Survey of English Dialects
Description
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, hereafter referred to as the Basic Material, comprises: - Survey of English Dialects, [edited] by Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth. [Section] A, Introduction, by Harold Orton (Leeds: Published for the University of Leeds by E. J. Arnold, 1962). - Survey of English Dialects, [edited] by Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth. [Section] B, The Basic Material. Vol. 1, pts. 1-3, The Six Northern Counties and the Isle of Man, edited by Harold Orton and Wilfred J. Halliday (Leeds: Published for the University of Leeds by E. J. Arnold, 1962-1964). - Survey of English Dialects, [edited] by Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth. [Section] B, The Basic Material. Vol. 2, pts. 1-3, The West Midland Counties, edited by Harold Orton and Michael V. Barry (Leeds: Published for the University of Leeds by E. J. Arnold, 1969-1971) - Survey of English Dialects, [edited] by Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth. [Section] B, The Basic Material. Vol. 3, pts. 1-3, The East Midland Counties and East Anglia, edited by Harold Orton and Philip M. Tilling (Leeds: Published for the University of Leeds by E. J. Arnold, 1969-1971) - Survey of English Dialects, [edited] by Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth. [Section] B, The Basic Material. Vol. 4, pts. 1-3, The Southern Counties, edited by Harold Orton and Martyn F. Wakelin (Leeds: Published for the University of Leeds by E. J. Arnold, 1967-1968)
Metadata
| Identifier | dbygw9gs |
| IRN | 409355 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SED |
| Level | Sub-collection |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/dbygw9gs |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture, (Survey of English Dialects, and the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies) |
| Date | 1893-1995 |
| Size and Medium | 159 boxes of manuscript and printed items., 311 gramophone discs., 96 quarter-inch open reel audio tapes., 28 linear metres. |
| System of Arrangement | The subfonds contains five series: - Harold Orton Papers - Questionnaire Response Books and Related Papers - Audio Recording Papers - Editors' Papers - Publicity The larger series within this subfonds have been arranged according to form and function. In the case of Harold Orton's papers, much of the arrangement maintains the original filing system created by his secretary. |