The James Madison Carpenter Collection Online Catalogue is a major collection of traditional song and drama, plus some items of traditional instrumental music, dance, custom, narrative and children’s folklore, from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the USA, documented in the period 1927-55.
The James Madison Carpenter Collection Online Catalogue, University of Sheffield, and the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, were jointly awarded the Brenda McCallum Prize (2003) of the American Folklore Society for their work on the Carpenter Collection.
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Project Team
- Julia C. Bishop (Project Director – University of Sheffield)
- Robert Young Walser (Research Fellow and Technical Consultant – University of Sheffield)
- David Atkinson (Research Fellow – University of Sheffield)
- Elaine Bradtke (Research Fellow – University of Sheffield)
- Eddie Cass (Research Fellow – University of Sheffield)
- Ian Russell (Assistant Director – University of Aberdeen)
- Thomas A. McKean (Research Fellow – University of Aberdeen)
- Jamie McLaughlin (Developer – The Digital Humanities Institute)
- Michael Heaney (Consultant – Bodleian Library)
- Steve Roud (Consultant)