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Smith, Walter8
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Lupton, Richard1

Sender: Gray, William Forbes

Recipient: Smith, Walter

Letters: 1

Date(s): 1 Aug 1927

Location: BC MS 19c SCOTT

Note: Was pasted in a copy of Adolphus' "Letters to Richard Heber"

Thanking him for his congratulations on a number of "The Sir Walter Scott Quarterly" which contained unpublished Lockhart material, and commenting on the rarity of Adolphus' "Letters to Richard Heber". Typewritten on note-paper headed: "The Sir Walter Scott Quarterly".


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Survey of English Dialects recording in Cawood, Yorkshire

Wright, Peter

10 Mar 1952

[Side 1] William discusses ploughing with horses, talks about masters he worked under, compares wages and working conditions now and in past. [Side 2] Walter talks about working with horses, tells ane...

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Cawood Response Book - 6Y24

Wright, Peter

7 Mar 1952 - 12 Mar 1952

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Sender: Smith, Walter

Recipient: Shorter, Clement King

Letters: 3

Date(s): 27 Jan 1908 - 15 Dec 1912

Location: BC. Shorter correspondence


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Sound Recordings, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

[1966-1980]

Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) for Yorkshire locations 6Y21-24, 26-29. The majority of the original recordings were made by Stanley Ellis, in 1955, 1963, 1964 ...

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Book I: The Farm [Cawood Response Book]
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Book I: The Farm [Cawood Response Book]

Wright, Peter

7 Mar 1952 - 12 Mar 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Walter Smith recorded by fieldworker Peter Wright in the International P...

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Book VIII: Social Activities [Cawood Response Book]
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Book VIII: Social Activities [Cawood Response Book]

Wright, Peter

7 Mar 1952 - 12 Mar 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities.

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Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Cawood Response Book]
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Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Cawood Response Book]

Wright, Peter

7 Mar 1952 - 12 Mar 1952

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations.

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