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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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' (...
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 ...
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.