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Louise Manny / Lord Beaverbrook Folksong Collection

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Identifier
MF 032 (local)
Date
1974 (Date created)
Summary

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. 

Creator and/or Contributor
Jack Beard (contributor), Joan Brooks (contributor)
Language
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Other Subject Headings
Louise Manny’s original acetate disc field recordings (Local)

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