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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...
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...
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...
A Word Geography of England
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1970-1973
Correspondence between Harold Orton and Nathalia Wright and the publishers, Seminar Press, regarding the publication of their book, 'A Word Geography of England'. This sub-subseries also contains lett...
Corrections and Revisions
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1973-1974
This subseries consists of papers relating to emendations and revisions to the text and maps of the WGE. It includes typed lists of revisions (some with ms. annotations); corrected proofs; Harold Orto...
Text
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1968-1978]
This subseries comprises papers relating to the drafting and editing of the text for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE), in preparation for publication. It includes Harold Orton's and Stewart San...
Introduction
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1962]
Printed double-page map, possibly for proof purposes, of maps which appear on pages 30 and 33 of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) Introduction volume. The maps show the SED network of localities a...
The Six Northern Counties and the Isle of Man (Volume 1)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1962-1969
This subseries contains papers relating to the editing of fieldwork data collected in Northern England and the Isle of Man, in preparation for the publication of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) N...
University of Leeds Information Service
University of Leeds. Information Service; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1966-1967
Harold Orton's file of information issued to him by the University of Leeds' Information Officer, including briefing papers for departmental correspondents and Press Summary sheets. This file also con...
A Grammar of the Dialect of Addingham in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Moody, Frederick William
1950
A study of the dialect spoken in Addingham and its immediate neighbourhood in the late 1940s, based on fieldwork data collected from eight principal informants. An Introduction presents information on...
SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1950s-1960s]
Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.17, Saw-Dust, mapping [a:] pronunciation in Saw. The map is headed The Northern Counties of Engla...