The James M. Carpenter Collection

[Barbara Boock <james _at__ ub.uni-freiburg.de>]

Liebe Kollegen,
in dieser Sammlung sind auch viele Lieder enthalten, die historische
Ereignisse aus der Sicht der Zeitgenossen kommentieren. Ich finde es super,
daß das Material ins Netz gestellt werden soll und ich denke, die Sache
verdient Ermunterung und Unterstützung. Mit freundlichen Grüßen in die
Runde Barbara Boock
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>Date:         Mon, 27 May 2002 13:38:23 +0100
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>From: "Julia C.Bishop" <J.C.Bishop _at__ SHEFFIELD.AC.UK>
>Subject:      The James M. Carpenter Collection
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>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>As some of you are aware, a team of five researchers and myself are
>currently working on a detailed catalogue of the James Madison Carpenter
>Collection.  (For more details of the Collection, see the Library of
>Congress Finding Aid at the following URL)
>
>http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/guides/carpenter.txt
>
>The cataloguing project is due for completion in November 2002 and will be
>available online.  In addition, the Library of Congress is digitising the
>Collection and, when the necessary preparations have been undertaken and
>permissions gained, it is hoped that the catalogue will link directly to
>the public presentation of the digitised images and sound recordings.
>
>We are now in the process of applying for funding to prepare a hard- copy
>critical edition of the Collection, along the lines of such publications as
>The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection, Folktales of Newfoundland or,
>further back, The Frank C. Brown Collection. It is envisaged that this
>edition will complement the online raw materials of the Collection,
>providing a synthesised, reliable and tangible form for users, complete
>with scholarly commentary, annotations, and biographical details of
>contributors, as well as an introduction to Carpenter's biography and the
>making of the Collection (I'm working on a full biography of Carpenter
>alongside the work with the team on the Collection - when I have time!).
>
>As well as letting listmembers know of these activities and hopes, my
>reason for writing is simply to try and get a feel for the potential
>audience 'out there' for such a publication.  It is obviously important for
>us, and potential funders, to have an idea of the extent of likely use of
>such a resource.  We (the team - consisting of David Atkinson, Elaine
>Bradtke, Bob Walser, Eddie Cass, and Tom McKean) feel we glimpse the
>enormous value of this Collection, but what of others?  Are folks, beyond
>us, interested in the contents of this Collection, and are folks interested
>in a critical edition of it (I *don't* mean 'interested enough to buy it',
>just interested enough to make use of a hard-copy edition, as distinct
>from, or in tandem with, the online catalogue and eventual digitised
>Collection)?
>
>Any feedback on this score would be much appreciated.  I'm also happy to
>provide further information about the Collection. Meanwhile, I have a
>funding application deadline of 31 May (which has prompted this musing in
>the first place) so early responses would be particularly welcomed!
>
>Many thanks for your help on this.
>
>All best wishes,
>
>Julia Bishop
>
>Julia C. Bishop (Dr)
>National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
>University of Sheffield
>Sheffield  S10 2TN
>U.K.
>Tel: (Direct Line) 0114 222 6295
>(NATCECT Office) 0114 222 6296
>EMAIL: J.C.Bishop _at__ sheffield.ac.uk
>
>
Barbara Boock, Bibliothekarin
Deutsches Volksliedarchiv 
    - Arbeitsstelle für internationale Volksliedforschung
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