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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
54 - 'BD8/The Blind Set' - 1965-1968
1 - '5 Kinder-1 Blind' - 10 May 1965
2 - '6 Kinder-2 Blind' - 10 May 1965
3 - '7 Kinder - 3 Blind' - 10 May 1965
4 - '8 Kinder - 4 Blind' - 10 May 1965
5 - '9 Kinder - 5 Blind' - 10 May 1965
6 - 'Blindness 12' - 5 December 1966
7 - 'Blindness 13' - 5 December 1966
8 - 'Hass Clarke, John Cooper, Miss Henderson 14' - 5 December 1966
9 - 'Cooper/Yates 16' - 5 December 1966
10 - 'Blindness Lickey Grange 24' - 8 December 1966
11 - 'Blindness Lickey Grange 25' - 8 December 1966
11A - 'Blindess Lickey Grange 26' - 8 December 1966
12 - 'Blindness Lickey Grange 27' - 8 December 1966
13 - 'Blindness Lickey Grange 28' - 8 December 1966
14 - 'Blindness Lickey Grange 30' - 8 December 1966
15 - 'Blindness Lickey Grange 31' - 6 December 1966
16 - 'Blindness Harborne, Vincent 32' - 9 December 1966
17 - 'Blindness Harborne, Vincent 33' - 9 December 1966
18 - 'Blindness Harborne, Vincent 34' - 9 December 1966
19 - 'Blindness, Vincent 35' - 9 December 1966
20 - 'Blindness Harborne Vincent, Eng Workshop 36' - 9 December 1966
21 - 'Blindness Harborne Eng Workshop 37' - 9 December 1966
22 - 'Blindness Harborne Eng Workshop 38' - 9 December 1966
23 - 'Blindness Harborne Workshop 39' - 9 December 1966
24 - 'Blindness Harborne Workshop 40' - n.d [9 December 1966]
25 - 'Blindness Workshop 45' - 9 December 1966
26 - 'Blindness Jago/Gaul 46' - 9 December 1966
27 - Blindness Harborne Diane Saxton 47' - 12 December 1966
28 - 'Blindness Harborne Diane Saxton 48' - 12 December 1966
29 - 'Blindness Harborne Diane Saxton 49' - 12 December 1966
30 - 'Blindness Harborne Diane Saxton 50' - 14 December 1966
31 - 'Blindness Harborne Theresa Edwards/ David Smith 51' - 14 December 1966
32 - 'Blindness Harborne David Smith/Colin McSweeney 52' - 14 December 1966
33 - 'Blindness Harborne David Smith/John & Pat Leavy/Joe Paton 53' - 14 December 1966
34 - 'Blindness Harborne Theresa Edwards 54' - 14 December 1966
35 - 'Blindness Harborne Theresa 55' - 14 December 1966
36 - 'Blindness Harborne Theresa 56' - 14 December 1966
37 - 'Blindness Harborne Theresa 57' - 14 December 1966
38 - 'Blindness Harborne Theresa 58' - 14 December 1966
39 - 'Blindness Univ 1 - 59' - 16 December 1966
40 - 'Blindness Univ 2 - 60' - n.d [16 December 1966]
41 - 'Blindness Univ 3- 61' - 16 December 1966
42 - 'Blindness Thornton - 62' - 19 December 1966
43 - 'Blindness Newcastle - 62A' - 6 January 1967
44 - 'Blindness Thornton - 63' - 19 December 1966
45 - 'Blindness Newcastle-2 63A' - 6 January 1967
46 - 'Blindness Thornton- 64' - 19 December 1966
47 - 'Blindness Newcastle-3 64A' - 6 January 1967
48 - 'Blindness Thornton 65' - 19 December 1966
49 - 'Blindness Newcastle- 65A' - 6 January 1967
50 - Blindness Thornton 66' - 19 December 1966
51 - 'Blindness Newcastle - 66A' - 6 January 1967
52 - 'Blindness Thornton- 67' - 19 December 1966
53 - 'Blindness Newcastle - 67A' - 6 January 1967
54 - 'Blindness 5 Ways House - 67B' - 9 January 1967
55 - 'Blindness Wilson - 68' - 21 December 1966
56 - 'Blindness 5 Ways House - 68B' - 9 January 1967
57 - 'Blindness Wilson - 69' - 21 December 1966
58 - 'Blindness 5 Ways House - 69B' - 9 January 1967
59 - 'Blindness Wilson - 70' - 21 December 1966
60 - 'Blindness Kennedy/Wills - 70A' - 10 January 1967
61 - 'Blindness Wilson-71' - 21 December 1966
62 - 'Blindness Kennedy/Wills - 71A' - 10 January 1967
63 - 'Blindness Wilson-72' - 21 December 1966
64 - 'Blindness Anna Freud (5)/Torquay (1) 73' - 11 January 1967
