Linguistic Atlas of New England Records, 1931-1972
40 boxes (19.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 330
Linguistic Atlas of New England Records
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Linguistic Atlas of New England Records, 1931-1972
40 boxes (19.75 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 330
Abstract:
Chiefly papers and records generated during research and field work for the Linguistic Atlas of New England (1939-1943), including over 400 interview records (carbon copies) from fieldworkers' notebooks arranged by community, then by informant; audiotapes of follow-up interviews; phonological analyses of informants' speech; character sketches of informants by fieldworkers; fieldworkers' blank notebook; a published Handbook of the linguistic geography of New England (2nd edition); and word index to the atlas.
Terms of Access and Use: The collection is open for research. Identities of persons in ledger of informants cannot be published, under conditions of the original interviews. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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