hou01932 Barry, Phillips, 1880-1937, collector. Songs and ballads from Maine (MS Am 2497): Guide. 08/18/2006 Bonnie B. Salt 11/07/2013 Loaded into OASIS MS Am 2497 Barry, Phillips, 1880-1937, collector. Songs and ballads from Maine: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

© 2006 The President and Fellows of Harvard College

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University b MS Am 2497 Barry, Phillips, 1880-1937, collector. Songs and ballads from Maine, 1843-1935. 1 box (.5 linear ft.) 19th and 20th century songs and ballads collected from the state of Maine by American ballad scholar, Phillips Barry.

Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt

*54M-226F Gift of Mrs. Phillips Barry, Cambridge, Massachusetts; received: 1955 Mar. 29.

Phillips Barry (1880-1937) was an American ballad scholar. He studied folklore, theology and classical and medieval literature at Harvard and founded the Folk-Song Society of the North-East and edited its Bulletin from 1930 until his death. He collected mainly in New England and collaborated with scholars in Vermont and Maine. (from: Grove Music Online)

Includes autograph manuscript transcripts of ballads and autograph music notation of songs, compiled in the state of Maine between 1843 and 1935. Transcribers include: Lewis Pierce, Rosallie S. Wood, and Susie Carr Young. These notebooks apparently then were collected by Philliips Barry.

(1) Pierce, Lewis. Songs book : autograph manuscript notebook, 1843-1848 1 folder.

Text transcripts of ballads with index of songs at end. Also includes some financial records and lists of titles of books.

With manuscript note on inside cover: "picked up in Woodstock," [Maine?].

(2) Wood, Rosallie S. Songs : autograph manuscript notebook, 19??-1935. 1 folder.

Text transcripts of ballads with index of songs at end. Includes some explanations of origins of songs; mentions Maine locations of Brewer, Bangor, Clifton, Leonard's Pond, the blueberry bog called Chemo, and others.

Wtih inscription on cover: "From Mother to Rosallie."

With note on last page: "1935 Rosallie S Wood."

Includes one loose sheet.

(3) Young, Susie Carr. 25 fragments and old Mother Goose melodies (12) : autograph manuscript notebook, circa 1928. 1 folder.

Includes music notation and words.

Cover annotated: "Noted by Mrs. Susie Carr Young of Brewer, Maine in 1928. Chiefly from her mother and grandmother.

In a Presser's music writing book stamped: "From Andrews Music House Co, Bangor, Maine."

(4) Young, Susie Carr. Mrs. Susie C. Young's songs III : autograph manuscript notebook, circa 1928. 1 folder.

Includes loose sheet: "1846 ... Laura Holyoke Holmes by Annie B. Holmes."

In a Presser's music writing book stamped: "From Andrews Music House Co, Bangor, Maine."

(5) Young, Susie Carr. Songs sung by Mary Diana Fowler Carr : autograph manuscript music notebook, circa 1928. 1 folder.

Mary Carr was Susie Carr Young's mother.

Includes music notation and words. Inscribed on cover: "For Mr. Barry."

Includes loose sheet: "Jokes which father told that may go with the Arkansas Traveler."

In a Presser's music writing book stamped: "From Andrews Music House Co, Bangor, Maine."

(6) Young, Susie Carr. Songs traditional in the Carr, Soper, Viles and Fowler families of Orland, Me & Hampden, Me. : autograph manuscript notebook, circa 1928. 1 folder.

Annotated on cover: "Noted by Mrs. Susie Carr Young, 1928."

In a Presser's music writing book stamped: "From Andrews Music House Co, Bangor, Maine."