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1976 Addis, Bill of London re. radio work 1969 Aldridge, Alan of London re. cover of Argo record sleeve for ‘On the Edge’ 1974 Amirkhanian, Charles of California re. ‘The Iron Box’ 1975 Angulu, Elizabeth of Nigeria re. education, culture and society
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1961 – 1962 Bacon, G. E. of Youlgreave re. poems 1958 – 1974 Baker, Mary: BBC tape editor, Birmingham 1958 – 1963 Barclays Bank re: finances 1964 Barker, Clive of London re: ideas for work on the General Strike, 1926 1959 Barnes, N. of Nottingham University re. invitation to ‘Coriolanus’ 1965 Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. of Faversham: Thanks 1963 Barton, Anthony of Bristol re: programme ideas 1964 Batten, M. of Rugby re: borrowed book 1957 Beale T.G. Case of Birmingham re: insurance 1960 Belgrade Theatre, Coventry re: tickets for ‘I’m talking about Jerusalem’ by A. Wesker 1962 Bell, Jocelyn of Southport re. nativity play ‘No Room’ 1977 Bennett, Pam of Cockpit Theatre, London, giving a reference for Trevor Fisher 1963 – 1964 Bentley, Julian of Chicago, personal friend 1969 Bibby, R. of Heriot-Watt University; Thanks, plans for Edinburgh Festival 1964 Birmingham, Bishop of, re: Birtley Folk Club Tape 1964 Bishop, Alan of Birmingham re: booking for ‘Peanuts’ folk club 1965 Blacklaws, Peter of London re: his play ‘Family Business’ 1965 Blair, Robert of Cleethorpes re: tape copying 1962 Bookshop, The, of, Wells re: book order 1960 Bowen, Margaret re: BBC Children’s Party 1963 Bowles, R. L. of Birmingham re: annual dinners of the Submarine Old Comrades Assn. 1974 Bowman, Derek of Edinburgh re: Collier Laddie, Buchner, etc. 1976 Braithwaite, Philip of Birmingham re: Chinese foreign policy 1964 Brenton, Guy of London – Thanks for tape 1964 British Rail re: ticket refunds and problems 1965 Broadhead, Peggy of London. Telegram re: New Orleans contacts 1958 Brooks, Ernest of Croydon re: tenancy of flat 1962 Brown, E. of Birmingham re: radio link-up with U.S.A. 1970 Brown, T. of Hunts. Thanks for tape. 1965 Bruger, J of Geneva re: participation in pop music programme 1964 Bryant, H. of Northampton re: books loaned for Centre 42 work 1964 Bryce, Iris of Kent re: programme idea 1977 Buchan, David of University of Stirling re: oral tradition and newscutting in the John Grierson film archive 1958 Bushill-Matthews, W. of Birmingham re: Birmingham Theatre Drama Festival 1965 Butcher, E. of London re: Midland vernacular music
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1973 Cadwell, Doug of Morpeth re. folk music and drama 1965 Caldicott, Mr. of Birmingham re. tickets for Bob Dylan concert at Town Hall N.D. Calthrop, Kenyon of Pergamon Press See MS 4000/1/10? ‘Teachers for Tomorrow’ file 1963 – 1965 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; national and local (Harborne) branch re. folk concerts See MS 4000/1/8/11 1959 Campbell, Peggy of Surrey re. addresses 1971 Cannon, D. of Dagenham with copies of poems by Dutchy Holland, polio suffered who featured in the ‘Body Blow’ (1962), /2/87 1963 Carey, B. of Kings Norton Grammar School re. leave from school 1963 Casey, Juanita of Lostwithiel re. travels and personal life 1965 Castels and camping of Paris: information request 1971 Cawley, Lord of Leominster re. book loan 1964 Chapman, John of Solihull re. missing tapes and book 1962 – 1963 Christian Action; Defence and Aid Fund re. fund raising for South Africa after the Sharpeville massacre 1965, 1977 – 1978 Clayre, Alasdair of London re. programme called the Factory and one about the Thames 1977 Clayton, Clare of Sussex re. misdirected letter 1973, 1977 Coates, Ken of London re. war in Cambodia and tercentenary of Thomas Hobbs 1974 Cook, Jennifer of London re. school documentaries 1976 Copley, R. of WEA, Birmingham: reference for Richard Hamilton [1962] Coker, A. Poem for Charles Parker 1963 Colchester, F of Bristol re. accommodation 1965 College Gateway Bookshop of Ipswich re. book orders 1963 Cope, G. Rev. of Warwick re. borrowed script 1964 Cordeaux, John re. "Helluvaholiday" programme 1964 Crombie, D and G of Birmingham: thanks for hospitality 1972 Crook, John of Whaley Bridge, re. BBC, radio contracts, etc. 1964 Curtis, A.H. Prof. of Birmingham re. Roy Harris
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1974 Davidson, Basil of London re. books 1976 Davies, Martin of University of Stirling re. tapes of visit to a smithy 1963 Deasan, Mrs. of Bristol re. forgotten socks! 1971 Desmond, Kevin of London re, ‘The Iron Box’ 1960 Dews, Peter of BBC. Congratulations [1973] Dix, Carol of London re. interview with Charles Parker 1963 Dunnett, D. of Station Road Primary School re. school leave 1964 Dutton, James: reference for
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1972 – 1974 Evans, George Ewart of Norwich re. BBC changes, work, Daffyd Thomas, songs 1961 Evans, Glennys of Towyn re. Holidays 1962 – 1964 Evans, Stanley Rev. of Surrey re. article, music evening, etc.
