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Total number of records: 1991

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1990
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1991
Rudolf Laban Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture1991
english language - dialects1991
community life621
occupations493
folk music470
language and languages418
nature355
manners and customs316
food301
agriculture298

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England30
Northumberland29
Embleton11
Lowick11
Allendale1
County Westmeath1
Earsdon1
Ellington1
Haltwhistle1
Hedden-On-The-Wall1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)250
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)130
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)123
Russell, Ian90
Voitl, Herbert72
Dunn, Ginette69
Sullivan, Keith Frederick53
Fothergill, George William48
Harrop, Peter K38
Green, Anthony E (1943-)31

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18007
From 19001981
From 20003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 19991986
Up to latest5

Archive Collection

Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies)

University of Leeds

1836-2003

The Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture comprises the combined multiple media holdings of the archives of the Survey of English Dialects (ca. 1946-1978) directed by Harold Orton, and the University of...

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Orton Corpus

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1928-2003

Manuscript and typescript items relating to the Survey of Northumbrian Dialects conducted by Harold Orton during his time at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. These items include fieldwork and r...

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Dialect and Heritage Project Oral Histories

2022 - 2023

Oral History recordings made by staff, students, volunteers and partner museums as part of the 'Dialect and Heritage' project that ran 2019 -2023. Some recordings also include transcripts and phot...

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Folk Life File

1836-1998

This subfonds constitutes the Folk Life File, an archival resource actively created throughout the lifetime of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), probably in relation to its Folk ...

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The Linguistic Atlas of England

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960-1980

This subfonds contains papers relating to the preparation, editing and publication of text and maps for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). It includes editorial notes and papers; ms. and typescr...

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Survey of English Dialects

1893-1995

This subfonds contains Harold Orton's SED and academic related papers, and items concerning the elicitation, collection, collation and publication of English dialect data. The published data, hereafte...

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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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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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Non-Student Research Papers

[1880] - 1992

This subfonds contains provenanced and unprovenanced papers, created and collected by students, academics and other researchers and informants from outside the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studi...

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Non-Institute Surveys

[1928]-1985

The folklore, folklife and linguistic surveys represented in this subfonds were initiated and co-ordinated by research institutes, universities and individuals in Europe and North America. Items relat...

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Fieldwork

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1945-1974

Correspondence between Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth regarding linguistic research and surveys, their collaboration on a linguistic atlas of England and the development of an English dialect questionna...

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Funding

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1946-1970

Harold Orton's preliminary enquiries of academic, charitable and commercial trusts regarding Research Awards/sponsorship to support the work of fieldworkers and editorial team members. Those organisat...

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