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Total number of records: 555

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Archives428
Books and printed items127

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture429
Brotherton Collection28
Herbert Read Collection12
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society10
English Literature9
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections6
Leeds Russian Archive4
Quaker Collection2
Ripon Cathedral2

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language and languages555
culture428
english language - dialects418
nature123
animals102
persons44
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occupations38
literature and folklore34
food33

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Egypt5
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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)169
North, David J28
Wakelin, Martyn F13
Rohrer, Fritz12
Green, Anthony E (1943-)9
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)7
Adelung, Friedrich Von (1768-1843)6
Smith, Adam (1723-1790)6
Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812)6
Adelung, Friedrich Von5

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Archive Sub-collection

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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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-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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Linguistic Atlases

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1940-1972

From an early stage, Harold Orton saw the collection of dialect data and its presentation in map form as parts of the same process, and thus his lectures would necessarily cover the range of activitie...

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Survey of English Dialects and Related Correspondence

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1961-1981

The correspondence in this sub-subseries relates to various aspects of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and its publication programme. It includes SED reports and draft text; original and copy cor...

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The Linguistic Atlas of England and Related Correspondence

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1967-1983

The correspondence in this sub-subseries relates to the production and publication of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). It includes correspondence and copies of the minutes of the LAE Committee...

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Wordmap Series

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1978

Photocopies of Sanderson's 'Wordmap' series of five short articles, as published in 'New Society', August-September 1978. The articles appeared shortly before the publication of 'The Linguistic Atlas ...

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Editor's Papers

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1970-1974

Includes Harold Orton's ms. notes; ms. and typescript drafts of introductory text, preliminaries and indexes; draft maps; notes on procedure; and papers relating to corrections and revisions of the WG...

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Editor's Papers

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

[1968]-1978

This series comprises ms. and typescript editorial notes and other papers relating to editorial meetings; ms. and typescript drafts of texts; experimental and draft 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (...

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Dialect File

[1933-1998]

This series contains items deposited in the Dialect File. In addition to papers on aspects of dialects and language, in particular English and United States English, the series includes glossaries of ...

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Publicity

1974-1977

Promotional literature issued by Seminar Press; and cuttings and review articles on the WGE from a number of newspapers and scholarly linguistic journals.

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