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Sullivan, Keith Frederick8
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Green, Anthony E (1943-)5
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Archive File

Alfred Williams Collection: Index

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains a photocopy of a typed index to the Alfred Williams Collection of Folk Songs at Swindon Reference Library, collected in the early 20th century. The index was compiled by Frank Pursl...

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Sound Recording, Oxfordshire

Pickering, Michael J

September/October 1973

Winnie Wyatt, recorded at home in Adderbury, talks about the Blunt family; book rescued from house following Janet Blunt's death; JB's family members and location of living members; Janet Blunt and ev...

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Sound Recordings, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Bulmer, A Gillian

[1974-1980]

Copy tape of fieldwork recordings. The original recordings were made in April 1974. The date when this copy tape was made is not known. [Collector announcement]; Harry Williams, recorded in Longtown...

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An Edition of George Butterworth's Folk Music Manuscripts

Dawney, Michael

1975

The abstract in this M.Phil. thesis states: George Butterworth collected folk music in England between 1906 and 1913. In collecting folk songs, he was sometimes accompanied by Francis Jekyll or Ralph ...

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Archive Sub-sub-series

Folk Song

1958-1981

This sub-subseries contains items on folk song, including texts and tunes. These include copies of song texts submitted by various informants to the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS);...

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Pace Egg and Mumming Plays, and Christmas Carols

Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848-1933)

[1970s]

This file contains a photocopy (made in the early 1970s) of part of an ms. notebook, with printed extracts pasted in, compiled by Sidney Oldall Addy probably during the 1870s. This includes ms. notes ...

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An Account of the Home Life, Leisure-Time Activities and Community Traditions of the Northumbrian Coal Miner, Dealing Mainly with the Period 1900 to 1930

Fryer, Sheila

1964

A dissertation based on interviews with seven miners and ex-miners from Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne. The first of its three chapters contains a biographical note on, and the recollections o...

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Manuscript Collection of Folk Songs made by Janet Blunt

University Microfilms Limited

[1970s]

Microfilm copy of the ms. collection of folk songs from Adderbury (Oxfordshire) made by Janet Heatley Blunt. The copy was made for Michael Pickering, who used the manuscript as a basis for his Ph.D. t...

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Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland

Sullivan, Keith Frederick; Green, Anthony E (1943-)

29 November 1975

William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton by Tony Green [?daughter and son-in-law, Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ray Bennett, also present]. Conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A424r. WH sin...

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Ballads: General

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains the typed text of a song written about celebrations at Rothwell on the jubilee of George III (25 October 1809), collected by Peter Brears; a photostat copy of the text for 'England ...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

10 September 1974

George Bennett, recorded at home in Snape; sings 'Bring Back My Bonny', 'Dab a Little Powder On It, Father', 'The Laughing Policeman' [laughing only]; conversation, including GB's ?wife/?sister; talk ...

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Sound Recordings, Northumberland, Durham, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and South Wales

BBC; Parker, Charles (1919-1980)

[1950s]

'The Big Hewer', the fourth of eight radio ballads transmitted by the BBC Home Service between July 1958 and April 1964. This programme was produced by Charles Parker, written by Ewan MacColl and Pegg...

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