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education17
community life15
culture15
english language - dialects9
nature6
persons6
agriculture5
folklore5
food5
manners and customs5

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Brunk, Wille2
Cherry, Bertha1
Collins, J M Mrs1
Cooke, Allison1
Day, Ernest1
Dunn, Ginette1
Gale, Mrs1
Hales, Phil1
Hare, Beccy1

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Archive File

Wiltshire Response Books

Wright, John T

1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Wiltshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were rec...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian; Howarth, Leslie

8 May 1973

Jack White and Mrs. Jack White in conversation at their home in the Stannington area of Sheffield. Talk of family members; informant's birthplace; Castleton Wakes; haytime; schooling at Lydgate in She...

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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...

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Illustrations used with Survey of English Dialects Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[ca. 1950s]

This file contains the notebook of illustrations used by Stanley Ellis as a visual aid to elicit responses to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) questionnaire. The images include tools, implements a...

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Illustrations Used with the Survey of English Dialects Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[ca. 1950s]

This file contains a photocopy of the notebook of illustrations used by Stanley Ellis as a visual aid to elicit responses to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) questionnaire. The images include tool...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Wilson, David L

11 December 1971

Allison Cooke and Janet Stern, recorded in Leeds, talking about American university and college campus folklore: rumour; freshman initiation; homecoming games; May Day weekend; Greek Weekend; Greek Si...

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Sound Recording, Lancashire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1963

Male informant [two women also present, ?wife and ?daughter], recorded in White Coppice; talks about his work for the Ministry catching moles and other pests; breeding/handling ferrets; rook shooting ...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

16 April 1974

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, relates biographical details, including working on the land and at sea; his experience of World War One (wounded 1916); homecoming and work at the Snape Maltings; ...

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Sound Recordings, Dorset

Panheinen, Ossi

[1970]

Mr. Spiller of Broadwindsor talks about farming; milking cows; hedging and the decline in the numbers of hedgers; farm horses and ploughing; weeding corn; haymaking; women labourers; informant's famil...

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An Investigation into the Play of Children Living in a Traditionally Working Class Area of Back-to-Back Housing Property, in Leeds, in May and June, 1962

Collins, J M Mrs; McKelvie, Donald

1962

A study of schoolchildren at play in Leeds, combining researches in education and folk life by two postgraduate students at the University of Leeds. Mrs. Collins was taking a Diploma in Curricular Stu...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

27 November 1976

[Collector announcement]; Phil Hales, recorded at home in Ugthorpe; talks about singing at the Quoits Supper; song repertoire; audience; barn dances and songs; musicals; learning songs; favourite song...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1959-1960

Alf Odell, recorded in Gravenhurst in November 1959; describes the process of thatching a haystack/rick; his working clothes and the tools used [ Bert Kefford and Doris Kefford join in]; Mr. Kefford a...

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