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Louise Manny / Lord Beaverbrook Folksong Collection
Number of Interviews:
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1976
Time period covered: ca. 1890-1940
Principal interviewers: Joan Brooks; Jack Beard
Finding Aides: brief indexes and full transcripts
Access Restrictions: none
Description: 853 Wilson, James R. 1974. New Brunswick:
Miramichi area. 9 pp. Tape: 3 hrs. w/ brief cat. Accession consists
of eleven tape reels containing approximately 125 songs and ballads
dubbed in the early 1960s from Louise Manny’s original acetate disc
field recordings (1950s-1960s) which are collectively known as the
“Lord Beaverbrook Collection of New Brunswick Folksong.” The tape
copies were supplied by James R. Wilson in conjunction with the
National Museum of Canada which also has taped copies. Singers
include Wilmot MacDonald, Frank Ramsay, Thomas W. Coughlan, Ernest
Tozer, Basil Thibodeau, John Stymiest, George Campbell, Jared
MacLean, Fred MacMahon, Willie MacDonald, Stanley MacDonald, E.
Robichaud, Arthur MacDonald, Bessie Crocker, and G. E. Duplessis,
Marie Hare, and many others. T794 - T797 [Note: not all of
the material is contained on these service copy reels].
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