Box Gen. 280, c 1900-1946
Scope and Contents
Four bundles of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser arrs. [arrangements] of songs, Part 1, 2, 3, & 4.
Part 1. Including three of the four arrangements published as Organ Pieces from the Hebrides, presumably in the hand of the arranger, W. Greenhouse Allt.
Part 2. Including. ‘Sea-Longing’/‘An Ionndrainn Mhara’ and ‘Hebridean Smuggler’s Song’, piano arrangements by Granville Bantock, in his hand.
Part 3. Part 4. Including letter from [Alex] Fraser, British Linen Bank, Stornoway, 7 Mar. 1908; ‘A Slow Skye Boat Song (Iorram), (With a heavy catch of fish)’, small music sheet in Miss Tolmie’s hand attached; ‘Erisgay Lullaby’/‘Ho ro Lady bheag’, marked ‘August 1905, From Father Allan’s Housekeeper’.
Dates
- Creation: c 1900-1946
Language of Materials
English and Scottish Gaelic
Physical Description
Condition - Generally fair. Some small pieces of paper (music) are pinned onto the larger sheets. No need for conservation, except for possible removal of pins. In Part 3, several sheets are about to fall apart, having previously been folded, some attachments are close to falling off; these fragile sheets would all need some conservation.
Work Done - All items dusted with brush and put into new archive envelopes, all old strings removed. Several pins, paper fasteners, and safety pins removed and replaced with plastic clips; positions of all remaining pins marked with acid free markers. Fragile or loose items protected and supported with acid free sheets and plastic clips. Sheets and attachments in danger of falling apart marked with acid free markers. Boxed in new archive box. General inventory created. Letters listed individually.
Conditions Governing Access
Due to format, there is no current listening access to the recordings.
Extent
1 box
Previous reference
Gen. 280
Physical Description
Condition - Generally fair. Some small pieces of paper (music) are pinned onto the larger sheets. No need for conservation, except for possible removal of pins. In Part 3, several sheets are about to fall apart, having previously been folded, some attachments are close to falling off; these fragile sheets would all need some conservation.
Work Done - All items dusted with brush and put into new archive envelopes, all old strings removed. Several pins, paper fasteners, and safety pins removed and replaced with plastic clips; positions of all remaining pins marked with acid free markers. Fragile or loose items protected and supported with acid free sheets and plastic clips. Sheets and attachments in danger of falling apart marked with acid free markers. Boxed in new archive box. General inventory created. Letters listed individually.
Creator
- From the Fonds: Fraser, Marjory Kennedy-, 1857-1930 (singer, pianist, folk-song collector and arranger) (Person)
Repository Details
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