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Total number of records: 1840

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1840
University Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life1840
culture1099
occupations892
english language - dialects620
nature571
education546
agriculture515
vehicles482
animals465
manners and customs448

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England30
Northumberland29
Embleton11
Lowick11
Lyonshall1
Wark1
Thropton1
Ireland1
Haltwhistle1
County Westmeath1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)236
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)177
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)99
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)90
Brunk, Wille54
Dunn, Ginette54
Fothergill, George William46
Sullivan, Keith Frederick44
Barry, Michael V (1935-)31
Wright, John T24

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From 18005
From 19001835

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Up to 18991
Up to 19991828
Up to latest11

Archive Sub-collection

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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