Thanks so much for that.
As a specialist bookseller - in fairness, just learning - I can only drool
at those lists - as indeed will many of my friends who also exist on this
list.
A great piece of work and some wonderful collections.
Regards,
Dave
www.collectorsfolk.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "edward cray" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:55 PM
Subject: Bibliography
> Good People:
>
> I am pleased to announce that David Engle has arranged to be posted on the
> Fresno State server three important bibliographies devoted to
Anglo-American
> folk song and ballad. They include:
>
> 1) A shelflist of the large collection built by Lewis Becker, both a folk
song
> enthusiast and a bibliophile;
>
> 2) A shelflist of the holdings amassed by Norm Cohen, with its emphasis on
> American songsters; and
>
> 3) A shelflist of the collection gathered by Murray Shoolbraid, whose
interest
> is primarily in Scots balladry and supporting materials.
>
> As the headnote to the bibliographies reads, no single bibliography is
> complete. Taken together, they begin to approach a description of a more
or
> less comprehensive folk song and ballad library.
>
> The bibliographies -- with perhaps a few more devoted to specialized
fields
> yet to come -- are posted as an aid to students of folk song. The books
> themselves are not available for loan nor for sale.
>
> The bibliographies will be found at:
>
> http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladBibliography/
>
> Ed Cray
>
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