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1972 Farmer, Penelope of Surrey re. folk tales 1970 Felton, B. of Rugby re. poetry writing 1964 Fletcher, Alick of Windsor re. book orders 1963 Foyle, W and G of London re. book order 1959 – 1960 Freeguard, Malcolm of the BBA re. Brian Vaughton and programme on the Suffolk Punch 1965 French, L. of Kidderminster re. programme suggestion 1965, 1973 Fullerton, Helen re. travellers, and programme ‘The Song Carriers’
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1969 Garnet, Tony of London recommending Buff Rosenthal 1964 Gavall, John of Tickhill, returning music 1965 Gibson, Jim of Canterbury: thanks for hospitality 1970 Gill, Anton of Cambridge requesting work 1965 Godfrey, Thomas of York re. book orders 1969 Goodwinm Clive of London re. film ‘Some Women’, with review 1972 Gordon, Archie of Stowmarket: Thanks 1962 Gosling, Ray of Nottingham re. radio ballads 1965 Gower , Peter of Dublin re. ‘The Lonesome Train’ 1965 Gowing, C. of Birmingham re. request for work 1973 Gracey, Robin of Eccleshall re. Radio Stoke programmes, Dorset rural life, etc. 1960 Graham, Katie of Hardwick re. Sara Parker’s education 1965 Great Barr Comprehensive School, Birmingham: reference for Hilda Newman 1972 Greer, Herb of Manchester re. playscript ‘Another Edition of Spectrum’ 1964 Gurnsey, John of Lancing re. features work
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1963 Handsworth Technical College: reference for Miss H. C. Laycock 1964 Hardy, Doris of London: thanks 1971 Harkell, Gina of Canterbury re. radio ballad songs 1974 – 1975 Harris, Ralph of Herts. Re. possible meeting 1972 Harvey, K. of Southsea re. work in the BBC n.d. [1970s] Harward, Tim of Brighton re. work at PCL 1959 Hawes, Meredith of College of Arts, Birmingham: apology 1960 Her Majesty’s Prison, Winson Green re. recordings of songs by a prisoner 1963 Hodgart, Matthew of Cambridge re. radio ballads 1958 Hoggart, Richard of University of Hull re. scripts 1965 Howarth, Maurice of Reading re. draft article 1972 – 1974 Hunt, Albert of Halifax re. work, writing 1957 Hutchcroft, Ted of Washington, U.S.A. re. agricultural broadcasting work 1969 Hymes, Dell of the University of Pennslyvania re. vernacular speech, rapping, etc.
