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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Heath, Christopher D
1967-1968
Male and female informants (A to E), recorded in their homes in Cannock giving answers to a questionnaire devised by the collector. This comprised seventy-one questions, and was used to elicit respons...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
November 1962
James Ingleby [ Pauline Battersby also present], recorded in Litton; talks about sheep farming; orphan lambs; shepherding; weaning; the size of his farm; cattle and milking; (Wensleydale) cheese and b...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Houck, Charles L
[Mid 1960s-1970s]
Interview with male informant in his home in Leeds, recorded as part of the collector's sociolinguistic inquiry in the city. The recording was made using a radio transmitter in the informant's house, ...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Great Strickland, Westmorland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Jul 1955
[Side 1] Bill describes his 'byre' [= cow-shed] and talks about measures to prevent premature birth of calves, cleaning muck out to 'midden' [= muck heap], recalls introduction of regular testing and ...
Fieldworkers' Expense Books
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1949-1965
This file contains notebooks belonging to Harold Orton and Stanley Ellis, recording expenses incurred during fieldwork trips for the Survey of English Dialects (SED). Orton's expense books cover the...
Sound Recording, Monmouthshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1970]
Frank Corton, recorded in Newport [niece and wife also present]; talks about his work as a crane operator in Newport Docks; emptying/banking iron ore from ships; lists jobs on leaving school; describe...
Derbyshire Response Books
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1955-1956
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Derbyshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were re...
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...
Lancashire Response Books
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter
1952-1955
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Lancashire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were re...