It includes poems, plays and tales in dialect by authors such as Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, Frederic Moorman and John Hartley, plus scholarly and popular works about the Yorkshire dialects.
Individual dialects covered include Sheffield, Halifax and the East Riding.
The material also is of considerable interest for local historians. Some of the books are available via the Library catalogue . Please ask at the counter for the book you would like to consult. The others will be catalogued as soon as possible. A separate list of the books that have been catalogued can now be seen on the Web version of the Library catalogue .