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Correspondence
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1929-1975
Original incoming and copies of outgoing letters between Harold Orton and Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldworkers, publishers, editors, university administrators and academics. These relate to O...
British Broadcasting Corporation
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1948-1963
Harold Orton's (draft and final version) scripts used in his BBC radio broadcasts on the English language and dialect. These include interviews with Orton by other people, and single programmes and se...
Press Conferences and Announcements
E. J. Arnold and Son Limited; University of Leeds
1962-1971
Items relating to the launch of Survey of English Dialects Basic Material volumes in London, Leeds and Birmingham.
Correspondence
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1956-1983
This subseries comprises the correspondence of Stewart Sanderson during his appointment as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The correspondence largely concerns the c...
Waterston Report (Fair Isle)
National Trust for Scotland
1955-1979
Typed copy of a confidential report prepared by the National Trust for Scotland on the status of the community of Fair Isle (7 December 1955) with a covering letter from the Trust (3 January 1956). Th...
Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies Letterheads
[1965-1975]
Blank letterheads, bearing the Institute's name and that of the Director, Stewart Sanderson.
Notice Board Items
[1970-1979]
This collection of paper notices, posters, leaflets and one photograph, originally mounted on a notice board in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies, were gathered into one file marked Catal...
Publicity
1971-1980
This series contains press releases and press cuttings relating to the grant given to 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE) project from the Leverhulme Trust; captions from a pre-publication display...
Harold Orton Research Room Commemorative Sign
Winters, Nancy
June 10th 1980
This sign was produced for the opening on June 25th 1980 of a research room in the University of Leeds, commemorating the name of Harold Orton .
Correspondence
Shippey, T A
1989-2003
Correspondence between Tom Shippey (Chairman of the School of English, University of Leeds) and Kurt Rydland, March 1989-May 1993, relating to Rydland's loan of and work on the Orton Corpus; correspon...
University Open Day
May 12th 1980
This file contains a typed letter from Ian Rattee (Chairman of the Organising Group), sent to all Departmental Open Day Liaison Officers [possibly Tony Green for the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life...
Publicity
1935-1971
The items in this series relate to the publicising of the published SED Basic Material volumes, through press conferences and media coverage, announcements by the publishers, E. J. Arnold, and the Uni...