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Total number of records: 1534

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1534
William22
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Archive Sub-sub-series

Easter Egg Survey

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1962-1963

This sub-subseries includes typed and photocopied questionnaires and covering letters, and ms. and typed responses, to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears t...

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Stanley Ellis Papers

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1952-1982

This series consists primarily of papers relating to the compilation of a Fishing Questionnaire used in a survey coordinated by Ellis through the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) in ...

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Fishing Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1963-1968]

This subseries includes drafts and final copies of Stanley Ellis's fishing questionnaire, items referred to in its compilation and related papers.

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Miscellaneous Papers

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1952-1991

This subseries contains papers collected by Stanley Ellis during his appointment at the University of Leeds. The subject matter of the items reflects Ellis's professional and research interests and ac...

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Herbert Voitl Negatives List

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

03 Dec 81

Ms. list, compiled by Stanley Ellis, of reference numbers and locality names which refer to the series of negatives taken by Herbert Voitl of SED localities in the Southern and West Midland counties. ...

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Survey of English Dialects Press Conference Caption

c.1960-c.1980

A typed caption to the associated photograph (P2150). "Dr W. K. Halliday, Mr Martin E. Arnold, Professor Harold Orton and Mr Stanley Ellis on the occasion of the publication of the first book of the S...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F

1969

Ph.D. thesis based on field data recorded in 1958 by John Wright, for the Survey of English Dialects (SED); tape recordings made in the same seven SED localities by the collector and Stanley Ellis in ...

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Northumberland Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1955

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

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Fishing Questionnaire Drafts and Related Papers

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1963-1968]

Ms. and typed drafts of Peter Wright's fishing questionnaire; a photocopy of Wright's questionnaire as it appeared in the 'Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society', with ms. annotations (copied)...

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Fishing Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1966-1968

Ms. draft and typed copies of an agenda for a meeting to discuss the progress of the Fishing Questionnaire; typed copies of a covering letter sent out with the completed questionnaire to institutions ...

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Fishing Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1968]

An unopened packet of the completed Fishing Questionnaire, containing 24 individual questionnaires, as supplied by the printers.

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A Study of the Living Dialects of Lincolnshire Based on an Investigation by Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1952

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lincolnshire, based on fieldwork carried out between June and December 1951 using versions four and five of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. The collector made initial fie...

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