Survey of English Dialects and Related Correspondence
Description
The correspondence in this sub-subseries relates to various aspects of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and its publication programme. It includes SED reports and draft text; original and copy correspondence between Sanderson, Harold Orton and others regarding SED finance and publication, and the staffing of the SED; correspondence with E. J. Arnold and Son Limited regarding the publication of the SED Basic Material and the LAE (including some draft texts); proposals for future publications, and Gerald Keil's computerisation project; correspondence with Margaret Wainwright (of E. J. Arnold's) and various academic contacts regarding the SED audio-recordings and proposals for a dialect recording anthology; and original, draft and copy correspondence regarding Eduard Kolb's proposed use of SED items in a dialect atlas. There is also an empty Word Geography of England file.
Metadata
| Identifier | hs51ctj9 |
| IRN | 409828 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/STA/1/1/1 |
| Level | Sub-sub-series |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/hs51ctj9 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Correspondence |
| Creator(s) | Sanderson, Stewart |
| Date | 1961-1981 |
| Size and Medium | 1 box with 7 files of original and copy correspondence, and related papers. |
| System of Arrangement | The correspondence has been arranged in the following files, which retain the unit-titles of their original folders: - Correspondence - General - Arnolds - SED - Sound Recordings - SED - Kolb |