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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Archives and Special Collections The Howard T. Glasser Archives of and Letter Arts

Howard T. Glasser Scottish recordings 1960, 1963

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Extent: 60 audiocassette recordings and 63 digital audio cassette copies

Biographical note: Howard T. Glasser, former professor of Design at UMass Dartmouth (where he taught for 30 years), enjoys an international reputation as a graphic artist and calligrapher. Glasser’s avocation, traditional music, led him to six months of collecting and research in in summers of 1960 and 1963. His large collection of recordings has been a resource for scholars and performers for many years. In 1961, while teaching at Carnegie Mellon University, he established the University Ceilidh programs at a time when folk music enjoyed a revival in this country. They flourished for seven years, giving several artists important boosts at the start of their careers. In 1968 he introduced the Ceilidh gatherings, concert and radio broadcasts to the University of Rhode Island and in 1971 to SMU (now UMD). He is founding director of the Eisteddfod-Ceilidh programs at SMU, and publisher and designer of the Ceilidh Columns. The Eisteddfod was an annual institution at SMU/UMD for 20 years. Howard T. Glasser is now retired from teaching, but maintains his involvement in folk music circles. Since 2005 the Eisteddfod has taken place in Brooklyn, NY

Scope and contents note: digital and analog audiocassette copies of Howard Glasser’s 1960 and 1963 recordings in Scotland. Includes renditions of songs, stories, instrumental pieces, oral interviews and introductory dialogue. The recordings were originally made on reel-to-reel tapes, recorded on location during 2 separate 3 -month journeys through Scotland using HTG’s portable tape recorder. HTG recorded over 200 hours of material. UMass Professor Gary Martin received a grant in 1999 to transfer the reel-to-reel recordings to analog cassettes, and ultimately digital audio cassettes. The collection includes a log of transfers listing the contents of each tape, compiled by Martin. Tapes are numbered CAS 001A-CAS 060B and digital audio tapes are numbered DAT 001-DAT 063.

Access: unrestricted.

Repository: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, Howard T. Glasser Archives of Folk Music and Letter Arts, 285 Old Westport Road, N. Dartmouth, MA 02747. Telephone: 508-999-8686.

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Box list

Box 1 Transfer log and other indices

Box 2 DAT 001-DAT 050

Box 3 DAT 051- DAT 062

Box 4 CAS 001-034

Box 5 CAS 035-060

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Item list by DAT (digital audio tape) number

DAT 001/CAS 001/Reel 60-001 1960 Banff Bothy Ballad Concert/Summer 1960/ Sheep Dog Trial time/Outdoors under tent/local amateur singers

DAT 002/CAS 002 and CAS 003/Reel 63-002 1963 Barra/Gaelic songs/children singing/accordion tunes/poems and ballad lyrics recited

DAT 003/CAS 004/Reel 60-003 1960 Ullapool/Peter Stewart/message to Garve Stewarts/ John Stewart/House Garve

DAT 004/CAS 005/Reel 63-004 and 60-009 1963 /Donald Higgins & , July 15, 1963/Jimmy MacBeath, July 16, 1963

DAT 005/CAS 006/Reel 60-005 1960 Listening tape/Arthur Argo, Jeannie Robertson/Bothy Ballad concert at Banff/Jim Cross/Ray Fisher (w/Archie Fisher on guitar?)

DAT 006/CAS 007/Reel -006 196? Listening tape/Rob Watt/John Argo/Potato Shed Dance/Lizzie Higgins/Isaac Higgins/Willie White/Donald Higgins/Eddie (?)/Jeannie Robertson

DAT 007/CAS 008/Reel 63-007 1963 Jeannie Robertson, July 17, 1963

DAT 008/CAS 009/Reel 60-008 and 60-009 1960 ’s Ceilidh, end of summer, 1960 With Jimmy MacBeath, Jeannie Robertson, Carla Glasser, Ray and Archie Fisher?

