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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
6 - Sound recordings: programmes, projects and research material - 1955 - 1994
1 - Programmes and projects - BBC and non-BBC - 1955 - 1980
1 - BBC staff shows - 1955
1A - 'Each in His Own Way'/'Let the People Dance' - n.d. [1950s]
2 - 'Harvest the Sea' - 1956
3 - 'Stallion Eternity' - 1956
4 - 'Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year' - 1957
5 - 'A Child Speaks' - 1957-1959
6 - 'Darkie Hunt, Traveller' - 1958
7 - 'Man on the Brink' - 1957 - 1958
8 - 'The Ballad of John Axon', the first Radio Ballad - 1957 - 1958
9 - 'Coventry Nativity' - 1959 - 1961
10 - 'Hootenanny' - 1957 - 1958
11 - People Today: Interview with H.M. Cashmore - 1959 - 1962
12 - 'Torrents of Spring' - n.d. [1959]
13 - 'Bold Nelson's Praise' - 1959
14 - 'Song of a Road', the second Radio Ballad - 1959
15 - 'Meditation for Good Friday' - 1960
16 - 'The Potter's Gift' - 1960
17 - 'Singing the Fishing', the third Radio Ballad - 1960 - 1961
18 - 'The Jewellery': An Impression of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter - 1961
19 - 'The Big Hewer', the fourth Radio Ballad - 1961
20 - 'Dog in a Manger' - 1961 - 1963
21 - 'Singing English' - 1961
22 - 'Cry from the Cut' - 1962
23 - 'The Body Blow', the fifth Radio Ballad - 1962
24 - 'St Peter at Saltley' - 30 June 1962
25 - 'Not Known in Denmark St' - 1962
26 - 'The Maker and the Tool' - 1962
27 - 'The Lonesome Train' - 15 September 1962
28 - 'In a Blind Wilderness' - 1962
29 - 'On the Edge', the sixth Radio Ballad - 1958 - 1965
30 - 'I Chose Where To Stand: The Life of Else Rosenfeld' - 1963
31 - 'The Fight Game', the seventh Radio Ballad - 1963
32 - 'Just up our Street' - 1963
33 - 'The Travelling People', the eighth Radio Ballad - 1963 - 1964
33A - 'The Long Journey' - 1963 - 1970
34 - 'Instant Salvation' - 1964
35 - 'Blessed Assurance' - 1964 - 1965
36 - 'Way of Life: New Wine into Old Bottles' - 1964
36A - 'The Christian Religion and its Philosophy' - 1964
37 - 'The Colony' - 1965
38 - 'Landmarks' - 1964 - 1965
39 - 'The Song Carriers' - 1965
40 - 'Folk Song and Ballad' - 1965
41 - 'Theatre in the Future' and 'Theatre and Community' - 1965
42 - 'The Crack', or 'The Irishmen' - 1965
43 - 'Modern Love Songs' - 1960-1965
44 - 'To Make a Fisherman' - 1965
45 - 'Strike!' - 1965
46 - 'Business as Usual' - 1965
47 - 'The Abbey of the English' - 1966
48 - 'Romeo and Juliet' - 1966
49 - 'Books, Plays, Poems' - 1966
50 - 'The Making of the Midlander' - 1966-1967
51 - 'More Equal than Others' - 1966
52 - 'She Rode on a Horse Naked' - 1967
53 - 'Vox Pop' - 1967
1 - American folk music 1 of 8 - 22 November 1964
2 - American folk music 2 of 8 - 22 November 1964
3 - American folk music 3 of 8 - 22 November 1964
4 - American folk music 4 of 8 - 22 November 1964
5 - American folk music 5 of 8 - 22 November 1964
6 - American folk music 6 of 8 - 22 November 1964
7 - American folk music 7 of 8 - 22 November 1964
8 - American folk music 8 of 8 - 22 November 1964
9 - RSS 1 Ewan MacColl - 30 September 1965
10 - RSS 2 Ewan MacColl - 30 September 1965
11 - RSS 3 Ewan MacColl - 30 September 1965
12 - RSS 4 Ewan MacColl - 30 September 1965
13 - RSS 5 Colin MacInnes - 1 October 1965
14 - RSS 6 Colin MacInnes - 1 October 1965
15 - RSS 7 Colin MacInnes - 1 October 1965
16 - RSS 8 George Melly - 15 October 1965
17 - RSS 9 George Melly - 1 October 1965
18 - RSS 10 George Melly - 1 October 1965
19 - RSS 11 George Melly - 1 October 1965
20 - RSS 12 Kingsley Amis - 28 October 1965
21 - RSS 13 Kingsley Amis - 28 October 1965
22 - RSS 14 Eric Hobsbawm - 29 October 1965
