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The Full English archive collections
Harry Albino Manuscript Collection
Sabine Baring-Gould Manuscript Collection
Lucy Broadwood Manuscript Collection
Janet Blunt Manuscript Collection
George Butterworth Manuscript Collection
Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection
Clive Carey Manuscript Collection
Daisy Caroline Daking Manuscript Collection
George Gardiner Manuscript Collection
Anne Geddes Gilchrist Collection
Percy Grainger Manuscript Collection
Henry Hammond Manuscript Collection
Maud Karpeles Manuscript Collection
Frank Kidson Manuscript Collection
Ella Mary Leather Manuscript Collection
Mary Neal Manuscript Collection
Thomas Fairman Ordish Manuscript Collection
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at VWML)
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge)
Frank Sidgwick Manuscript Collection
Ralph Vaughan Williams Manuscript Collection (at VWML)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Manuscript Collection (at British Library)
The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML) is the nation’s designated collection of traditional folk songs, music, dance, and customs. As well as storing and preserving England’s cultural heritage, the VWML is keen to promote the scholarly study of the folk arts, its context and history. To this end, the VWML organises and co-organises a variety of events ranging from weekend conferences to evening talks and lectures. Subjects range from the social histories of the working classes, the print trade, to the exploration of the recent folk revivals.