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Series I: Manuscripts (continued)
Subseries E: Folk Songs of Old New England: Linscott's personal copy and separate notes
363 pages (approximate)
The association copy of Linscott’s book (with notes intended to revise text for a subsequent edition). It is the first edition, with the author’s handwritten annotations and photos laid in. The photos and other inclusions were digitized in the order in which they were found in the book. Afterwards, the photos and other materials were removed and rehoused. See Folder 234 for photographic prints removed from the book.
BOX-FOLDER 14/139 Folk Songs of Old New England: dust jacket and envelope
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms083
The book, plus the dust jacket a mailing envelope in which the dust jacket was mailed.
BOX 14 Folk Songs of Old New England: the book
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms084-091
BOX-FOLDER 14/140 Folk Songs of Old New England: manuscript materials found between pages.
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms085-088
Selected items were digitized.
Subseries F: Unpublished materials and drafts
BOX-FOLDER 15/141 Songs and Tunes from a Yankee Peddler's Pack, circa 1943
122 pages
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms078
BOX-FOLDER 15/142 Square Dances and Fiddle Tunes of New England, circa 1940s
78 pages
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms079
BOX-FOLDER 15/143 Square Dances and Fiddle Tunes of New England: music and diagrams, circa 1940s
76 pages
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms080
BOX-FOLDER 15/144 Square Dances and Fiddle Tunes of New England: materials from an early draft, circa 1940s
79 pages
BOX-FOLDER 15/145 Songs of the Yukon Trail, by Arthur Treadwell Walden: pages from an early draft, circa 1940s
7 pages
BOX-FOLDER 15/146 Songs of the Yukon Trail, by Arthur Treadwell Walden: pages from a later draft, circa 1940s
23 pages
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms081
BOX-FOLDER 15/147 “Songs of the Windjammers," 1950
4 pages
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms082
A draft for a booklet (with photos taped in) to accompany a projected commercial recording of the same name.
BOX-FOLDER 15/148 “Songs of the Windjammers:" draft pages for transcript and lyrics, circa 1950
12 pages
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms076
Selected pages from the draft were digitized.
BOX-FOLDER 15/149 “Songs of the Windjammers:" miscellaneous notes, circa 1950
2 pages
BOX-FOLDER 15/150 Poetry, lyrics, and other creative works by Linscott (originals), circa 1928-1946
49 pages
Includes two drafts of the text for “The Bear That Lived on Mount Major.” See SR111 for the sound recording.
BOX-FOLDER 15/151 Poetry, lyrics, and other creative works (photocopies), circa 1928-1946
48 pages
BOX-FOLDER 15/152 Rejection card from Macmillan Company, 1950
1 item
The card was returned with an unidentified manuscript Linscott had submitted to Macmillan Company, which had published Folk Songs of Old New England.
Subseries G: Publications not written by Linscott
BOX-FOLDER 16/153 The Camp Fire Girl, April 1949
BOX 16 Beth Tolman and Ralph Page, The Country Dance Book. Weston, Vermont: Countryman Press Inc., 1937
Linscott’s copy; includes her handwritten notes.
BOX-FOLDER 16/154 Driftwind: A Magazine of Verse, May 1943
Includes a poem by Will E. Ayer, a fiddler recorded by Linscott (page 605).
BOX-FOLDER 16/155 Folk Festival Handbook: A Practical Guide for Local Communities, 1944
BOX-FOLDER 16/156 Gene Gowing, Gene Gowing’s Collection of American Quadrilles, Contras and Rounds, with General Terms, circa 1940s
Autographed on the inside and the outside of the front cover by the author.
BOX-FOLDER 16/157 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, “Good Morning:” After a Sleep of Twenty-Five Years, Old-fashioned Dancing is Being Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. Dearborn, Michigan: Dearborn Publishing Company, 1926., 1926
129 pages
Includes Linscott’s notations.
BOX-FOLDER 16/158 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, “Good Morning:” Music, Calls, and Directions for Old-time Dancing is Being Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. Dearborn, Michigan: Dearborn Publishing Company, 1943 (4th ed.)., 1943
124 pages
Compiled and written by Benjamin B. Lovett, with whom Linscott corresponded.
BOX-FOLDER 16/159 Stanton H. King, King’s Book of Chanties. Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1918., 1918
26 pages
BOX-FOLDER 16/160 Phillips Barry, ed. The Maine Woods Songster. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Powell Printing Company, 1939., 1939
102 pages
Linscott’s copy, with her handwritten notes.
