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Film
[1960-1976]
Film and stills on traditional ropemaking and clog-making from Sam Hanna's series of films on traditional English crafts; film taken during a trip by members of staff of the Institute of Dialect and F...
The Linguistic Atlas of England
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960-1980
This subfonds contains papers relating to the preparation, editing and publication of text and maps for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). It includes editorial notes and papers; ms. and typescr...
A Word Geography of England
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1970-1977
This subfonds includes items relating to the production of 'A Word Geography of England' (WGE), the first linguistic atlas based on the Survey of English Dialects to be published. It consists of edito...
Institute Staff Papers
University of Leeds. Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies
1952-1983
This subfonds contains papers created and collected by members of staff at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), and includes correspondence; papers relating to the research interest...
Student Research Papers
1942-1992
The items in this subfonds present original research in Folklore and Folklife Studies, English Language and Dialectology. The subject areas covered include custom and belief, traditional narratives, t...
Non-Student Research Papers
[1880] - 1992
This subfonds contains provenanced and unprovenanced papers, created and collected by students, academics and other researchers and informants from outside the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studi...
Non-Institute Surveys
[1928]-1985
The folklore, folklife and linguistic surveys represented in this subfonds were initiated and co-ordinated by research institutes, universities and individuals in Europe and North America. Items relat...
Sound Recordings
1920s-1981
This subfonds contains both original and master copy fieldwork recordings, made primarily in England by fieldworkers collecting dialect data for the country-wide English Dialect Survey (later publishe...
Fieldwork
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1945-1974
Correspondence between Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth regarding linguistic research and surveys, their collaboration on a linguistic atlas of England and the development of an English dialect questionna...
Funding
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1946-1970
Harold Orton's preliminary enquiries of academic, charitable and commercial trusts regarding Research Awards/sponsorship to support the work of fieldworkers and editorial team members. Those organisat...
Publication
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1951-1972
The content of this sub-sub-series relates to the publication of both the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire and the Basic Material volumes. It includes reports on editorial work in progress, Harold Orton's co...
General Administration
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1948-1968
This sub-subseries contains documents relating both to general University administration, and to Harold Orton's day-to-day co-ordination of the Survey of English Dialects (SED). This includes receipts...