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culture5
english language - dialects5
language and languages3
communication2
community life2
occupations2
archive administration1

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)8
Parry, David (1937-)1
Powell, Susan1
Sue1
Wright, Nathalia1

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Archive Sub-sub-series

A Word Geography of England

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1970-1973

Correspondence between Harold Orton and Nathalia Wright and the publishers, Seminar Press, regarding the publication of their book, 'A Word Geography of England'. This sub-subseries also contains lett...

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A Word Geography of England

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1970-1977

This subfonds includes items relating to the production of 'A Word Geography of England' (WGE), the first linguistic atlas based on the Survey of English Dialects to be published. It consists of edito...

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Draft Maps

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960-1974

This sub-subseries comprises draft word maps compiled by Nathalia Wright, Clive Upton and Sue Powell for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). It also includes early draft maps by Harold Orton and ...

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Maps

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Wright, Nathalia

1966-1974

This subseries consists of papers relating to the preparation and production of maps for 'A Word Geography of England' (WGE). It includes typed editorial notes on mapping conventions; typed lists of n...

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LAE Editorial Notes and Papers

Powell, Susan

1970s

This file contains typed, photocopied and ms. notes from Linguistic Atlas of England editorial meetings; lists of notions of LAE maps, including phonological notions and ones based on questions from t...

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Maps

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-mid 1970s]

This subfonds contains a collection of maps that cannot be specifically linked with either the Survey of English Dialects (SED) publication programme, or with the activities of the Institute of Dialec...

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Base and Dialect Area Maps

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-mid 1970s]

This series consists of photocopied and printed base and dialect-area maps, which are predominantly blank and mainly relate to England and the English counties. It includes various base maps of Englan...

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Harold Orton Papers

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1893-1975

This series relates specifically to Harold Orton's academic research in the field of language and linguistics, and contains correspondence with Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers, publisher...

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