Songs and ballads from Maine, 1843-1935.

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Songs and ballads from Maine, 1843-1935.

Includes autograph manuscript transcripts of ballads and autograph music notation of songs, compiled in the state of Maine between 1843 and 1935. Transcribers include: Lewis Pierce, Rosallie S. Wood, and Susie Carr Young. These notebooks apparently then were collected by Philliips Barry.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325796

Houghton Library

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Barry, Phillips, 1880-1937

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Phillips Barry (1880-1937) was an American ballad scholar. He studied folklore, theology and classical and medieval literature at Harvard and founded the Folk-Song Society of the North-East and edited its Bulletin from 1930 until his death. He collected mainly in New England and collaborated with scholars in Vermont and Maine. (from: Grove Music Online) From the guide to the Songs and ballads from Maine, 1843-1935., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Young, Susie Carr,

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Pierce, Lewis

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Wood, Rosallie S.,

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