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Expand 1 - Personal papers and papers relating to Charles Parker's career1 - Personal papers and papers relating to Charles Parker's career
Expand 2 - Papers relating to BBC programmes and non BBC projects - 1949 - 19802 - Papers relating to BBC programmes and non BBC projects - 1949 - 1980
Expand 3 - Miscellaneous papers and publications on various subjects3 - Miscellaneous papers and publications on various subjects
4 - Charles Parker's Library
Expand 5 - Digitised Sound Recordings: Charles Parker Archive 'A Future For Ordinary Folk' - 1947 - 19785 - Digitised Sound Recordings: Charles Parker Archive 'A Future For Ordinary Folk' - 1947 - 1978
Collapse 6 - Sound recordings: programmes, projects and research material - 1955 - 19946 - Sound recordings: programmes, projects and research material - 1955 - 1994
Expand 1 - Programmes and projects - BBC and non-BBC - 1955 - 19801 - Programmes and projects - BBC and non-BBC - 1955 - 1980
Collapse 2 - Research interests: music, drama, and speech - 1951 - 19882 - Research interests: music, drama, and speech - 1951 - 1988
Expand 1 - American folk music - 1950s-1960s1 - American folk music - 1950s-1960s
Expand 2 - Kali das Gupta - 1973-19742 - Kali das Gupta - 1973-1974
Expand 3 - Copies of tapes from Banner Theatre archive - 1977-19883 - Copies of tapes from Banner Theatre archive - 1977-1988
Expand 4 - Samarina - 19664 - Samarina - 1966
Expand 5 - Seminar about theatre in Rotterdam - 19705 - Seminar about theatre in Rotterdam - 1970
Collapse 6 - Various - 1951 - 19866 - Various - 1951 - 1986
1 - Several takes of a folk song called ‘The Leaves of Life’ - 1951
2 - Folk songs sung by George Maynard; part of a radio dramatization of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII; programme about medieval music in England - 04 February 1956
3 - Marshfield Paper Boys – a Christmas pageant 1 of 2 - 08 December 1957
4 - Marshfield Paper Boys – a Christmas pageant 2 of 2 - 08 December 1957
5 - Symondsbury Mummers – Christmas pageant tape 1 of 2 - 09 December 1957
6 - Symondsbury Mummers – Christmas pageant tape 2 of 2 - 09 December 1957
7 - Tunes played on carillon bells, Wisbech - 1957?
8 - Tunes played on carillon bells, Wisbech - 1957?
9 - Tunes played on carillon bells, Wisbech - 1957?
10 - Recording of music from Harborne Parish Church - 12 April 1959
11 - Joe Hutton and George Atkinson play the pipes (reel labelled 3883, box says 3882) - 01 August 1959
12 - Songs played on uileann and highland pipes - 01 August 1959
13 - Haydn's 'Creation' 1 of 2 - 1959
14 - Haydn's 'Creation' 2 of 2 - 1959
15 - Folk Group/Cait O’Sullivan/Matthew - 1960
16 - Traditional folk songs/Arthur Berry talks about art and popular culture - 31 November 1960
17 - Sara Parker’s Nativity Play - 1961
18 - Interview with brass band members - Wales interviews recorded at Workers Music Association School - 1961
19 - Interview with brass band members - Wales interviews recorded at Workers Music Association School - 1961
20 - Interview with brass band members - Wales interviews recorded at Workers Music Association School - 1961
21 - Interview with brass band members - Wales interviews recorded at Workers Music Association School - 1961
22 - Interview with brass band members – Wales interviews recorded at Workers Music Association Music School - 1961
23 - Charles Parker reads a letter to the Secretary of the British Academy explaining why he wants to take a 3 year sabbatical to study vernacular communication - 1962
24 - Russian songs/recordings from Russian radio/Tosca - 1963?
