Has anyone attempted to make a list of all the missing manuscipts, i.e. those that have been referred to in publications or on websites and can no longer be found? I have been looking for the William Clarke tune manuscript from 18th century Lincoln, which according to "Hardcore English" was in the Lincoln Record Office. It isn't. Do I understand that the Mittel and Irwin tune manuscripts are also "missing"? I could also add William Barrett's collection of broadsides which used to be in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Can anyone add to the list?
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