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culture12
english language - dialects12
community life9
education7
archive administration4
occupations4
agriculture3
buildings2
communication2
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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)4
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Siporin, Rae Lee2
Wright, Peter2
Al-Azawi, Mary Lee1
Austwick, Pauline Duncan1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Berntsen, Howard N1
Carter, Sid1
Driver, Mr Jim1

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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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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, 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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East Midland Counties and East Anglia (Volume 3)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-1971]

This subseries consists of papers relating to the editing of fieldwork data collected in the East Midlands and East Anglia, in preparation for the publication of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) E...

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Sound Recordings, Derbyshire and Cheshire

Siporin, Rae Lee

May 1965

[Collector announcement]; Mr. E. Nealey, recorded in Burbage; provides biographical information; makes reference to cockfighting; an Endowed School; selling newspapers at the age of nine; aunt and unc...

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