25 - Canon Stanley Evans talks to Charles Parker about the history of Christianity, church architecture, and Christian music (the recording report in this box is labelled ‘Ears to Hear’ - 28 June 1964
27 - BBC Chorus sings folk songs, Joan Baez in concert, Kingston Trio, Lonnie Donegan - c.1964
28 - Recording of a group discussing about songs about war by Bob Dylan, Donovan, and Sandra Kerr tape 1 of 2 - 17 November 1965
29 - Recordings of a group discussing songs about war tape 2 of 2 - 23 November 1965
30 - Inserts for lecture in Birmingham - 23 March 1966
31 - Several short sections of folk songs are sung and discussed - 09 October 1966
32 - Reel of folk and early music including Dowland, Morley, Miller of Dee etc tape 1 of 2 - 1966
33 - Reel of folk and early music including Dowland, Morley, Miller of Dee etc tape 2 of 2 - 1966
33A - Extracts from the Radio Ballads - 28 October 1966 - 24 January 1967
34 - Recorded on a train from Brum to Torquay. Children on a train sing rhymes - 07 April 1967
35 - Recording of a show by comedian Blaster Bates - 01 May 1967
35A - Collection of news reports and interviews - 06 December 1967
36 - Inserts for a programme called ‘Enoch’s Extra’ - 30 April 1968
37 - Inserts for a programme called ‘Enoch’s Extra’ - 30 April 1968
38 - Miscellaneous music including Fats Waller and The Staple Singers - 1968
39 - Miscellaneous music including Fats Waller and The Staple Singers - 1968
40 - Scottish folk songs/Indian love songs/Blake’s Jerusalem - 1968
40A - 'Why can't the educated speak English?' - 11 February 1969
41 - Parker plays a card game called ‘Animal Snap’ with a group of children - 27 December 1969
42 - Jimmy Saville introduces Christmas carols - 28 December 1969
43 - Charles Parker sings folk songs - 1969
44 - Cyril Tawney sings songs 1 of 2 - 1959 - 1969
45 - Cyril Tawney sings songs 2 of 2 - 1959 - 1969
46 - ‘Football Crazy’ , a documentary by mature students in teacher training at Trent Polytechnic - 01 June 1970
47 - Sounds of children skipping and playing in Belfast – recorded by Tony McAuley - 07 August 1970
48 - Charles Parker talks about his methods of recording and editing actuality - 02 September 1970
49 - Play about USA – followed by a critique by Parker and friends and discussion of Polish theatre - 28 September 1970
50 - Lecture by Charles Parker about tape editing - 02 November 1970
51 - A traveller sings a song - inserts - 1970
52 - A traveller sings a song - inserts - 1970
53 - Charles Parker interviews a group of Irish travelers who sing a few Irish songs - 1970
54 - Shanties and war songs, labelled ‘RAS Mission at Hornsey’ - 11 April 1971
55 - Shanties and war songs, labelled ‘RAS Mission at Hornsey’ - 11 April 1971
56 - Conversations with Cllr CRM Robertson about songs and stories he has collected - 23 April 1971
57 - Interview with Peter Comber about folk music - 11 June 1971
58 - Mr Burgoin sings folk songs and talks about ploughing - 22 June 1971
59 - VJ Merrett and H. Butler – discussion about improving speech and markets tape 1 of 2 - 15 September 1971
60 - VJ Merrett and H. Butler – discussion about improving speech and markets tape 2 of 2 - 15 September 1971
61 - Recitations by Des Sheet from Duffield, Derbyshire, probably inserts for a programme - 29 September 1971
62 - Blues songs, and discussion of work songs and criminal behaviour - 14 November 1971
63 - Interview with Sharon Conlon and Geoffrey Wilkinson, primary school children, about children’s games, rhymes, and reading - 08 January 1972
64 - Interviews about dialect with Bob Gilding and A.S Clements, from Wheatley, Oxfordshire - 13 January 1972
65 - Edward Taylor interviewed by David Semp about biblical theatrical production - 11 July 1973
66 - Sounds of children playing in a school classroom tape 1 of 4 - 26 November 1972
67 - Sounds of children playing in a school classroom tape 2 of 4 - 26 November 1972
68 - Sounds of children playing in a school classroom tape 3 of 4 - 26 November 1972
69 - Sounds of children playing in a school classroom tape 4 of 4 - 26 November 1972
70 - Sheila and Peter, primary school teachers, talk about education - 1972
71 - Charles Parker interviews two small children, Thomas and Daniel Baron - 02 December 1973
72 - Song by Ewan MacColl ; children from Belgrave Junior School talk about television, children sing rhymes and songs - 1973
73 - Folk singer recorded at Whitby by Dave Howes - 1973
74 - Performance by the comedian Max Boyce, recorded in Pontypool - 28 February 1976
75 - Performance by the comedian Max Boyce, recorded in Pontypool - 28 February 1976
76 - Inserts for a programme about people’s memories of different types of food; meeting concerning the production of a radio ballad programme - 17 March 1977
77 - Children singing songs and rhymes - 24 August 1978
78 - Sections of radio ballads used as an art form - 21 July 1980
79 - Peggy Seeger reads a song for Charles Parker written on the way to his funeral - 1980
80 - Walter Pardon from Knapton, Norfolk sings folk songs (Roy Palmer) - 22 May 1986
81 - The Wide Midlands', folk songs from the Midlands, some about coalmining, copied from a record - 1986
82 - ‘Play of Daniel’ a musical production with choral song and instrumentation - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
83 - Sound track of ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’, a French film by Jacques Demy with music by Michel Legrand - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
84 - Excerpts from actuality used in the Radio Ballads - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
85 - Discussion between Ewan MacColl, Stuart Hall, and others concerning religion and popular music tape 1 of 2 - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
86 - Discussion between Ewan MacColl, Stuart Hall, and others concerning religion and popular music tape 2 of 2 - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
87 - Pete Warham talks about schools, education, use of language, and words - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
88 - Pete Warham talks about schools, education, use of language, and words - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
89 - Pete Warham talks about schools, education, use of language, and words - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
90 - Pete Warham talks about schools, education, use of language, and words - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
