Fair copy by Robert Anderson of his Cumberland ballads
Fair copy by Robert Anderson of his Cumberland ballads, dedicated to P.H. Howard of Corby Castle, 1823. The second volume includes a glossary of the Cumbrian dialect; tunes by Anderson for Cumberland ballads; and songs by Susanna Blamire (dedicated to P.H. Howard) copied out by Anderson.
Dates
- Creation: 1823
Extent
0.10 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. e. 172, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. poet. e. 172-3
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12762
Abstract
Fair copy by Robert Anderson of his Cumberland ballads.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Anderson (1770-1833) was a Cumbrian poet. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further information.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 46505-6.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, H.T. Jantzen, cat. 71 (1967), 27.
Bibliography
- Anderson's Cumberland ballads and songs ed. T. Ellwood (Ulverston, 1904).
Subject
- Title
- Fair copy by Robert Anderson of his Cumberland ballads
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection level description by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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