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A FREE workshop exploring the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library's digital archive, and its latest addition, the James Carpenter Collection. Discover the potential of archival sources to connect people and place.
The James Madison Carpenter Collection, made in the 1930s, contains over 2000 songs and ballads, many collected from people in Scotland. Newly available in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML) digital archive, these texts, tunes and sound recordings can now be accessed online along with over 20 other folk song collections from Britain and beyond. At this FREE workshop you can
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Find out more about James Madison Carpenter and the songs that he collected.
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Gain practical experience using the new VWML website to find the materials you want.
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Explore connections between the Carpenter collection and songs from the School of Scottish Studies Archives and other collections on the Tobar an Dulchais/Kist o Riches site.
- Discover new resources for using songs and folklore in performance, in communities and in schools.
Sessions will be led by Julia Bishop, of the Carpenter Collection Project, University of Aberdeen, Steve Roud, creator of the Roud Folk Song Index and closely involved wiht the setting up of the VWML digital archive, and Chris Wright, co-director of Local Voices. Chris will discuss approaches to using the archival resources in projects which explore and revivify the links between people and place. The workshop is introduced by Cathlin Macaulay, Curator of the School of Scottish Studies Archives at the University of Edinburgh. It will be held in the historic surroundings of St Cecilia’s Hall and Music Museum.
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the Carpenter Folk Online project, and hosted by the School of Scottish Studies Archives.
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- St Cecilia's Hall, University of Edinburgh, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LG
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Free event
Pre-booking essentialor contact julia.bishop@blueyonder.co.uk