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MS 4000 - Charles Parker Archive - 1949 - 1994
1 - Personal papers and papers relating to Charles Parker's career
2 - Papers relating to BBC programmes and non BBC projects - 1949 - 1980
3 - Miscellaneous papers and publications on various subjects
4 - Charles Parker's Library
5 - Digitised Sound Recordings: Charles Parker Archive 'A Future For Ordinary Folk' - 1947 - 1978
1 - Sound recordings of interviews with traditional folk performers and folk music collectors.
1 - Harry Cox (b.1885)
2 - Harry Horton (b. 1875)
3 - Betsy Miller (born c.1886)
4 - Wednesbury Folk Singers
5 - Joe Heaney (1919-1984)
6 - Mrs Cecilia Costello
7 - Charlotte Brooks
8 - Charlie Burke (1918-2001)
9 - George Dunn (1887-1975)
10 - Captain Alfred Ernest Horton (1883-1974)
11 - English folk music and song: general
12 - English and Scottish Song (Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger)
1 - Sound recording of 'Steam Whistle Ballads' (Topic 12T 104; 1958) a collection of English and Scottish industrial songs and 'Chorus From The Gallows' Part 1 (Topic 12T 16;1960) a collection of songs about crime and criminals; and 'Shine Like A Star' (Topic TOP38;1957) traditional USA songs by Peggy Seeger - November 1965
2 - Sound recording of Ewan MacColl singing songs from 'Percys Reliques' and Rollins 'Pepys Ballads' [accompanied by Peggy Seeger] and talking about the ballad tradition - 14 February 1961
3 - Sound recording of Ewan MacColl singing songs from Rollins 'Pepys Ballads' [accompanied by Peggy Seeger] and talking about the ballad tradition - 13 February 1961
4 - Sound recording of Ewan MacColl singing Hunger March Parodies; followed by traditional songs artists unknown - 21 October 1965
5 - Sound recording of radio programme 'British Oral Tradition' with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger selecting their personal choices from the BBC Sound Archive collection of Folk Music - 01 December 1973
6 - Sound recording of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger singing 'Legally Legal' and 'Companeros' to live audience - 06 November 1977
7 - Sound recording of 'The Manchester Angel' (Topic 12T 147; 1966) and various songs - 1966
8 - Sound recording of 'The Manchester Angel' [Topic 12T 147; 1966] and various songs - [1966]
9 - Sound recording of 'The Singing Streets: Childhood Memories of Ireland and Scotland' Ewan MacColl and Dominic Behan (Folkways FW 8501;1958); radio programmes 'On The Wings Of Song' and 'English League' football commentary - 1958; 03 April 1965
10 - Sound recording of Ewan MacColl singing 'Thomas The Rhymer' (ex Riverside LP recording) - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
11 - Sound recording of Peggy Seeger singing 'I'm Going To Join The Army' and Charles Parker interviewing workers with visual impairment in an engineering shop, Berkshire - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
A - Original reel audio tape.
B - 1 Tape box (annotated)
C - 1 x CD-R (listening copy of a 1 x 5" reel audio tape)
13 - Francis J Child Ballads (England and Scotland)
14 - England Series 1 -12; England A' Roving
15 - `Scottish Folk Music
16 - Ireland Series 1-14
17 - Irish Folk Music
18 - Travellers and West Midlands Gypsy Liaison Group (WMGLG)
19 - Greece: Traditional music from Mount Plio Peninsula, Central Greece and Samarina, Pndhos Mountains, Western Greece
20 - World Music
2 - Sound recordings of lectures and teaching materials by Charles Parker and others relating to folk music and the oral tradition
3 - Folk Revival performance material
4 - Discussion of folk music and performance
6 - Sound recordings: programmes, projects and research material - 1955 - 1994
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