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Academic Correspondence File 113
1940-1980
Misc. Correspondence from the journal Visible Language regarding Orton’s complimentary subscription. 1 file. [n.d.]
The Linguistic Geography of Shropshire and Worcestershire: A Phonological Survey
Sykes, Donald Richard
1956
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Shropshire and Worcestershire, based on fieldwork using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire during 1954-1955. Four chapters present an overview of previous work on the dialect...
Gillespie, Frances
2022
Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage...
Fifty Years of Wragby Life
Sutton, Diane
1980
A dissertation which looks at life in the Lincolnshire village of Wragby during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. The information it presents is based on the memories and printed ephemer...
SED Word Map (Yorkshire): Plash
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Experimental printed word map of Yorkshire, completed in ms. and with SED localities numbered, for SED question IV.2.4, Plash (in relation to Hedging). The map shows the distribution of the responses ...
Publication
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1951-1972
The content of this sub-sub-series relates to the publication of both the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire and the Basic Material volumes. It includes reports on editorial work in progress, Harold Orton's co...
Academic-Related Correspondence (Professional)
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1956-1983
This sub-subseries contains correspondence relating to Stewart Sanderson's professional activities and interests, both in relation to Folk Life Studies at Leeds, and in his capacity as a leading Briti...
The Study of Folk Life: and its part in the Defence of Civilisation
Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog (1901-1982)
[1959]
Five photocopies of Iorwerth C. Peate's Presidential Address, delivered to Section H (Anthropology) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at their Glasgow meeting in September 1958...
Photograph: Arnott, Katherine
Hall, Rosemary
09 Oct 2022
Photograph of oral history interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project. Photographer listed under creator.
Sound Recordings, Derbyshire
Russell, Ian
19 Mar 1970 - 13 Oct 1970
Ronnie Marples sings the 'Derby Tup', and discusses the words of the song. Recorded at Marsh Lane, 19 March 1970. [Tr. 4] Harold Allen sings a mining parody of 'We Plough the Fields and Scatter'. Re...
Dialect recording in Heywood, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
24 Sep 1956
[Side 1] Sam and Jack talk about daily life in past, incl. pawn shops, street vendors, fire at Hooley Bridge, opening of working men's club, wages and hours in mill, 1893 union strike. [Side 2] Sam an...
A dictionary of slang and colloquial English : abridged from the seven-volume work, entitled Slang and its analogues
Farmer, John Stephen (1854-1916?); Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903)
[1905?]