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Potter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture 1/30/2019 009-04-01-FA - Google Docs PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY Special Collections 009-04-01 Potter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture, Broadside Ballads 1860s-1880s OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Number: 009-04-01 Title: Potter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture, Broadside Ballads Creator: Williams, Alfred M. (Alfred Mason), 1840-1896. Dates: 1860s-1880s Quantity: 2 containers (total .8 linear feet) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Acquisition: Donated by the estate of Alfred M. Williams upon his death in 1896 as part of the initially named “Alfred M. Williams Collection of Folklore.” Included scrapbooks of ballads collected by the library after the initial bequest including a purchase of three ballads in 1953 from Dana’s Old Corner Bookshop, Providence; purchase of a scrapbook of 40 ballads from William Wreden. A letter from PPL library director in 1967 noted a total of 1,141 irish broadside ballads mostly printed in Dublin or Belfast. 124 English broadside ballads. Accruals: No accruals are expected. Custodial history: The bulk of the ballads were collected by Alfred M. Williams. He collected some himself while in Ireland in 1865-1866. Additional materials were given to him by Sir Samuel Ferguson in 1879 and by Miss Mary Banim in 1886. A note by Williams in the flyleaf of one of the scrapbooks noted that the collection may have been created by Dublin printer, P. Bereton around 1869. Additional items in the collection are stamped with the National Library of Ireland. It is unclear when PPL acquired these items. Processed by: The collection was processed by Kate Wells in 2019. Conservation: Original donation documentation notes that ballads were originally in scrapbooks. Dec. 7, 1961 - Letter from Stuart Sherman to William Wreden. Purchase of 40 Irish ballads which were removed “by soaking” from full scrapbook he had sent. There is no documentation about when the items were removed from all the scrapbooks. Language: Materials are in English and Gaelic. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R546tcPba65rI7qVS5AKyx3zEMZI48SiuUeIuuvcpOY/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs 1/41 1/30/2019 009-04-01-FA - Google Docs 009-04-01, Potter & Williams Broadside Ballads 2 RIGHTS AND ACCESS Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Providence Public Library, Special Collections department. Preferred Citation: Researchers are requested to use the following citation format: [item number], [item title], P otter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture, Broadside Ballads , Special Collections, Providence Public Library Property Rights: Providence Public Library owns the property rights to the materials. INFORMATION FOR RESEARCHERS Separated material Box containing bound books of songs, poetry and almanac were separated out to be individually cataloged as part of the general Potter & Williams collection. Published description Not applicable. Location of originals Not applicable. Location of copies Not applicable. Publication note Not applicable. Subject headings Ballads, English. Ballads, Irish. Folk music - Irish Folk music - English Broadsides (Posters). lcgft SEE ALSO 009-01-01, Potter & Williams Collection on Irish Culture, Books and Pamphlets 007, Harris Collection on Civil War and Slavery, Civil War ballads BP1001, Hesburgh Library Collection of Irish and British Broadside Ballads, Notre Dame University Broadsides and Penny Ballads Collection, Ward Irish Music Archives, Milwaukee WI HISTORICAL NOTE Alfred Mason Williams (1840-1896) was a journalist, editorial writer and scholar of Irish poetry and folklore. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts to Lloyd Hall and Prudence King Williams. He attended the Bristol Academy and entered Brown University in 1860. During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and wrote letters from the front to various newspapers. In 1865, he went to Ireland as a foreign correspondent to report on the Fenian trials for the B oston Post and the New York Herald. He collected Irish broadside ballads which led to his lifelong interest in folklore. He was also interested in Irish poetry and this led to his publication of an anthology of Irish poetry in 1881. In 1875, he was hired as a reporter for the Providence Journal w here he wrote editorials. In 1884 he became editor-in-chief of the paper. He https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R546tcPba65rI7qVS5AKyx3zEMZI48SiuUeIuuvcpOY/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs 2/41 1/30/2019 009-04-01-FA - Google Docs 009-04-01, Potter & Williams Broadside Ballads 3 started a Sunday edition in 1885 and in it he published poems and articles by Irish writers. He also made the J ournal o ne of the strongest advocates in America for Irish home rule. After his wife died in 1886, he made a second trip to Ireland and met many young talented Irish writers including Katharine Tynan and William Butler Yeats. Williams published much of their work in the Journal a nd this gave many Americans weekly access to Irish literature. Williams’s ill health due to malaria he contracted during the Civil War led to his retirement from the J ournal i n 1891 and he died five years later while on a visit to St. Kitts in the Eastern Caribbean. Having no children, he donated his entire estate, appraised at $250,000, to the Providence Public Library. