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Thread #1814 Message #4044346
Posted By: Jim Carroll
06-Apr-20 - 06:26 AM
Thread Name: Francis James Child, BALLADS - recordings?
Subject: RE: Francis James Child, BALLADS - recordings?
I hven't begun to examine the Carpenter collection since it went on line as we already had prints from of some of the microfesch of o them Carpenter originally set out (1927-1955) to gather "the largest collection of ballads ever" according to Ken Goldstein His work covered Britain and the US - a sizeable goldmine It looks as if he might well have managed that They are on line and freely available Jim Caarroll