Bertrand Harris Bronson papers, 1902-1986.

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Bertrand Harris Bronson papers, 1902-1986.

Contains personal and family correspondence; manuscripts, including his Child ballads manuscripts; and papers relating to his tenure at U.C. Berkeley.

52 cartons, 2 boxes, 1 oversize box (ca. 68 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8261571

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Bronson, Bertrand Harris, 1902-1986

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Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Bertrand H. Bronson collection, ca. 1700-ca. 1987. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214992393 From the description of Bertrand H. Bronson broadside ballads collection, ca. 1720-ca. 1820. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214962038 Bertrand Bronson taught in the English Department for 43 years. He was a Rhodes Scholar, Guggenheim fe...

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...