23 - RSS 15 Eric Hobsbawm - 29 October 1965
24 - RSS 16 Frank Smythe and Ian Dove - 8 October 1965
25 - RSS 17 Frank Smythe and Ian Dove - 8 October 1965
26 - RSS 18 Frank Smythe and Ian Dove - 08 October 1965
27 - RSS 19 David Jacobs - 21 October 1965
28 - RSS 20 Lonnie Donegan - 01 October 1965
29 - RSS 21 Lonnie Donegan - 1 October 1965
30 - RSS 22 Lonnie Donegan - 01 October 1965
31 - RSS 23 Bob Godfrey - 01 October 1965
32 - RSS 24 Bob Godfrey - 01 October 1965
33 - RSS 25 Alan Freeman - 14 October 1965
34 - RSS 26 Alan Freeman - 14 October 1965
35 - RSS 27 Alan Freeman - 14 October 1965
36 - RSS 28 Andy Gray - 14 October 1965
37 - RSS 29 Andy Gray - 1 October 1965
38 - RSS 30 Andy Gray - 01 October 1965
39 - RSS 31 Sir Joseph Lockwood - 19 October 1965
40 - RSS 32 Sir Joseph Lockwood - 19 October 1965
41 - RSS 39 Colin Fletcher - 15 July 1964
42 - RSS 40 Colin Fletcher, Stuart Hall, and [Brian] Mitchell - 15 July 1964
43 - RSS 41 Colin Fletcher and [Brian] Mitchell - 15 July 1964
44 - RSS 42 Colin Fletcher and [Brian] Mitchell - 15 July 1964
45 - RSS 43 Colin Fletcher and [Brian] Mitchell - 15 July 1964
46 - RSS 44 Colin Fletcher and [Brian] Mitchell - 15 July 1964
47 - RSS 45 Colin Fletcher and [Brian] Mitchell - 15 July 1964
48 - RSS 46 David Craig - 02 November 1965
49 - RSS 47 David Craig - 02 November 1965
50 - RSS 48 David Craig - 02 November 1965
51 - RSS 49 Andy Hogenbawm - 04 November 1965
52 - RSS 50 Andy Hogenbawm - 04 November 1965
53 - RSS 51 Professor Wilfred Mellers - 15 November 1965
53A - RSS 52 Professor Wilfred Mellers - 05 November 1965
53B - RSS 57 Enoch Kent - 12 November 1965
54 - RSS 58 Enoch Kent - 12 November 1965
55 - RSS 59 Enoch Kent - 12 November 1965
56 - RSS 60 Enoch Kent - 12 November 1965
57 - RSS 61 Paul Johnson - 11 November 1965
58 - RSS 65 Group of young people - 12 November 1965
59 - RSS Group of young people - 12 November 1965
60 - RSS 67 Group of young people - 12 November 1965
61 - RSS 70 David Stafford-Clark - 20 November 1965
62 - RSS 71 David Stafford-Clark - 20 November 1965
63 - RSS 72 Adrian Mitchell - 20 November 1965
64 - RSS 73 Adrian Mitchell - 20 November 1965
65 - RSS 74 Adrian Mitchell - 20 November 1965
66 - RSS 75 Paul Jones - 21 November 1965
67 - RSS 76 Paul Jones - 21 November 1965
68 - RSS 77 Paul Jones - 21 November 1965
69 - RSS 81 Albert Hunt - 25 November 1965
70 - RSS 82 Albert Hunt and Jenny - 25 November 1965
71 - RSS 83 Albert Hunt and Jenny - 25 November 1965
72 - RSS 86 Clive Barker - 03 December 1965
73 - RSS 87 Clive Barker - 03 December 1965
74 - RSS 88 Clive Barker - 01 December 1965
75 - Michael Braun 1 of 2 - 29 September 1965
76 - Michael Braun 2 of 2 - 29 September 1965
77 - Raymond Durgnat - 8 October 1965
78 - Interview discussing beat and skiffle in Liverpool - 24 October 1965
79 - Dudley Bayford - 18 November 1965
80 - Dudley Bayford - 18 November 1965
81 - Interview with a teenage boy and girl - 8 December 1965
82 - Eileen Ollerenshaw - n.d. [1965]
83 - Ray Gosling - 24 September 1965
84 - Ray Gosling - 24 September 1965
85 - Interview with an unnamed man - 08 October 1965
85A - Richard Hoggart - 10 December 1965
85B - Richard Hoggart - n.d. [10 December 1965]
86 - Clips from interviews and pop songs - 21 February 1967
87 - Clips from interviews and pop songs - n.d. [1965]
88 - Insert clips and rehearsal assemblies - n.d. [1965]
88A - Clips from actuality and songs - n.d. [1965-1966]
89 - Sequences, probably for Vox Pop 1 - 03 March 1966
90 - Clips and inserts, probably for Vox Pop 2 - 03 March 1966
91 - Sequences, probably for Vox Pop 5 - 08 March 1966
92 - Sequences, probably for Vox Pop 6 - n.d. [1966?]
