Parker broadside copies : copies and collations of broadsides in the Bodleian Library made for Professor Child by George Parker : manuscript, [before 1882]

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Parker broadside copies : copies and collations of broadsides in the Bodleian Library made for Professor Child by George Parker : manuscript, [before 1882]

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1 v. (106 leaves) ; 25 cm.

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Parker, George G. C.

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Epithet: of Boringdon; grandfather of John, 1st Baron Boringdon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x0001ad Epithet: baritone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0003dd ...

Child, Francis James, 1825-1896

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The materials in this bound volume were generated due to a manuscript called the "Harris manuscript." The Harris manuscript was written down by the sisters Amelia Harris (1815-1891) and Jane Harris (1823-1897). They compiled a family repertoire of Scottish ballads, mainly passed on orally to the sisters by their mother, Grace Dow Harris (Mrs. David Harris) (b.1782). This manuscript and some correspondence was purchased in 1873 by Professor Francis James Child of Harvard University who was a scho...