65 - Blindness Torquay 74' - 11 January 1967
66 - 'Blindness Torquay 75' - n.d [11 January 1967]
67 - 'Blindness Torquay 76' - 11 January 1967
68 - 'Blindness Torquay 77' - 11 January 1967
69 - 'Blindness Tom Drake 78' - 11 January 1967
70 - 'Blindness Torquay 79' - 11 January 1967
71 - 'Blindness Jane Eliot 80' - 12 January 1967
72 - 'Blindness Jane Eliot 81' - 12 January 1967
73 - 'Blindness Torquay 82' - 12 January 1967
74 - 'Blindness Torquay 83' - 12 January 1967
75 - 'Blindness Torquay 84' - 12 January 1967
76 - 'Blindness 85' - 12 January 1967
77 - 'Blindness Exeter Guide Dog Centre 86' - 12 January 1967
78 - 'Blindness Torquay 87' - 12 January 1967
79 - 'Blindness Torquay 88' - 12 January 1967
80 - 'Blindness Torquay 89' - 12 January 1967
81 - 'Blindness Mr Cunliffe 90' - 24 January 1967
82 - 'Blindness Mr Cunliffe (2) 91' - 24 January 1967
83 - 'Blindness Mr Cunliffe (3) 92' - 24 January 1967
84 - 'Blindness Mrs Marsden-Hethersett 93' - 25 January 1967
85 - 'Blindness Torquay 95' - 25 January 1967
86 - 'Blindness Lee Farmer 96' - 25 January 1967
87 - 'Blindness Torquay Lee Farmer America Lodge 97' - 25 January 1967 - 26 January 1967
88 - 'Blindness Lee Farmer 97A' - 25 January 1967
89 - 'Blindness Lee Farmer/Victor Horsley 97B' - 25 January 1967
90 - 'Blindness Tom Drake 97C' - 25 January 1967
91 - 'Blindness 99 Symon-2' - 26 January 1967
92 - 'Blindness 129 Pickles-1' - n.d [1967]
93 - 'Blindness Jim Pickles-2' - n.d [1967]
94 - 'Blindness 131 Vincent-3' - n.d [1967]
95 - 'Blindness 200 Iris & Elsie' - 26 January 1967
96 - 'Blindness 202 Home Teach-3' - 26 January 1967
97 - 'Blindness 203 Torquay-Dante Margaret Scorer' - 26 January 1967
98 - 'Blindness 204 Iris Otley' - 27 January 1967
99 - 'Blindness 205 Miss Price' - 27 January 1967
100 - 'Blindness 206 Val Southern' - 27 January 1967
101 - 'Blindness 207 Chorley Wood' - 1 February 1967
102 - 'Blindness 208 Chorley Wood-2' - 1 February 1967
103 - 'Blindness 209 Chorley Wood-3' - 1 February 1967
104 - 'Blindness 210 Chorley Wood-4' - 1 February 1967
105 - 'Blindness 211 Chorley Wood-5' - 1 February 1967
106 - 'Blindness 212 Chorley Wood' - n.d [1967]
107 - 'Blindness 221 John Broadley-9' - 8 February 1967
108 - 'Blindness 222 Broadley-10' - 8 February 1967
109 - 'Blindness 225 Broadley-13' - 9 February 1967
110 - 'Blindness 226 Braille-14' - 9 February 1967
111 - 'Blindness 227 Braille press-15' - 9 February 1967
112 - 'Blindness 228 John Broadley-16' - 9 February 1967
113 - 'Blindness 229 Braille-17' - 9 February 1967
114 - 'Blindness 230 Braille-18' - 9 February 1967
115 - 'Blindness 231 Braille Press-19' - 9 February 1967
116 - 'Blindness 232 Jean Russell-20' - 9 February 1967
117 - 'Blindness 233 Pocock' - 8 February 1967
118 - 'Blindness 234 1/ Pocock 2/Cathy Craig' - 9 February 1967
119 - 'Blindness 235 Cathy Craig-2' - 9 February 1967
120 - 'Blindness 236 Wickins' - 16 February 1967
121 - 'Blindness 237 Wicken-2' - 16 February 1967
122 - 'Blindness 238 Wicken/Dufton' - 16 February 1967
123 - 'Blindness 241 Mrs Greenhill-1' - 2 March 1967
124 - 'Blindness 242 Hilary Greenhill-2' - 2 March 1967
125 - 'Blindness 242A St Vincents & Cardinal Allen' - 10 March 1967
126 - 'Blindness 242B St Vincents-2' - 10 March 1967
127 - 'Blindness 243 Greenhalgh' - 12 March 1967
128 - 'Blindness 244 Greenhalgh-2' - 12 March 1967
129 - 'Blindness 246 Bradley/Cathy/PDT' - 13 March 1967- 14 March 1967
130 - 'Blindness 248 Scott/Williams' - 15 March 1967
131 - 'Blindness 249 Royal Blind Asylum Edinburgh-2' - 15 March 1967
132 - 'Blindness 250 Sheffield-1' - 17 March 1967
133 - 'Blindness 251 Sheffield-2' - 17 March 1967
