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Coracle Fishermen

[1970s]

Two coracle fishermen demonstrating how to row and fish with coracles on the River Towy at Carmarthen. The fishermen are pulling a net through the water between their two coracles, watched by a crowd ...

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A bibliography of folklore for 1958-1967 : being a subject index vols. 69-78 of the journal, Folklore

Bonser, Wilfrid (1887-1972); Percival, Alicia C; Folklore Society (Great Britain)

1969

Includes series title-page.

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Academic Correspondence File 12

1966-1967

"Kansas (1967) - Prof. Kinkade”. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Professor M. Dale Kinkade of the University of Kansas, regarding his accommodation. 1 file. 1966-1967.

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Academic Correspondence File 13

1967-1969

"Prof. Zuther Kansas 1968”. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Gerhard Zuther and George Worth of the University of Kansas, regarding course reading lists for 1967 and 1968. 1 file. 1967-1969.

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Academic Correspondence File 10

1966-1968

"Kansas Visit (1967) - Prof. Zuther”. Correspondence between Harold Orton and George Waggoner (Dean), George Worth, Frances Ingemann and Gerhard Zuther of the University of Kansas regarding his teac...

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Trondheim File 1

[1967]

Harold Orton’s ms. lecture notes on fourteen 7” x 5” index cards, “English Speech - Present Trends”. The lecture was delivered in Trondheim (Norway) in August 1967, and possibly also at the ...

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The Percy poem on falconry

Danielsson, Bror (1905-); Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

1968

"Reprint from Studies in modern philology 1967."

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The Percy poem on falconry

Danielsson, Bror (1905-); Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

1968

"Reprint from Studies in modern philology 1967."

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The generation of Old English weak verbs

Howren, Robert

[1967]

Reprinted from Language, vol. 43, no. 3, September 1967.

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Club folk

British Federation of Folk Clubs

v.1, no.1 (May 1967); v.1, no.6 (September/October 1968).

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Academic Correspondence File 24

1965-1967

Babb, Georgina. Correspondence between Harold Orton and Georgina Babb regarding assistance with the Survey of English Dialects. 1 file. 1965-1967.

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