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1965 Institute of Economic Affairs, London re. 'Competition in Radio' production
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1961 Jarrett-Kerr, Rev. of Cardiff re. 'King Kong', a south African jazz musical. Includes programme 1964 Jarrott, Charles re. his production of 'Life of Galileo' 1974 Jenkins, Nigel of Leamington Spa, re. Phil Tanner, folk singer 1962 Johnston, Jask re. drama festival 1964 Jones, Monica of Bawtry, re. family and personal life
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1978 Kane, Mrs. of Yorkshire re. death of Jock Kane (recorded for the Saltley Gate Show) 1968 Kemp, David of St. Luke's College, Exeter: reference for Frederick Grindrod 1963 King, Alan of Wellingborough re. return of tape 1962 King, E. H. of Birmingham Civic Society re. subscription 1972 King, M. of Hinkley Music Club re. address of Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl 1977 King, Michael of Liverpool: Thanks 1963 Klugmann, James of Marxism Today: Thanks 1958 Knight, Derrick of London re. voices for a film 1972 Kuchel, Terry [?] of Thames Television re. meeting
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1957 Lampard, Margaret of Malvern re. speech to Malvern Writers' Circle 1954, 1960 Landa, Ruth of London re. sailing problems in a novel 1959 Lant, Mrs. of BBC re. ticket for Albert Hall 1974 Legman, Gershon of France re pop song article 1965 Leaker, Norman of Birmingham Retirement Council re. invitation to meeting 1976 Lewis, Peter of Bristol re. portable video in non-formal education n.d. [1960s?] Liversidge, H of London re. tape/slide production of 'Job' 1970 - 1972 Lloyd, Kate of London and Devon: personal life, health, radio ballads, [?"discovered" Commander Robertson - see Source singers: 1/7/9] 1972 Loader, Peggy re. 'Long March of Everyman', Rush Green Hospital [recordings made there for the 'Body Blow']. 1963 Loxton, Howard of Hamlyn Publishers re. books 1975 Lunn, Gordon of Anglesey: criticisms of society, Charles Parker interviewing, etc. 1970 Lyngve, Erland of Norway: note to accompany tapes
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1957 McAuley, Tony of BBC Belfast re. recordings of children playing 1969 McCrossan, L. of Government Social Survey re. reference for Mrs. B. A. Miller 1971 McIntosh, Elizabeth of Gosport re. books and films 1963 McKillop A. of Burnham re. work in the BBC 1973 John MacLean Society, re. publications, membership 1968 MacLennan, Duncan re. programme 'The Song Carriers' 1975 Macmillan, Alastair of Manchester re. meeting 1969 Mann, Steve of Transatlantic records re. Liverpool football record 1963 Marriott, Roger of Toronto re. work, folk music, radio ballads 1963 Meier, Daphne of BBC re. book loan, work, etc. 1958 - 1976 Menzies, Victor of London re. work; Ewan MacColl and the radio ballads; the Jarrow march 1964 Midlands Electricity Board re. bill 1960 Miles, Bernard of Memaid Theatre re. theatre ideas 1965 Mitchell, Brain of Kent re. tape sent 1959 Mitchell, Denis of BBC re. his Italia prize 1965 Mutton, Valerie of Birmingham re. Festival of Fools 1974 Molan, Christine of Bristol re. singing techniques and Ewan MacColl 1964 Morgan, Robert Stanley of Birmingham re. borrowed book 1963 Morley, Christopher of the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry re. Brecht 1963 Morris, W. J. of Smethwick re. invitation to institution of Rev. Tytler at St. Marks, Smethwick 1972 Morrison, Steve of London re. radio programmes 1962 Mouth and Foot Artists Ltd. re. Christmas cards 1964 Myall, Richard of Birmingham re. possible bookings for events
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1960, 1963 Nall, Godfrey of Birmingham re. Folk Festival performance 1964 Nelson, Peter of Reading re. invitation to Spencers Wood Youth Club 1965 Neville, John of Nottingham re. production of 'Measure for Measure' n.d. [1960s] Norris, Philip of Queen's College, Cambridge re. BATS invitation
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1975 O'Neil, Mark of Granada TV re. 'Media and the Masses' 1969 Owens, Graham of Nottingham re. use of dialect in schools
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1965 Padfield , J. A. of Shrewsbury re. folk centre, etc. 1962 Parker, Mr. and Mrs. of Herne Bay [CP's mother and father] re. 'The Body Blow' and family matters 1965 Parker, Margaret Gilmore of Birmingham re. her script, 'The Cotterells of Woodfield' 1969 Patten, Judith of Feltham re. book reviews 1973 Perrygrove, Don of Birmingham re. personal life [CLOSED] 1974 Petrie, Faith of San Francisco re. possible visit, folk music tour 1974 Pevsner, Dieter of London, publisher, re. work n.d. [late 1960s] Philips, Cherry of Cambridge and London re. student life, visit to USA [Cherry Phillips was in BMFC] 1960 Porter, David of BBC: Congratulations on appointment 1958 Potts, Mary of Cambridge re. 'Sing Christmas', 'Man on the Brink', etc. 1972 Preston, Dorothy of Shepton Mallet re. Indian programmes
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1963 Queen's College, Cambridge re. building appeal