134 - 'Blindness 252 Sheffield' - 17 March 1967
135 - 'Blindness 253 Sheffield' - 17 March 1967
136 - 'Blindness 254 Tooze' - 17 March 1967
137 - 'Blindness Tooze' - 26 February 1967
138 - 'Blindness 255 Nottingham' - 20 March 1967
139 - 'Blindness 256 Nottingham Terry Moody-2' - 20 March 1967
139A - 'Blindness 257 Blackpool Mrs Lomax, Mrs Fozzard' - February 1967
139B - 'Blindness 258 Mrs Fozzard' - February 1967
139C - 'Blindness 262 Blackpool workshop discussion' - 28 March 1967
139D - 'Blindness 263 Old People's Meeting' - 28 March 1967
139E - 'Blindness 266 Torquay Brian Varley, Gloria Jackson, Fred Roberts' - 6 April 1967
139F - 'Blindness 267 Torquay Gloria Jackson and Fred Roberts' - 6 April 1967
139G - '268 Blindness Torquay Dance last tape' - n.d [1967]
140 - 'Blindness 247 Broadley & Scott' - 15 March 1967
141 - 'Blindness 269 John Watt' - 24 April 1967
142 - 'Blindness 270 John Watt' - 24 April 1967
143 - 'Blindness 271 John Watt-3' - 24 April 1967
144 - 'Blindness 272 John Watt' - 24 April 1967
145 - 'Blindness BD8 Williams' - 1 June 1967
146 - 'Blindness 274 Williams' - 1 June 1967
147 - 'Blindness 274 Arthur Philipson' - 30 April 1967
148 - 'Blindness 275 Edin Philips' - 24 April 1967
149 - 'Blindness 276 Edin (Philip)' - 26 April 1967
150 - 'Blindness 301 Mrs Huntingdon-1' - n.d [1967]
151 - 'Blindness 302 Mrs Huntingdon-2' - n.d [1967]
152 - 'Blindness 303 Mrs Huntingdon-3' - n.d [1967]
153 - 'Blindness 304 Mr Richards-1 Tipton' - n.d [1967]
154 - 'Blindness 305 Mr Richards-2' - n.d [1967]
155 - 'Blindness 306 Mr Richards-3' - n.d [1967]
156 - 'Blindness 307 Mr Richards-4' - n.d [1967]
157 - 'Blindness 308 Mrs Rhodes-1' - n.d [1967]
158 - 'Blindness 309 Mrs Rhodes-2' - n.d [1967]
159 - 'Blindness 310 Mrs Rhodes-3' - n.d [1967]
160 - 'Blindness 311 Mr & Mrs Hancocks-1' - n.d [1967]
161 - 'Blindness 312 Mrs Hancocks-2' - n.d [1967]
162 - 'Blindness 313 Mr & Mrs Hancocks-3' - n.d [1967]
163 - 'Blindness 314 Mr Hancocks-4' - n.d [1967]
164 - 'Blindness 315 Mr & Mrs Hancocks-5' - n.d [1967]
165 - 'Blindness 316 Mr & Mrs Hancocks-6' - n.d [1967]
166 - 'Blindness 317 Mr Foster-1' - n.d [1967]
A - Original reel to reel tape - n.d [1967]
B - 1 tape box - n.d [1967]
C - CD Rom listening copy - n.d [1967]
167 - 'Blindness 318 Mr Foster-2' - n.d [1967]
168 - 'Blindness 319 Mr Foster-3' - n.d [1967]
168A - 'Blindness 324 Reg Webb-3' - n.d [1967]
169 - Clips and sound effects - 13 July 1968
170 - 'BD8 Wild Tracks' - n.d [1968]
171 - 'Blind Set master assembly' - 27 May 1968
172 - 'The Blind Set II master assembly' - 27 May 1968
173 - 'Blind Set master clips' - 27 May 1968
174 - 'Blind Set final assembly scrap' - 12 July 1968
175 - 'Doug Brown blind feature clips' - n.d [1968]
176 - 'Blind Set double track original version, 1 & 2 of 3' - n.d [1968]
177 - 'Blind Set double track original version 3 of 3' - n.d [1968]
178 - 'Blind Set double track version' - 9 October 1968
179 - 'Blind Set 1' - 9 October 1968
180 - 'Blind Set 2' - 9 October 1968
181 - 'The Blind Set-1' - n.d [1968]
182 - 'The Blind Set-2' - n.d [1968]
183 - 'The Blind Set-3' - n.d [1968]
184 - 'The Blind Set-1 3.75' - n.d [1968]
185 - 'The Blind Set-2 3.75' - n.d [1968]
186 - 'The Blind Set' - n.d [1968]
187 - 'The Blind Set 3.75' - n.d [1968]
188 - 'B.I.G [Blind Integration Group] 3rd Meeting' - 12 February 1968
189 - 'Blind Integration Group Meeting' - n.d [1968]
190 - 'Harvey Morris plea for a programme about visual impairment' - n.d [1960s]
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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