The Abercrombie family; personal documents and papers.

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Reference
- GB 237 Legacy shelfmark: Gen.986
Dates of Creation
- 1937-1993

Archive Record|Table of contents

Papers of David AbercrombieColl-66

The Abercrombie family; personal documents and papers.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.986

DiariesLegacy shelfmark: Gen.987

Further diaries, membership and ID cards, passports.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.988

University diaries and address lists.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.989

Visits and posts abroad - Ford Foundation, India, Thailand, Rhodesia, Norway, USA in 1957 and 1969.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.990

Papers relating to universities other than Edinburgh: Legon (Ghana), Ibadan (Nigeria), Glasgow, Rhodesia, Athens, Leeds, London School of Economics.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.991

University of Edinburgh committees etc.: Development Committee, Staff Club, Speech Therapy.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.992

Minutes of staff meetings of the Phonetics Department 1955-66 and of the amalgamated Phonetics and Linguistics Department 1973-1980.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.993

University and Departmental correspondence.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.994

Phonetics Department: general records, information bulletins, laboratory bulletins, departmental administration 1967-79, speech synthesis research, forensic phonetics.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.995

Course organisation: Phonetics Ordinary Course, postgraduate phonetic courses, Linguistics 2, Phonetics for Romance languages, Glasgow phonetics course, Linguistics 1.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.996

Exam papers: Fuad University, Leeds University, miscellaneous. University of London thesis by Afaf M.E.-S. El-Menoufy: A Study in the role of intonation in the grammar of English.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.997

Teaching notes, undergraduate and postgraduate. Lectures: introduction to linguistics; and introduction to the study of language.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.998

Lecture notes. Notes for the Phonetics Summer School.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.999

Biographies, addresses, reading notes, notes for papers.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1000

Notes and papers relating to phonology.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1001

Notes and papers relating to Standard English, dialects, English and Scottish pronunciation, English for foreign students. Notes and papers relating to languages other than English.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1002

Notes and papers relating to phonetic notation and writing systems.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1003

Notes and papers relating to the history of phonetics and history of linguistics.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1004

Publications - pre-war.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1005

PublicationsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1006

PublicationsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1007

PublicationsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1008

Problems & principles in language studyLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1009

PublicationsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1010

Augmenting the Roman Alphabet,Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1011

English Phonetic Texts,Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1012

PublicationsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1013

Studies in Phonetics & LinguisticsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1014

Elements of General PhoneticsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1015

PublicationsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1016

PublicationsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1017

50 years in PhoneticsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1018

Miscellaneous duplicated papers. Contributions to dictionaries: International Dictionary of English Pronunciation; OED Supplement; Collins International Dictionary. Articles for the Pergamon Encyclopedia of LinguisticsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1019

Notes and text on William Holder (intended for publication but included in Historiographica Linguistica article 1993). Miscellaneous notes. Broadcast talks. T. McArthur - The Gift of tonguesLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1020

Correspondence relating to the Classics of Linguistics series. Personal (non-academic) correspondence.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1021

Correspondence - substantial files: A - BerLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1022

Correspondence - substantial files: Bie - BBC.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1023

Correspondence - substantial files: British Council.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1024

Correspondence - substantial files: British Institute - ChangLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1025

Correspondence - substantial files: Cherry - DLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1026

Correspondence - substantial files: E - FLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1027

Correspondence - substantial files: G - HendersonLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1028

Correspondence - substantial files: Higgs - IlesLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1029

Correspondence - substantial files: International - KellyLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1030

Correspondence - substantial files: Kemp - LaverLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1031

Correspondence - substantial files: Linguistic - McClureLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1032

Correspondence - substantial files: McIntosh - MuellerLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1033

Correspondence - substantial files: Nihalani - RobinsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1034

Correspondence - substantial files: Romaine - SpeitelLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1035

Correspondence - substantial files: Spencer - YorkLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1036

Correspondence - occasional correspondence: A - JLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1037

Correspondence - occasional correspondence: K - RLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1038

Correspondence - occasional correspondence: S - Z, and unidentified correspondentsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1039

Spelling reform proposals: correspondence on this with Sir James Pitman.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1040

Basic English: correspondence with C.K. Ogden, M. Haymon and othersLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1041

Correspondence, etc., with the Edinburgh University PressLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1042

Correspondence, etc., with other publishersLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1043

Articles etc. received from other authors. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, vols. 17-19Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1044

Papers, minutes etc. relating to the Linguistic Survey of ScotlandLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1045

Grosvenor Crescent gardens, Edinburgh - correspondence, minutes etcLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1046

House in France; Confrérie des Chevaliers de TastevinLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1047

Audio-tapesLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1048

Audio-tapes. Portrait of Henry SweetLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1049

Press cuttings, some broadly classifiedLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1050

Press cuttings, some broadly classified.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1051

Press cuttingsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1052

Photostats of alphabets and writing systemsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1053

Lists of Phonetics postgraduate studentsLegacy shelfmark: Gen.1054

Index box containing slips on private pupils, books read and bought, etc.Legacy shelfmark: Gen.1055