[Repost by Bruce Olson from SCOTS-L newsgroup]
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From: "Ted Hastings" <[log in to unmask]>
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In the mid 70s I visited Cambridge Folk Festival with a friend
named Hugh Taylor. During the trip Hugh visited a second-hand
bookshop in Cambridge and picked up a modestly-priced copy
of Scott's "Border Minstrelsy". He later discovered, to his
amazement, that the book had belonged to William Motherwell.
It was signed on the fly leaf - we verified the signature
from the Motherwell Manuscripts in Glasgow University Library.
The book contained extensive manuscript annotations on the ballads.
I must check if he still has it - I'm sure it would be of great
interest to Motherwell scholars.
Regards,
Ted
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