“The fieldworkers were sent out to random villages in search of people to interview. Once they arrived at a village, they set about finding suitable subjects and were always put up by local people. When they were settled, they wrote a quick postcard or letter to tell Harold Orton back in Leeds how they were getting on. This collage uses the envelope as a ‘container’ for the words and interviews in visual form. If you look closely, you can find the words which were all found to describe ‘hoar-frost’, meaning frost.”
Emily says
What is in the audiogram?
All items held at Special Collections, Leeds University Library.
- ‘Recording Sheep Washing: Outgang Beck’ (LAVC/PHO/P0661) by Ingemar Liman. June 1965. Thornton Rust, North Yorkshire.
- ‘Fieldwork File 9’ (LAVC/SED/1/1/1/9). 1954-1961. Image courtesy of Emily Tracy.
Images are licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0
- ‘Survey of English Dialects recording in Egton, Yorkshire’ (LAVC/SRE/D/2/D118) by Stanley Ellis. Arthur Agar on 16 April 1955.
- ‘Survey of English Dialects recording in Wootton Courtenay, Somerset’ (LAVC/SRE/D/2/D261) by Stanley Ellis. Robert Knight on 10 Dec 1956.
- ‘Survey of English Dialects recording in Ansty, Dorset’ (LAVC/SRE/D/2/D289). James (Jim) Thomas in December 1956.
Audio is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Listen to Arthur Agar here
‘Survey of English Dialects recording in Egton, Yorkshire’ (LAVC/SRE/D/2/D118)
Listen to Robert Knight here
‘Survey of English Dialects recording in Wootton Courtenay, Somerset’ (LAVC/SRE/D/2/D261)
Listen to Jim Thomas here
‘Survey of English Dialects recording in Ansty, Dorset’ (LAVC/SRE/D/2/D289)
