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SED Phonological Map: Rabbits
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question III.13.13, Rabbits, mapping R pronunciation. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and H. P. D., and is dated December 1966.
SED Phonological Map: Either
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Green, Anthony E (1943-)
[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question VII.2.13, Either, mapping the distribution of [ai]-type responses. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and Tony Green, is dat...
SED Word Map: Come In! (To Pigs)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Early-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question III.10.1(c), Come In! (To Pigs), mapping responses Giss, Pig, and Tig. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and is dated March 1970. ...
Professor Orton: Biography and Obituary Notices
1972-1975
This file comprises papers containing biographical information on, and obituaries of, Harold Orton. This includes printed biographical details of Orton's education and career, possibly from/for a biog...
Oral History: Associations, Workshops, Conferences
1969-1977
Leaflet on oral history and the Regional Oral History Office at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley; printed review of the Oral History Micropublication Plan at the Butler Library...
"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"
Clinch, Angela Jane
1982
Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...
Dialect and Linguistic Pamphlets
1940-1974
This file contains 19 dialect- and linguistics-related pamphlets, offprints and reprints, deposited in the Dialect File. Many include inscriptions from the author to Harold Orton. Includes: - Der La...
Sports and Athletic Games
1961-1974
This file contains items relating to sports and games of athletic ability, skill, strength and endurance. This includes a copy of 'The Ancient Haxey Hood Game (An Ancestor of Football?)', by J. W. ff....
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y9, 11, 13-17, 19-20. The original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis in 1952, 1953 and 1955. The da...
Horses, Cattle and Draft Animals
1960-1973
This file contains items on livestock, in particular cattle and horses. The focus is largely on the general care and management of cattle and horses, folklore relating to their care, medicine, dialect...
Leicestershire Response Books
Playford, Averil H
1956
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Leicestershire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...
Field Recordings of the Dialect of Craster (Northumberland)
Fenwick, D
1956
Three ms. field notebooks with phonetic recordings of dialect information collected by D. Fenwick from informant Adam Durham of Craster, Northumberland. The recordings are based on the Dieth-Orton Que...