in Hull; accidents a...
Sender: Merivale, Herman Charles
Recipient: Smith, George
Letters: 1
Date(s): n.d. [aft. 1859]
Location: BC Misc. letters 2
Sound Recordings, Hampshire and Wiltshire
Kylstra, Henk E; Wright, John T
1960-1961
William Blake, recorded in Hambledon by Henk Kylstra; talks about his work as a shepherd during the years 1919-1958; the village of Hambledon past and present; schooling; work as a shepherd boy on lea...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire and Hampshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E
1957-1961
[Announcement by Henk Kylstra]; Ernest Packer, recorded in Ashton Keynes in July 1957, by John Wright; talks about work with horses and waggon, on leaving school aged eleven; agricultural wages; ploug...
Trial of Deacon Brodie
Brodie, William (1741-1788); Smith, George (1788); Roughead, William (1870-1952)
[1921]
Trial of William Brodie and George Smith in Edinburgh, 1788, for the crime of theft attended with house-breaking.
Gypsy children (Romani chavies) : or, A stroll in gypsydom, with songs and stories, being incidents, plans and suggestions for improving the condition of the gypsy and van children
Smith, George (1831-1895); Smith, George (1831-1895)
[1891]
2 parts bound together. Part 2 is introduced in this edition, part 1 is a duplicate of the [1889] edition.
Book I: The Farm [Oakley Response Book]
Wright, John T
29 Mar 1958 - 2 Apr 1958
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant George Smith recorded by fieldworker John Wright in the International Ph...
Notes [Oakley Response Book]
Wright, John T
29 Mar 1958 - 2 Apr 1958
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.