DAT 008 and DAT 004/CAS 009 and CAS 003 Marble Arch & Petticoat Lane, London, Sunday, June 26, 1960

DAT 009/CAS 010/Reel -010 1963 Brechlin Market, Eckie Fair/Mr. MacBain/Gaelic Songs/Mrs. Finlay

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DAT 010/CAS 011/Reel -011 1963 Jim Closs

DAT 011 and DAT 012/CAS 012 and CAS 013/Reel 63-012 1963 Hutchinson Party, July 20, 1963/ Willie Robertson (brother of Jeannie) and Janet Robertson (Willie’s daughter), July 21, 1963/Lucy Stewart, Liz (Higgins?), the Turiff family, Fraserburgh Salvation Army, July 22, 1963 in Fetterangus

DAT 013/CAS 014/Reel 63-013 1963 Jimmy MacBeath, July 15, 1963, Aberdeen

DAT 014/CAS 015/Reel -014 1963 Arthur Argo/Lucy Stewart/Lizzie Higgins/John Argo/Rob Watt, July 19, 1963

DAT 015/CAS 016/Reel -015 Keepers of the House of Gamiloch (sp?), 1960

DAT 016/CAS 017/Reel 1-06 1963 (?) June 26 BBC Broadcast: Ceilidh at Bruar June 26 BBC Broadcast: ballads with Jeannie Robertson, Jean Redpath, Pat Ward Matt McGinn at Crown Bar, August 13, Edinburgh

DAT 017/CAS /Reel 60-017 ?

DAT 018/CAS 019/Reel 60-018 1960 Iverness, Ness Islands Iverness Tatoo, July 30, 1960

DAT 019/CAS 020/Reel 60-019 1960 Mrs. Draper from Aberdeen, Will Fife, Mrs. and Rev. Black, Mrs. Eshaw, recorded at Iona/Jim Closs and Youths Abbey

DAT 020/CAS 021/Reel 63-020 1963 Ray Fisher and Colin Ross with others, August 14, 1963 5

DAT 021/CAS 022/Reel 63-021 1963 Alison and Jim Closs at a party, June 19, 1963

DAT 022/CAS 023/Reel 63-022 June 19, 1963 Jim & Alison Closs at a party

DAT 023/CAS 024/Reel 63-023 June 18-19, 1963 Jim Closs/Alison Closs/Carla at Barthomew party, Wee Whattie (Mr. Watt)/Corrie Folk Four/Maggie, Joan, Tony, Pat Ward, Luke, Maria

DAT 024/CAS 025/Reel 60-024 1960 Ray Fisher, Irish girl, Jimmy MacBeath

DAT 025/CAS 026/Reel 63-025 June 22, 1963 Hamish Henderson (BBC) June 22, 1963 Piping at Castle June 29, 1963 Hamish Henderson interview

DAT 026/CAS 027/Reel 63-026 July 16, 1963 Aberdeen Isaac, Willie White, Donald Higgins, Willie Robertson, Willie White, Jeannie Robertson

DAT 027/CAS 028/Reel 63-027 May 30, 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Smith

DAT 028/CAS /Reel 60-028 ?

DAT 029/CAS 030/Reel 63-029 1963 Sheep shearing

DAT 030/CAS 031/Reel 63-030 June 16, 1963 Marble Arch, London

DAT 031/CAS 032/Reel 63-031 and 63-032 August 16, 1963 Edinburgh – Jim Closs Matt McGinn at Crown Bar, Edinburgh, August 13, 1963 6

DAT 032/CAS 033/Reel 60-033 1960 conversation/Ullapool – Gaelic program (radio?) July 23

DAT 033/CAS 034/Reel 60-034 1960 London – Hyde Park June 19, 1960/Marble Arch and parade – Bob Gill Edinburg, July 4, 1960 Princess Park

DAT 034/CAS 035 and CAS 036/Reel -035 and -036 196? Jimmy MacBeath/Jeannie Robertson/Night Hawks/Delina McLeod/Roy Guest/Ray Fisher/Arthur Argo Inverness gathering?

