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The Living Dialect of Farnley in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Outhwaite, Paul N
1964
A study of the dialect spoken in Farnley, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on data collected from three male informants in 1963.
Folk-Life Research in Our Time
Erixon, Sigurd (1888-1968)
[ca. 1963]
Photocopy of Sigurd Erixon's article, 'Folk-Life Research in Our Time: From a Swedish Point of View', from an unidentified issue of 'Gwerin', ca. 1963, pp. 275-291.
The Living Dialect of White Coppice
Sutcliffe, L Jean
1964
A study of the dialect spoken in White Coppice in Lancashire, based on the answers of two informants to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, recorded over Easter and July 1963.
Orthographic Transcriptions
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
1956-1963
Typed transcriptions (by Stanley Ellis) of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) audio-recordings, made in Horsington (1956) and South Zeal (1963); and a typed paper by Martyn Wakelin, 'The...
Report and Annual Meetings
British Association for the Advancement of Science
1961-1967
This file contains a copy of the British Association's Annual Report for 1961-1962; programmes for the British Association's Annual Meetings in Manchester (1962), Aberdeen (1963) and Cambridge (1965);...
Uppsala Key Adaptation
Whitfield, Jean
1963
Jean Whitfield's proposed revision of the Uppsala Real Register (folk life classification scheme). The whole revision is in ms. form, and is accompanied by a letter from Lisa [surname?] (possibly a st...
A Pronouncing Glossary of the Dialect of Filey in the East Riding of Yorkshire
1966
M.A. thesis based on data collected in Filey (and a small proportion in the nearby village of Muston) during a four year period from June 1959 to August 1963. Tape recordings of speakers were made in ...
Tape Recording Transcriptions
1956-1970
Typed transcriptions of Anglo-Manx ( Isle of Man) dialect ( Michael Barry, 1966) and East Yorkshire dialect ( John Widdowson, 1970). Also typed transcriptions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) infor...
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...
Annual Festivals: General
1962-1972
This file contains Mats Rehnberg's pamphlet on holidays and annual festivals in Sweden (Stockholm: Svenska Institutet, 1964), [24] pp.; a photocopy of the guide to the Stone Collection at Birmingham R...
The Living Dialect of Litton in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Battersby, Pauline
1963
A study of the dialect spoken by one man in Litton, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on answers given to questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire (Books I-IX), and a tape-recorded conver...
Folklife Research in the Jewish Community
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1963-1974
This file includes copies of Stewart Sanderson's 'Proposals for Folk Life Research Amongst the Jewish Community in Leeds', (February 1963); correspondence with Dr. Zvi Sofer of the University of Gött...