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1972 Radcliffe, Philip of Ontario re. teaching and the radio ballads 1963 Ramsay, Lucy of Birmingham re. religious play scripts 1964 Ree, H. A. Prof. of York re. meeting 1965 Reed, Anthony of Durham re. Thomas Armstrong and blues music 1965 Reed, A. G. of Faversham: thanks 1971 Reilly, P. M. Dr. of Belfast re. radio ballad discs 1964 Rice, Tony of Sutton Coldfield re. Mrs. Price, suffragette 1961 Richards, S. of County Durham re. the miners' Gala and religion 1964 Rickman, Irene of the Clarion singers, Birmingham re. rehearsal time [1972?] Rivers, John of Derbys. re. 'Song of a Road' 1958 Roberts, G. C. of Chelmsford re. Granada TV programmes 1960 Robeson, Paul re. 'Meditation on Good Friday' 1964 Robinson, Eileen of Birmingham re. school drama productions 1969 Rodger, Ian of the Guardian re. creative work 1962 Rook, Mrs. of Birmingham, re. invitation to meeting 1969 Rosen, Michael re. song by MacColl and Seeger [1977] Rowe, Doc: request for reference, personal life and work n.d. Rowe, Harvey and Merton: addresses 1959 Royal Festival Hall re. ticket booking 1963 Royal Society for the protection of Birds re. wall charts
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1960 St. Albans Music Centre re. ticket purchase 1972 Seeger, Peggy from CP re. article on The Radio Ballads [Accn: 2021/027] 1963 Sermon, Frank of Herne Bay: reply 1957 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre re. tickets postponed 1975 Shelton, M. of Ilkley re. thesis on pop culture 1972 - 1973 Sheppard, Vera of Alcester. Correspondence re. blood sports and the BBC's unfair policy to campaigners against these 1969 Shreeve, Bill of Birmingham re. song 'It's a Bourgeois Town' n.d. [1960d] Sinanoplou, Irene of London re. loan of record 1959 Sigsworth, George of BBC: Congratulations on appointment 1965 Simmons, James of Nigeria re. song writing 1964 Slade, H. E. W. of Oxford re tape-recording project 1979 Smith, Chris of Belfast and London re. Pirate radio 1974 Smith, Reggie of Londonderry re. 'No Surrender' 1974 Soule, Larry of Nottingham re. work, poetry, the vernacular, Nottingham 1959 - 1973 Sparrow, Dorothy of London re. family matters, accommodation 1965 Stafford-Clark, Mr. of London re. racism and "mixed marriages" 1963 Steedman, Robert of Newcastle, bookseller 1976 Stewart, Madeau of the BBC re. meeting 1963 Stewart, Oscar of Birmingham re. Christmas folk songs 1954 Stokes, Bernard Foster: Christmas card with original drawings by him 1977 Stubbs, Patricia of Totnes re. book publication 1978 Sudbury, Sue of Birmingham re. radio documentary 1964 - 1971 Summerfield, Geoffrey of Bradford-on-Avon and York re. meeting 1969 Swift, Joan of Hitchin about possible meeting
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1974 Teitgen, J. F. of Paris re. visit [1964], 1972 Thomson, Katharine of Birmingham re. music, the political situation in Greece, etc. [see also MS 4000/1/8/6, 8 , 12: Marxist Study Group/Clarion Singers; MS 4000/2/90 Lonesome Train, Maker and The Tool] 1972, 1974 Thompson, Edward of Worcester re. work 1962 Thorp, Thomas of Guildford, bookseller re. book purchases 1960 Topic Records of London re. various recordings 1962 Trendell, John of Lloyd's Bookshop re. book purchases 1964 Trochhi of London re. subscription 1960 Troughton, Mrs. [Charles Parker's mother] of Christchurch re. family
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Ui, Viki of Bristol re. Louis Macheice's radio features 1972 - 1977 Unna, Harvey of London, Charles Parker's agent for freelance work 1972 Usill, Harley of Decca Record Co. re. meeting 1963 Ustinov, Peter re. praise for "Billy Budd"
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1972 Vallins, Gordon of Stratford on Avon, re. copies of 'Tract' 1962 Vetia, Vija: en route to Australia
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1976 Walker, Father Charles, of London, re. personal life [CLOSED] 1965 Welsh Woollen Shop, Barmouth re. purchase 1965 Whannell, Paddy of British Film Institute re. film collection 1972 Wharton, Judith of Birmingham re. sources for the development of Birmingham 1963 White, J. of Leicester re. contemporary folk song scholarship 1969 White, L. W. of Gosport re. Lt. Cdr. Brewer 1969 Whiting, C., regarding gypsy liaison [Acc. 2021/027] 1969 - 1979 Whiting, Eileen of Birmingham re. singing, writing, Birmingham Writers Group, etc. Also, Report on Eileen Whiting with workshop booklet [Closed until assessed, acc. 2021/071] 1958 Williams, Ralph Vaughan of London re. Wisbech choir, folk tradition and popular music 1963 Wilson, Cyril of Birmingham re. invitation to Harborne Methodist Church 1962 Wilson, James of Cheltenham, bookseller re. 'The Broadside Ballad' 1959 Wilson, Jill of Birmingham re. repayment of loan
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1971 - 1972 Yates, Peter [student of Charles Parker's at PCL and later member of Banner Theatre] re. reference 1972 Ying, Hual of London re. visit to Peking 1960 York Festival Office re. ticket bookings
1960 - 1978 Unidentified correspondents 1 file - CLOSED |