DAT 035/CAS 037Reel -036 and 60-037 July 29, 1960 Inverness Tattoo Inverness Gathering

DAT 036/CAS 038/Reel 60-038 1960 Edinburgh Tattoo

DAT 037/CAS 039/Reel 63-037 July 10, 1963 Smith Return tape July 15, 1963 Arthur Argo in Aberdeen

DAT 038/CAS 040/Reel 63-040 July 14, 1963 Arthur Argo - Aberdeen

DAT 039/CAS 041/Reel 63-041 August 2, 1963 Claymore to Barra/Colum Johnson/Neil MacDonald August 4, 1963 Pipes and interview with C. Johnson/Barra August 5, 1963 Cock/C. Johnson songs/sounds/piping outside/John Graham/from ceilidh, Mary Boyd, Mrs. MacNeil

DAT 040/CAS 042/63-042 July 20, 1963 Jeannie, etc. Argo Farm

DAT 041/CAS 043/Reel -043 196? The Wallace – play

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DAT 042/CAS 044/Reel 63-044 July 10, 1963 Brechin – Barn dance July 11, 1963 Smith return/Edzell

DAT 043/CAS 045/Reel 63-045 July 17, 1963 talking with Jeannie Robertson

DAT 044/CAS 046/Reel 60-046 1960 Banff Sheep dog trials/Francis MacDonald/message to Alec

DAT 045/CAS 047/Reel -047 196? Concert by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger

DAT 046/CAS 048/Reel -046 1963 Edinburgh Tattoo/Jim Closs

DAT 047/CAS 049/Reel -047 196? Edinburgh Ballad concert/Robertson/Gaelic girl/Jeannie Robertson/pipes

DAT 048/CAS 050/Reel JR 050 Feb. 1964 and Feb. 26, 1962 (?) Tape sent to Howard Glasser by mail from Jeannie Robertson and Donald Higgins

DAT 049/CAS 051/Reel -051 June 27, 196? Edinburgh radio broadcast?

DAT 050/CAS 052/Reel 63-052 1963 Gaelic radio program/Neil MacDonald

DAT 051/CAS 053/Reel -053 196? Bothy Ballads Banff – organized by John Maitland/Jeannie Robertson

DAT 052/CAS 054/Reel 63-054 July 18, 1963 Fetterangus – Ned Stewart July 19, 1963 Lucy Stewart

DAT 053/CAS 055/Reel -055 196? Jim Closs – Iona/Jim Closs with Rev. Black 8

DAT 054/CAS 056/Reel 60-056 1960 White Heather Club – Edinburg Ceilidh

DAT 055/CAS 057/Reel JC 057 1963 Letter from Jim Closs to Howard Glasser Collecting in Corgarff

DAT 056/CAS 058/Reel 58 & 59 Possibly 1968 “On Canadian Grant” and “Recordings at home” Letter from Scotland to relatives – Uncle Eck?

DAT 057/CAS 059/Reel JC 060 Recorded December 1965 by Jim Closs “Folksong ‘65” live recording of concert

DAT 058/CAS 060/Reel PH 061 Not dated Recorded by Peter Hoover Colin Ross?

DAT 059/CAS 062 and CAS 063/Reel PH 062 Not dated Recorded by Peter Hoover (fiddle, band, whistle, accordion, voice)

DAT 060/CAS 064/Reel RF 063 Not dated Recorded by Ray Fisher for Howard Glasser

DAT 061/CAS 065/Reel 064 Not dated Rory and Alex McEwan

DAT 062/CAS 065/Reel 065 Not dated Jeannie Robertson, Hawks. Arthur Argo, Roy Guest 1964 Sue Rich tape: Bill Hill, Ella Ward, Dollina McLennan, Johnny Watt, Dave Hamilton, Jim Closs, Ruth Stringer

DAT 063/CAS 068 Not dated Mrs. Peters - Aberdeen