Jim,
Here is a likely scenario as to why your collection at the BL didn't make it into the BLSA. The project first of all had limited funds and a limited timescale. Those employed to carry it out (Andrew King for instance) were employed on a temporary basis just to fulfil the contract. The remit as I saw it was to make enquiries for material that wasn't already in a collection and held in private hands (like mine). They made me an offer and I accepted. (My reward was to receive copies of the whole collection ready digitised onto 25 CDs which I have put to very good use in presentations and giving back copies to the families of those I recorded). I was just very lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Your collection as I understand it had already been accepted prior to this project and because of the restrictions and the desire to get in 'new' collections yours wasn't included in the same project which is indeed a great shame.

I could be wrong here as you haven't yet sent me a list of what is included in your British material, but I strongly suspect much of it has also been recorded by others and might be seen in some quarters as duplicating to some extant what is already out there, for instance recordings made by the likes of Mike Yates, Bill Leader at al.

I am happy to be corrected if any of this is inaccurate, and apologies to Andy for drifting off thread.