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Total number of records: 10357

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives9593
Books and printed items760
Objects4

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture10357
University Archive1
Rudolf Laban Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture3194
occupations2581
english language - dialects1988
community life1842
nature1661
agriculture1213
buildings1158
animals1113
implements, utensils etc978
manners and customs926

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3446
Yorkshire374
Lincolnshire165
Essex165
Lancashire154
Norfolk143
Somerset143
Staffordshire121
Devon121
Salop (Shropshire)121

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1534
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1198
Wright, John T572
Wright, Peter445
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)376
Sykes, Donald Richard358
Barry, Michael V (1935-)353
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)294
Brunk, Wille170
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)149

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180089
From 190010264
From 20004

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189974
Up to 199910248
Up to latest35

Archive Collection

Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies)

University of Leeds

1836-2003

The Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture comprises the combined multiple media holdings of the archives of the Survey of English Dialects (ca. 1946-1978) directed by Harold Orton, and the University of...

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Archivists' Papers

1955-1992

Throughout most of its lifetime, the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) employed an archivist to manage its archive and library of dialect and folklife collections, created through the...

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Artefacts

[1950-1970]

Material artefacts collected by staff (and students?) of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), including a scud winder, a decorated egg and two sets of printing matrices.

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Orton Corpus

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1928-2003

Manuscript and typescript items relating to the Survey of Northumbrian Dialects conducted by Harold Orton during his time at Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. These items include fieldwork and r...

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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...

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Folk Life File

1836-1998

This subfonds constitutes the Folk Life File, an archival resource actively created throughout the lifetime of the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS), probably in relation to its Folk ...

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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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Survey of English Dialects

1893-1995

This subfonds contains Harold Orton's SED and academic related papers, and items concerning the elicitation, collection, collation and publication of English dialect data. The published data, hereafte...

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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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Maps

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-mid 1970s]

This subfonds contains a collection of maps that cannot be specifically linked with either the Survey of English Dialects (SED) publication programme, or with the activities of the Institute of Dialec...

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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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