Fay, I think it would also be valuable to ask collectors how they handle matters such as payment and rights.

Do collectors offer payment? or do they feel awkward at raising money questions? Are informants sometimes left with expectations of fame or material success?

Do collectors explain how informants may be entitled to any rights from publication of their recordings? I would hope that as a matter of courtesy that informants would be given copies of the material collected, but this has not always been the case.

It would be another Ph.D perhaps to look at how informants (what an awkward term that is!) have responded to collectors.

Seeing that you've managed to land in God's county of Yorkshire might I suggest a trip to Bridlington to have a chat with Jim Eldon?