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Administration
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1980-1983
Papers concerned with administrative matters relating to Sanderson as Director of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). These include typed memos regarding the acquisition of videota...
Folktale Studies and Philology: Some Points of View
Sydow, Carl Wilhelm von (1878-1952)
1965
Photocopy of an article from 'The Study of Folklore' (1965) pp. 220-242, in turn reprinted from C.W. von Sydow, 'Selected Papers on Folklore', edited by Laurits Bødker (Copenhagen: Rosenkilde og Bagg...
From Etic to Emic Units in the Structural Study of Folktales
Dundes, Alan
1962
Three photocopies of Dundes' article, published in the 'Journal of American Folklore', volume 75, no. 296 (April-June 1962), pp. 95-105.
An Annotated Collection of Oral Tales and Traditions from South Somerset with an Appendix of Comparative Material from the District Around Blandford Forum, Dorset
Palmer, Kingsley
1971
M.Phil. thesis in two volumes. Volume One contains a general introduction to the Somerset tales and traditions, including methods of collection and classification. The main body of the volume presents...
The Style and Structure of The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight, based on A[arne] - T[hompson] 313 Versions in Dr. Katherine Briggs' A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales, Part A, Folk Narratives, Volume 1
Morgan, John S
1972
M.A. dissertation suggesting that the folktale is not only an art form worthy of serious consideration in itself, but that the storyteller is a gifted performer whose performances merit critical appra...
The Hambleton Dialect
Wood, W
1942
The complete thesis comprises six chapters. The Hambleton dialect is defined as the speech of the farms and villages on the slopes and at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, and the study is chiefly conc...
Handlist of Dialect Publications at Keele University Library
University of Keele. Library
1976
This file contains a typed handlist of 19th-century Lancashire dialect publications (prose and verse) held at Keele University Library. This includes an accompanying typed letter from the Archivist at...
Questionnaire Response Books: Miscellaneous Items
[ca. 1950]
This subseries consists of various forms of printed, blank (i.e. not completed in ms.) pages intended for recording the responses of informants to elements of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire.
Editors' Papers
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1947-1971
This series contains papers created during the editing and printing of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) Introduction and Basic Material volumes.
New Dialect Publication Proposals
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1969-1983
This file comprises correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and others on proposals for dialect-related publications following the completion of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). This includes...
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' (...