Bibframe Work
TitleJames Madison Carpenter collectionTypeMixed MaterialCollectionSubjectCarpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983--Ethnomusicological collections. (LCSH)Carpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983--Written works. (LCSH)Carpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983--Interviews. (LCSH)Carpenter, James Madison, 1888-1983--Correspondence. (LCSH)English Folk Dance SocietyFolk songs, English--Scotland--History and criticism (LCSH)Folk songs, English--England--History and criticism (LCSH)Folk songs, English--Scotland (LCSH)Folk songs, English--England (LCSH)Folk songs, Scots--Scotland (LCSH)Folk songs, Scottish Gaelic--Scotland (LCSH)Folk songs--Great Britain--Texts (LCSH)Ballads, English--Scotland (LCSH)Ballads, English--England (LCSH)Ballads, Scots--Scotland (LCSH)Folk dancing, English--Great Britain (LCSH)Mumming--England--Drawings (LCSH)Mumming--Scotland (LCSH)Mumming plays--England--Texts (LCSH)Mumming plays--Scotland--Texts (LCSH)Sword-dance--England (LCSH)Morris dance--England (LCSH)Folk drama, English--England (LCSH)Folk drama, Scottish--Scotland (LCSH)Christmas plays--Great Britain (LCSH)Christmas music--Great Britain (LCSH)Holidays--Great Britain (LCSH)Festivals--Great Britain (LCSH)Folk music--Great Britain (LCSH)Folk music--United States (LCSH)Folk songs, English--United States (LCSH)Folk songs, English--United States--Texts (LCSH)Fiddle tunes--Scotland (LCSH)Fiddle tunes--England (LCSH)African Americans--Music (LCSH)Children's songs, English--Scotland (LCSH)Children's songs, English--England (LCSH)Children's songs, English--United States (LCSH)Singing games--Scotland (LCSH)Singing games--England (LCSH)Singing games--United States (LCSH)Nursery rhymes--Great Britain (LCSH)Nursery rhymes--United States (LCSH)Sea songs--England (LCSH)Sea songs--Scotland (LCSH)Sea songs--United States (LCSH)Carols--England--Cornwall (County) (LCSH)English language--Dialects--Cornwall (County) (LCSH)Spirituals (Songs)--Mississippi (LCSH)May Day--England--Photographs (LCSH)Castles--Scotland--Photographs (LCSH)Fiddlers--Great Britain--Photographs (LCSH)Folk dancing--Great Britain--Photographs (LCSH)Megalithic monuments--Great Britain--Photographs (LCSH)Folk festivals--England--Photographs (LCSH)Country life--Scotland--Photographs (LCSH)Country life--England--Photographs (LCSH)Baths, Roman--England--Photographs (LCSH)Field recordings--Great Britain (LCSH)Field recordings--United States (LCSH)England--Social life and customs (LCSH)Scotland--Social life and customs (LCSH)Cornwall (England : County)--Social life and customs (LCSH)Cornwall (England : County)--Antiquities--Photographs (LCSH)Great Britain--Antiquities--Photographs (LCSH) Notelanguage: in English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic and in Cornish dialect. Applies To: Applies To: Sound recordings SummaryThe James Madison Carpenter collection consists of sound recordings, manuscripts, and graphic materials documenting English, Scottish, and American folk music, dance, children's games, and British folk drama and festivals. Content includes approximately 1,000 ballad texts and 850 tunes of the Francis J. Child canon; 500 sea songs; 1,000 other ballads and songs from Great Britain and the United States, particularly from North Carolina and Mississippi; 200 children's singing games, riddles, and nursery rhymes; 300 English and Scottish folk plays; miscellaneous folktales, Cornish carols, and African-American spirituals; with over 500 related photographic images and 40 drawings collected by James Madison Carpenter from 1928 to 1955. Additions to the collection, including an interview with Carpenter in 1972, lecture notes, and papers of Carpenter's Duke University students, date to 1987. Included is Carpenter's correspondence with John A. Lomax and others. Dance content includes documentation of sword dance plays, fiddle tunes for Morris dance, and photographs of Morris dance (with broom dancing), sword dance, Helston furry dance, and dancing at May Day celebrations and at English Folk Dance Society festivals. Drawings by George Baker illustrate mummers' plays and characters. The collection includes a few items from Ireland and WalesOrigin Date(s)1928-1987 (bulk 1928-1935) Authorized Access PointJames Madison Carpenter collectionCollection ArrangementCollection Organization: Organized into the following series: I. Original Collection Materials (Manuscripts, Sound Recordings, and Graphic Materials); II. Oral History, Programs, and Products (Manuscripts, Sound Recordings, and Graphic Materials)