92A - Extracts from Vox Pop 2 and Vox Pop 4 - 12 June 1957
92B - Clips from actuality - 1967
93 - Vox Pop 1 - n.d. [1966?]
94 - Vox Pop 1 - n.d. [1966]
95 - Vox Pop 1 - n.d. [1966]
96 - Vox Pop 1 - part 1 of 2 - n.d. [1966]
97 - Vox Pop 1 - part 2 of 2 - 04 October 1966
98 - Vox Pop 1 - 6 June 1967
99 - Vox Pop 1 and 2 - 30 May 1967
100 - Vox Pop 2 - 13 June 1967
101 - Vox Pop 2 - 20 June 1967
102 - Vox Pop 2 - 20 June 1967
103 - Vox Pop 2 - 20 June 1967
104 - Vox Pop 3 - n.d. [1967]
105 - Vox Pop 3 - n.d. [1967]
106 - Vox Pop 3 and 4 - n.d. [1967]
107 - Vox Pop 4 and 7 - n.d. [1967]
108 - Vox Pop 4 - 04 July 1967
A - Original reel to reel tape - 04 July 1967
B - 1 tape box - 04 July 1967
C - CD Rom listening copy - 04 July 1967
109 - Vox Pop 4 - 11 August 1967
110 - Vox Pop 5 - 11 July 1967
111 - Vox Pop 6 - 18 July 1967
112 - Vox Pop 7 - n.d. [1967]
113 - Vox Pop 7 - 26 June 1971
114 - Vox Pop 7 - n.d. [1967]
115 - Vox Pop 7 - n.d. [1967]
116 - Vox Pop 8 - n.d. [1967]
117 - Vox Pop 8 - n.d. [1967]
54 - 'BD8/The Blind Set' - 1965-1968
55 - 'Festival of Fools' - 1966 - 1971
55A - 'The Funny Rigs of Good and Tenderhearted Masters' - 1967 - 1969
56 - 'Asian Teenager' - 1968
57 - 'Peace of Mind' - 1968
57A - 'Speak' - 1966-1968
58 - 'We Lived Across the River' - 1969
59 - Musical about the slave trade - 1969
60 - 'Under an Apple Tree' - 1969 - 1970
61 - 'Gift of the Gab' - 1969
62 - 'No Surrender' - 1969-1973
63 - 'Revolt on the Campus' - 1970
64 - 'Off Limits - A Report from London to Vietnam' - 1969 - 1975
65 - 'Long March of Everyman' - 1971 - 1972
66 - 'Battle of St Ann's' - 1971
67 - 'The Tape Recorder and the Oral Tradition' - 1971
68 - 'The Iron Box' - 1970-1972
69 - 'Snowballs in Calcutta' - 1971-1972
70 - 'Siege in Ceylon' - 1972
71 - 'A Place Way Out'/'White Settlers' - 1971-1972
72 - 'Shoals of Herring' - July 1972
73 - York Mystery Plays - 1973
73A - 'Shelton Bar' - 1973
74 - 'Battle of Saltley Gate' / 'Folk Songs, Pop - Rock Music - 1973 -1975
75 - 'Collier Laddie' - 1974
75A - 'Viva Chile' - 1974 - 1975
76 - 'Passage West' - 1975
77 - 'Womankind' - 1976
78 - 'The Great Divide' / 'Prince Edward Island & Atlantic Migration' - 1976 - 1977
79 - 'Caught Up In Two Minds' - 1977 - 1978
80 - 'Growing up in Tower Hamlets' - 1977 - 1978
81 - 'Dr Healey's Casebook' - 1977
82 - You've got NOWT / No Time to Be Young / Time for Reflection - 1979 - 1980
2 - Research interests: music, drama, and speech - 1951 - 1988
3 - Research interests: politics and local history - 1957 - 1978
4 - Copies of TV and radio programmes - 1950 - 1978
5 - Remembering Charles Parker and the Radio Ballads: programmes, events, and interviews - 1981 - 1993
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