Sheffield Dialect Words
Description
Four notebooks of the address book variety, with A-Z thumb tabs down the right-hand side, containing collections of Sheffield dialect words. The first, bearing the words Where is it in gold lettering on the front cover, and measuring 8cm x 13cm, contains terms related to the metal industry (some with accompanying sketches), dialect words and phrases (with definitions) and items of folklore, arranged alphabetically. The entries are in ms. ink, and the book is undated, although two of the entries are dated 1929 and 1932. The ms. title on the second inside leaf reads Old Dialect Words Collected in Sheffield. The provenance is unclear. A second, larger, notebook (11cm x 17cm) contains copies of all the entries in the first book, but in a different ms. hand. A note on the inside front cover reads A copy of :- A collection of Dialect Words Made by T[homas] R. Ellin, over a period of 30 to 40 years, and is dated December 1934. Thomas Ellin's name and a Sheffield address are stamped on the front inside cover and on the front endpaper. A third notebook (12cm x 18cm), bearing the words Where is it? in gold lettering on the front cover, and stamped with Thomas Ellin's name and address on the inside front cover and on the front endpaper, contains Sheffield words and definitions, arranged in alphabetical order. An ms. note on the front inside cover indicates that the collection was made by a Mr. H. P. Brufton, and gives an address in Sheffield. The book is undated, and the ms. hand is the same as that in the second notebook. The fourth notebook (10.5cm x 16cm) has an ink ms. label Local Trade Terms affixed to its front cover, and contains terms related to metal working (including forging, grinding, glazing). These are noted in ms. and are given in alphabetical order. A geographical location and date is not given, but given the number of cutlery and iron/steel production related terms it is likely that these relate to, and were collected in, Sheffield. The provenance of this book is unknown. The other item in this file is a typed list, stamped with Thomas Ellin's name and address, of Sheffield dialect words and definitions, annotated in ms. Also, a page from a letter detailing three further Sheffield words.
Metadata
| Identifier | t6x57g2c |
| IRN | 410426 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/NSP/12 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/t6x57g2c |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Non-Student Research Papers |
| Creator(s) | Ellin, Thomas R |
| Date | 1929-1934 |
| Size and Medium | 1 file with 4 ms. notebooks, and typed paper papers (4 leaves). |