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culture17
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english language - dialects12
education11
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)6
Siporin, Rae Lee5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Carter, Sid2
Jackson, Mr2
Wright, Peter2
Al-Azawi, Mary Lee1
Ashton, John1
Austwick, Pauline Duncan1

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Survey of English Dialects Editorial Team

[Late 1960s/early 1970s]

Harold Orton (centre) in the Survey of English Dialects (SED) editorial room at the University of Leeds, with four members of the SED editorial team including (clockwise from Orton) Philip Tilling, Gr...

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Huntingdonshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from SED localities in Huntingdonshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by SED fieldworke...

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Cambridgeshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1958

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Cambridgeshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Middlesex and London Response Books

Wright, Peter

1952

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Middlesex and London to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Respons...

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Hertfordshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1958

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Hertfordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...

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Essex Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Berntsen, Howard N; Barry, Michael V (1935-); Wright, Peter

1952-1961

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Essex to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorde...

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West Midland Counties (Volume 2)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

This subseries consists of papers relating to the editing of fieldwork data collected in the West Midlands and other western English counties, in preparation for the publication of the Survey of Engli...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

1974

Cyril Poacher, recorded at home in Blaxhall on the 3 October 1974; sings 'A Broadside', 'The Bonny Bunch of Roses', 'Whitewash' [learned from his father]; talks about farm work and wages, the song 'Th...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Ashton, John

[1974/1975]

Harry Slack, recorded in his home in Leeds. Brief reference to singing style (adornment); sings and then discusses 'Uncle Dan McCann', learned from parents; sings 'Said Meself to Herself' and explains...

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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...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Stigell, Ossi

1976

[Collector announcement]; Mr. Oldridge of Sampford Peverell talks about his work as a greenkeeper; farming and the changes brought about through mechanisation; the village's changing population; his f...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire and Staffordshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

1965

[Collector announcement]; Jim Driver, recorded in Charlesworth in May 1965; talks about his working life, including ropemaking; starting work at the age of 22/23; cotton rope and its use; his family; ...

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