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Description: | The library is called the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML) in honour of the eminent composer, song collector and President of the EFDSS, Ralph Vaughan Williams, who died in 1958. Up 'til then it was called the Cecil Sharp Library because it chiefly comprised Sharp������s personal library, which he bequeathed to the EFDS in 1924. Its first permanent home was established with the opening of Cecil Sharp House in 1930, and Sharp������s daughter Joan was the first librarian. With the amalgamation of EFDS and the Folk-Song Society and subsequent bequests, donations and purchases, the library has developed considerably over the years, most notably with the addition of the literature, sound and manuscript collections of other eminent folklorists and collectors of the twentieth century. | Source: | MLA Institutions Server | Address: | Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
Cecil Sharp House
2 Regent's Park Road,London,NW1 7AY | Sector: | Archives | Type: | Other | FAX: | 020 7284 0523 | Telephone: | 020 7485 2206 | Identifier: | 40248 |
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