Search Special Collections
Results
Total number of records: 17
Top 10: Subject
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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; ...