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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)
1 - Sound recording of Betsy Miller (born c.1886). Actuality for 'On The Edge' radio ballad 1963. Tape 1 and Tape 2. - 06 February 1962
2 - Sound recording of Betsy Miller (born c.1886). [Actuality for 'On The Edge' radio ballad 1963] Tape 3 and Tape 4. - n.d. [6 February 1962]
3 - Sound recording of Betsy Miller (born c.1886). [Actuality for 'On The Edge' radio ballad 1963]. Tape 5 and Tape 6. - 06 February 1962
4 - Sound recording of Betsy Miller (born c.1886). [Actuality for 'On The Edge' radio ballad 1963]. Tape 7 and Tape 8 - 06 February 1962
A - Original reel audio tape.
B - 1 Tape box (annotated): ' D Betsy Miller 7 and 8 '
C - 1 x CD-R (listening copy of a 1 x 7" reel audio tape)
5 - Sound recording of Betsy Miller (born c.1886) describing her life in Salford, Manchester c1915 onwards and the childhood of her son, Ewan MacColl (1915-1989). Tape 1. - 29 January 1969
6 - Sound recording of Betsy Miller (born c.1886) describing her life in Salford, Manchester c. 1915 onwards, and the career of her son, Ewan MacColl (1915-1989). Tape 2. - 29 January 1969
7 - Sound recording of Betsy Miller (born c.1886) reading from the Child Employment Commission Reports of 1841, and talking about her Scottish accent, education and working life. - 24 June 1969
8 - Sound recording of young people discussing the issue of their age. - n.d. [mid 20th cent]
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)
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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