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In his introduction to English Folksongs, Barrett claims that it is part of a large collection. He died in 1891, leaving his books and papers to his son Frances. He died in1925 and some or all of his Father's collection was sold at Hodgson's Rooms in June1925. Where is the Harding collection? Thank you for the other leads. Regards Ruairidh Greig ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Olson <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 16 April 1999 02:39 Subject: Re: W.A.Barrett > Ruairidh Greig wrote: > > > > Does anyone have any ideas on the following: > > Which institutions were actively buying folksong-related materials at > > auction in London in 1925? ( in addition to British Library and Folger > > Library, Washington DC) > > Why would W.A.Barrett ( editor of English Folksongs, Novello, London > > (1891) ) be awarded an honorary doctorate in music by the University > > of Toronto in the 1880s? > > Ruairidh Greig > > > What all do you include in 'folk related' - songbooks, broadside > ballads, single sheet songs with music, chapbooks, garlands, > songsters, country dance music collections? None, some, or all? > I think I'm fairly familiar with what the Folger Shakespeare > Library has along these lines. > Huntington was ravenously collecting at the same time as Folger. > But Harvard (Huth's 17th century broadside collection) and Ewald > Thordson (collection at U. of Wisconsin) were also picking up > things about that date. Harvard and Ohio State University split > the small (~128) Dyson-Perrins 17th century broadside ballad > collection. When did Harding get the Stainer collection of > songbooks? It must have been about that time. > > Bruce Olson > > My website: www.erols.com/olsonw <A > href="http://www.erols.com/olsonw"> Click </a> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%