91 - Pete Warham talks about schools, education, use of language, and words - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
92 - Pete Warham talks about schools, education, use of language, and words - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
93 - Selby A, Selby B: Geoffrey Wilkinson reads out passages covering day to day family routine. Charles Parker makes corrections and gives directions as the recording proceeds and recording of girls skipping and singing songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
94 - Selby A, Selby B: Geoffrey Wilkinson reads out passages covering day to day family routine. Charles Parker makes corrections and gives directions as the recording proceeds and recording of girls skipping and singing songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
95 - Interviews with 3 youth theatre groups - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
96 - Folk music instrumentals - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
97 - Folk songs about labour and unions - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
98 - Recordings of and discussions about several folk songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
99 - A group sings folk songs. Songs about the Latin American revolution - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
100 - Several pieces of music – recording of children on a school outing - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
101 - John Pole sings ‘Jack the Lad’ - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
102 - Reel of various types of ethnic music - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
103 - Tony Adams – [only 2 minutes long] - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
104 - Speech – Genteel-ized Warks/Brum rural speech - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
105 - Collection of random discussions labelled ‘Oral Tradition’ - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
106 - Julie Andrews singing ‘Wouldn’t It Be Lovely’; Fijian bandmaster - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
107 - Welsh sea songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
108 - A man called Harry sings folk songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
109 - Peter Coe and Chris Richards sing folk songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
110 - Listen With Mother/Sing Christmas/Song Carriers - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
111 - Interviews with New Yorkers, recorded on the New York streets - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
112 - Interviews with New Yorkers, recorded on the New York streets - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
113 - Christopher Ballantyne talks about Beethoven - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
114 - Ewan MacColl reads extracts from a poem - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
115 - Folk songs, some by Matt McGinn/interviews with servicemen in Aden sending messages home - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
116 - Comedy songs sung in Noel Coward style - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
117 - Interview with a girl about her father’s attitude to her black boyfriend; discussion of folk music - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
118 - Miscellaneous sound and conversation - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
119 - Songs sung by a choir - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
120 - Various sound effects - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
121 - Various sound effects - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
122 - Short piece of music - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
123 - Sound effects for market - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
124 - Ewan MacColl talks about composing songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
125 - Ewan MacColl talks about composing songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
126 - Alex Gillies sings Gaelic tinkers songs - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
127 - Charles Parker’s production of Ewan MacColl’s version of the mumming play about St George - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
128 - West Pakistani folk music - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
129 - Interview with Charles Parker about folk music and folk revival part 1 of 2 (donated by Trevor Fisher)] - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
130 - Interview with Charles Parker part 2 of 2 (donated by Trevor Fisher) - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
131 - Interview with a barrel organ player - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
132 - Unknown classical music/part of Big Hewer - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
133 - Several folk songs about herring - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
134 - Tape labelled 'Plastic Structures' - sound effects - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
135 - Sound effects - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
136 - Music of Africa; recording of songs by the Luo Tribe, Luba/Sanga Tribe and Ngana - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
137 - Miscellaneous pieces of music and extracts from programmes - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
138 - Performance on the theme of peace, featuring songs about Vietnam, Africa, and Greece and from Handel's 'Belshazzar' - n.d. [mid twentieth century - late twentieth century]
139 - Clips from interviews about pop music, accompanied by banjo music - 04 February 1963
140 - Recordings of Charles Parker's family - 16 September 1967
141 - Recordings of Charles Parker's family - 13 September 1967
142 - Recordings of Charles Parker's family - n.d. [1967]
143 - Recordings of Charles Parker's family - 17 September 1967
Expand 3 - Research interests: politics and local history - 1957 - 19783 - Research interests: politics and local history - 1957 - 1978
Expand 4 - Copies of TV and radio programmes - 1950 - 19784 - Copies of TV and radio programmes - 1950 - 1978
Expand 5 - Remembering Charles Parker and the Radio Ballads: programmes, events, and interviews - 1981 - 19935 - Remembering Charles Parker and the Radio Ballads: programmes, events, and interviews - 1981 - 1993
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