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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
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
1 - Actuality reel 1 Worsbrough High School (1) - Walter Gillott - 19 June 1969
2 - Actuality reel 3 Worsbrough High School (2) - 20 June 1969
3 - Actuality reel 4 Worsbrough High School (3) - 20 June 1969
4 - Actuality reel 5 Worsbrough High School (4) - 20 June 1969
5 - Actuality reel 6 Worsbrough High School (5) - 20 June 1969
6 - Actuality reel 7 Worsbrough High School (6) and Frank Olive, Bardsley, Oldham (1) - 20 June 1969
7 - Actuality reel 7A Thongsbridge School (1) and Wally Walker (1) - 01 July 1969
8 - Actuality reel 8 Thongsbridge School (2) and Wally Walker (2) - 01 July 1969
9 - Actuality reel 9 Thongsbridge School (3) and Wally Walker (3) - 01 July 1969
10 - Actuality reel 10 Thongsbridge School (4) and Wally Walker (4) - 01 July 1969
11 - Actuality reel 11 Skelmanthorpe County Secondary School (1) - 02 July 1969
12 - Actuality reel 12 Skelmanthorpe County Secondary School (2) and Silkstone Common Primary School (1) and Mrs Dalton (1) - 02 July 1969
13 - Actuality reel 13 Mrs Dalton (2) and Hilda Carr (1) - 02 July 1969
14 - Actuality reel 14 Mrs Dalton (3) and Hilda Carr (2) - 02 July 1969
15 - Actuality reel 15 Simpson Lane County Primary School, Knottingley (1) - 03 July 1969
16 - Actuality reel 16 Simpson Lane County Primary School, Knottingley (2) - 03 July 1969
17 - Actuality reel 17 Silkstone Common Primary School (2) and Oakes County Primary School, Lindley, Huddersfield (1) - July 1969
A - Original reel to reel tape - July 1969
B - 1 tape box - July 1969
C - CD Rom listening copy - July 1969
18 - Actuality reel 18 Oakes County Primary School, Lindley, Huddersfield (2) - 04 July 1969
19 - Actuality reel 19 Oakes County Primary School, Lindley, Huddersfield (3) - 04 July 1969
20 - Actuality reel 20 Todmorden (1) - 04 July 1969
21 - Actuality reel 21 Todmorden (2) - 04 July 1969
22 - Actuality reel 23 Mr and Mrs Ashworth (1) and Noel Moxon (1) and Jump, South Yorkshire (1) - 05 July 1969
23 - Actuality reel 24 Jump, South Yorkshire (2) (Nellie Earnshaw and Martha Butcher) - 05 July 1969
24 - Actuality reel 25 Jump, South Yorksire (3) (Nellie Earnshaw and Martha Butcher) - 05 July 1969
25 - Actuality reel 27 Worsbrough Bridge, South Yorkshire (1) (Mrs Amy Salter and Mrs Ada Shaw) - 01 July 1969
26 - Actuality reel 28 Worsbrough Bridge, South Yorkshire (2) (Mrs Amy Salter and Mrs Ada Shaw) - 01 July 1969
27 - Actuality reel 29 Worsbrough Bridge, South Yorkshire (3) (Mrs Amy Salter and Mrs Ada Shaw) - 01 July 1969
28 - Actuality reel 30 Worsbrough Bridge, South Yorkshire (4) (Mrs Amy Salter and Mrs Ada Shaw) - 01 July 1969
29 - Actuality reel 31 St Hilda's Primary School, Oldham (1) - 10 July 1969
30 - Actuality reel 32 St Hilda's Primary School, Oldham (2) - 10 July 1969
31 - Actuality reel 33 St Hilda's Primary School, Oldham (3) - 10 July 1969
32 - Actuality reel 34 St Hilda's Primary School, Oldham (4) - 10 July 1969
33 - Actuality reel 35 Bolton, Lancashire (1) - c. 1969
34 - Actuality reel 36 Bolton, Lancashire (2) - 10 July 1969
35 - Actuality reel 37 Jump, South Yorkshire (4) (Nellie Earnshaw and Martha Butcher) - 11 July 1969
36 - Actuality reel 38 Jump, South Yorkshire (5) (Nellie Earnshaw and Martha Butcher) - 11 July 1969
36A - Actuality reel 39 Jump, South Yorkshire (6) (Mrs Walker) - 11 July 1969
37 - Actuality reel - un-numbered Mrs Ashworth (2) - 05 July 1969
38 - Actuality reel - un-numbered, un-labelled (1) - c. 1969
38A - Recording for programme 1: Algernon Blackwood - c. 1969
38B - Recording for programme 1: Martha Vicinus - 1969
39 - Inserts for both programmes in the 'Ring of Words' series - 03 October 1969
40 - Inserts for programme one: 'That's Another Story' (1) - c. 1969
41 - Inserts for programme one: 'That's Another Story' (2) - 09 October 1969
42 - Assembly of programme one: 'That's Another Story' - 1969
43 - Version of finished programme one: 'That's Another Story' (1) - 1969
43A - Version of finished programme one: 'That's Another Story' (2) - c. 1969
44 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 1 to 5 - 1969
45 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 6 to 8 - 16 July 1969
46 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 9 to 12 - 21 July 1969
47 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 13 to 14 - c. 1969
48 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 14 to 20 - 22 July 1969
49 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 21 to 24 - 23 July 1969
50 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 25 to 26 - c. 1969
51 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 27 to 31 - c. 1969
52 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 32 to 34 - c. 1969
53 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 37 to 41 - c. 1969
54 - Inserts for programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria', quotes 42 to 43 - c. 1969
55 - Version of finished programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria' (1) - 26 October 1969
56 - Version of finished programme two: 'You Must Just Tell Queen Victoria' (2) - c. 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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