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION The collection includes late 19th century Irish and English broadside ballads. Of the total 972 broadsides, the vast bulk were printed in either Cork or Dublin, Ireland. Many of the Dublin broadsides were published by Peter Brerenton. Broadside ballads were printed and sold by ballad singers as well as in street fairs and markets and included the lyrics for popular songs. They were printed on one side of inexpensive paper and often included woodcut illustrations. ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION The collection is organized into two series. Series 1 includes Irish broadside ballads; Series 2 includes English broadside ballads. Items are organized alphabetically by song title and have been directly transcribed including spelling and printing errors. In the case of broadsides with multiple songs, they are organized by the primary title. Variations or editions of the same title (obvious enough to be notable without detailed comparison) have unique identifiers. Items that appear to be duplicates are indicated with an alphabetic indicator in the item identifier. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R546tcPba65rI7qVS5AKyx3zEMZI48SiuUeIuuvcpOY/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs 3/41 1/30/2019 009-04-01-FA - Google Docs 009-04-01, Potter & Williams Broadside Ballads 4 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION Series 1: Irish Broadside Ballads Box Folder Item Title 1 1 0001 A new song on 18s a-week 1 1 0002 The Adventures of Jack O'Donohue 1 1 0003 The Adventures of Jack O'Donohue 1 1 0004 The Adventures of John Manks and his pock markd cat 1 1 0005a The Adventure of John Manks and his pock-marked cat 1 1 0005b The Adventure of John Manks and his pock-marked cat 1 1 0006 The Adventure's of Roger O'Hare 1 1 0007 A new song on the Afghan War 1 1 0008 Allen's farewell to his love 1 1 0008 The Soldier's leter to his parents 1 1 0009 Allen's Grave 1 1 0010 A new song on the American female prize fight and glorius victory over the Germans 1 2 0011 A new song on the Amesty meeting in Tipperary, written by a friend to the Cause 1 2 0012 Among the heather 1 2 0013 And they rated me a vagabond 1 2 0014 A new and popular love song called Annie Gray 1 2 0015 A new and popular love song called Annie Gray 1 2 0016 A new song call'd Annie Lisle 1 2 0017 The aquital of Robert Kelly 1 2 0018 The Arch Masons advice to is brethren 1 2 0019 Armagh Cross 1 2 0020 A new song on the Arrest of Messrs. Davitt, Healhy and Quinn 1 2 0021 A new song on the Arrest of Messrs. Davitt, Daly & Killen 1 2 0022a A new song on the Assasination of the old informer Js. Carey 1 2 0022b A new song on the Assasination of the old informer Js. Carey 1 2 0023 the Athboy tragedy 1 3 0024 Ballad of Mike O'Leary 1 3 0025 Ballindown Brae 1 3 0026 The Banks of Claudy https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R546tcPba65rI7qVS5AKyx3zEMZI48SiuUeIuuvcpOY/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs 4/41 1/30/2019 009-04-01-FA - Google Docs 009-04-01, Potter & Williams Broadside Ballads 5 1 3 0027 The Banks of Mourne 1 3 0028 A much admir'd love song called the Banks of the Nile 1 3 0029 A new song ball'd the Barrack Hill Cavan 1 3 0030 The Battle Ballycohy 1 3 0031 The Battle of Ballycohy 1 3 0032 The Battle of Delhi 1 3 0033 A new song on the Battle of Delhi 1 3 0034 The Battle of the Kitchen Furniture 1 3 0035 A new song on the Beauties of the County Wicklow 1 3 0036 The Beautiful Balbriggan maid 1 3 0037 The Beauty of Skreen 1 3 0038 Belimner Hassitts adress to Kerry for Home Rule 1 4 0039 A much admired song call'd Ben Bolt 1 4 0040 Betty Haigh and Johnny Sands 1 4 0041 Billy Bynre of Ballymanus 1 4 0042 Billy O'Rorke 1 4 0043 A new song Billy Pitt & the Union 1 4 0044 A new song on the Birth and Suffering of our Lord & Savior Jsus Christ 1 4 0045 Bishop M'Cue and the pedlar 1 4 0046 A new song called the Black Horse 1 4 0047 A new song called the Black Horse 1 4 0048 The Blackbird of Avondale; or, the arrest of Parnell 1 4 0049 The Blooming sweet lass of the Vale 1 4 0050 Blue-eyed Mary 1 4 0051 A admired song called Blue-Eyed Mary 1 4 0052 The Boast of the western isle 1 5 0053 The Bold Deserter 1 5 0054 Bold M'Dermott 1 5 0055 A new song called the Bold rake 1 5 0056 A new song call'd the Bold rake of Limrick 1 5 0057 Bold Trainor O! 1 5 0058 An admired song called Bold Trainor O 1 5 0059 Bonny labouring
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