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Processing of Northern Counties Response Books
[1960s]
This sub-subseries contains editorial sheets created during the first phase of this post-fieldwork editing of the Northern Counties Basic Material volume, and thus includes collated Survey of English ...
Processing of West Midland Counties Response Books
[1960s]
This sub-subseries contains editorial sheets created during the first phase of this post-fieldwork editing of the West Midlands Counties Basic Material volume, and thus includes collated Survey of Eng...
Processing of East Midland Counties Response Books
[1960s]
This sub-subseries contains editorial sheets created during the first phase of this post-fieldwork editing of the East Midland Counties Basic Material volume, and thus includes collated Survey of Engl...
Essex, Middlesex and London Responses
[1960s]
This sub-subseries contains editorial sheets created during the first phase of this post-fieldwork editing of Survey of English Dialects (SED) responses collected in Essex, Middlesex and London. These...
Processing of Southern Counties Response Books
[1960s]
This sub-subseries contains editorial sheets created during the first phase of this post-fieldwork editing of the Southern Counties Basic Material volume, and thus includes collated Survey of English ...
To Be and Other Grammar
[1960s]
This sub-subseries consists of grammatical data recorded in ms. phonetic script on specially printed editorial sheets, apparently as part of the post-fieldwork collation of Survey of English Dialects ...
Lists of Forms
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s]
This sub-subseries contains papers apparently compiled by Harold Orton in the process of examining and editing Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldwork data. The files each contain composite ms. wor...
Composite Lists of Responses
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s]
This sub-subseries consists of a run of typed alphabetical orthographic word lists recording the various word forms given in response to individual SED questions. This includes word lists for SED ques...
The Mantelpiece
Cane, Rosemary
1971
A dissertation examining the question of what some people keep on their mantelpieces - which objects are placed there, and why - and to what extent the owners are conscious of the mantelpiece as a fea...
Commercial Basketmaking in the West Riding: A Study of the Craft of Basketmaking with Especial Reference to the Present-Day Basketmaking Industry in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Aston, Michael Geoffrey
1965
A study concerned with the past and present state of the basketmaking industry in the West Riding, and the manner in which the craft is practiced. The collector's observations are based largely on a s...
The Handforging of Spring Knife Blades in Sheffield
Atkin, K
1966
A thesis on the handforging branch of the Sheffield cutlery trades, based primarily on fieldwork carried out in the workshop of Tom Merrill, one of only three men still forging pen and pocket blades b...
Wood-Turning in the West Pennines
Earnshaw, David R
1966
A dissertation covering the development of three Lancashire family and village trades on the edge of the West Pennines. The three wood-turning firms studied are H. J. Berry and Sons Limited of Chippin...