BOX-FOLDER 16/161 “Massachusetts Men Against the Sea: The Exciting Saga of Yankee Fishermen," 1967
A comic book developed by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. The copyright was held by the Massachusetts Seafood Council.
BOX 16 Fannie Hardy Eckstrom, Minstrelsy of Maine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927., 1927
Linscott’s copy, with her handwritten notes.
BOX-FOLDER 16/162 Book jacket for Minstrelsy of Maine, 1927
BOX-FOLDER 16/163 Monthly Budget of Music, no. 3, March 1891
252 pages
A compilation of music, with place markers that bear Linscott’s handwriting, noting relevant sources for some of the songs she collected during her own fieldwork. The covers are missing, and possibly the last few pages.
BOX-FOLDER 16/164 H. Rae Farnham, Passing Thoughts, undated
A small pamphlet of poetry written by one of the performers recorded by Linscott.
BOX-FOLDER 16/165 J.A. French, ed. Prompters’ Hand Book. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1893, 1893
88 pages
BOX-FOLDER 17/166 L.H. Elmwell, Prompter’s Pocket Instruction Book. Boston: White-Smith Music Publishing Company, 1892, 1892
49 pages
Includes Linscott’s handwritten notes and notations.
BOX-FOLDER 17/167 Radcliffe College: miscellaneous publications, circa 1917-1975
BOX-FOLDER 17/168 Ruth Rubin, “Slavic Influences in Yiddish Folk Songs,” 1966. Reprint from Folklore and Society: Essays in Honor of Benjamin A. Botkin, Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates, 1966, 1966
BOX-FOLDER 17/169 “Squaw Kill Bear," undated
A short story about a woman who killed a bear.
BOX-FOLDER 17/170 Eva A. Speare, Stories of New Hampshire. Society Daughters of Colonial Wars in the State of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Chapter Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, 1972, 1972
47 pages
A note in Linscott’s handwriting, regarding the relationship between the poet John Greenleaf Whittier and her family, appears on page 24.
BOX-FOLDER 17/171 “The Story of Mister Fox,” pp. 5-28, 1858
Section removed from The Story of Mister Fox, Boston: Brown, Taggard, and Chase, 1858.
BOX-FOLDER 17/172 Published music fragments, circa 1875-1882
65 pages
Subseries H: Publicity, events, and related materials
BOX-FOLDER 17/173 Folk Songs of Old New England: publicity and related materials, 1939-1965
185 pages
BOX-FOLDER 17/174 Square Dances and Fiddle Tunes of New England: book review, circa 1940s
3 pages
Possibly written in anticipation of the book’s publication.
BOX-FOLDER 17/175 Announcements, publicity, and programs for events involving Linscott, circa 1941-1952
10 pages
BOX-FOLDER 17/176 Programs and announcements (miscellaneous), circa 1941-1977
42 pages
BOX-FOLDER 17/177 Information about performers and correspondents (miscellaneous), circa 1943-1947
22 pages
BOX-FOLDER 17/178 Publicity, publications, and promotional materials, circa 1939-1966
71 pages
These materials are not related directly to Linscott or her activities as a collector.
BOX-FOLDER 17/179 Invoices, statements, and receipts, circa 1938-1968
41 pages
BOX-FOLDER 17/180 Permission to reprint “Jolly Old Roger," plus permission form, undated
2 pages
A draft of a request for permission to reprint the song from Folk Songs of Old New England, plus a blank permission form from Macmillan Company.
BOX-FOLDER 17/181 Camp prospectus for Camp Abena, Belgrade Lakes, Maine, circa Spring-Summer 1940
1 page
Subseries I: Manuscript materials related to sound recordings
Not all audio disc sleeves had information written on them, so the range of numbers in Boxes 18-20 is not inclusive.
BOX-FOLDER 17/182 Cylinder slips, circa 1930s
12 items
Digital ID: afc1942002_ms108
One cylinder slip, with the title “Plain Quadrille,” was not digitized.
BOX-FOLDER 17/183 Labels detached from audio discs, circa 1940s
22 items
Linscott’s handwritten notes appear on these labels. Her handwriting appears on other labels still affixed to the audio discs.
BOX-FOLDER 17/184 Miscellaneous materials from audiotape boxes, undated
3 items
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