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West Midlands Responses: Book VII, Part 7
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VII, Part 7: Coins. Includes questions VII.7.1 Halfpenny/Halfpennyworth - VII.7.10 Gold.
The Linguistic Atlas of England - Survey of English Dialects
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1967-1972
This file includes copy and original correspondence between Stewart Sanderson, Harold Orton, Stanley Ellis and others regarding the LAE Committee and LAE Editorial Committee, and agendas and minutes o...
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...
Proposals for the Computerisation of the Survey of English Dialects
Keil, Gerald C
1967-1976
This file contains papers relating to Keil's proposals for the computerisation of Survey of English Dialects (SED) data, to provide a concordance and index to all data; to provide a means for the swif...
Sound Recordings, [North East England]
Mulley, Ian
[1970s]
Collector's grandfather reads a North East dialect poem. Title not given. [Tr. 2]
Funding
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1946-1970
Harold Orton's preliminary enquiries of academic, charitable and commercial trusts regarding Research Awards/sponsorship to support the work of fieldworkers and editorial team members. Those organisat...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
26 October 1973
Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; talks about a book by Bernard Woods; ancient maps; the works of Canon Atkinson; seventeenth century wage fixing, wages of tradesmen, child labour; FW's wor...
General Administration
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1948-1968
This sub-subseries contains documents relating both to general University administration, and to Harold Orton's day-to-day co-ordination of the Survey of English Dialects (SED). This includes receipts...
Correspondence - General
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1964-1979
Although separated into two physical file folders, these files were originally held as two folders within a single filing-cabinet file. The first file was originally housed in a folder labelled Dialec...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
11 September 1976
[Collector announcement] informant, recorded at home in Tranmire, talks about his marriage and family; offers thoughts on modern families and children; sings 'Beautiful Dreamer'; talks about Catholics...
Folklore and Traditions of the Railway Industry - With Special Reference to Doncaster
Mellors, David
1967
M.A. study on the occupational lore and language of the railway industry. Following an introductory chapter describing the railway town of Doncaster, the second chapter examines the oral traditions of...
Songs of the Pit Communities of Northumberland and Durham
Baker, Maxine
1966
A collection of songs gathered from fifteen informants living in Northumberland and Durham. Song texts are included throughout. The study is divided into six sections, with the first presenting hist...