Buttrey MS Presentation by Tracy Macdonnell

Posted on by Dr Karen E McAulay

A fascinating manuscript – and here’s the guy who listed the contents! Congratulations, and thanks, Tracy!

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The Drum of the Crown Forces were very privileged to hear Tracy Macdonnell repeat his London, Ontario, Buttrey Manuscript presentation at Fort York on Saturday. It was a delight to hear.

Tracy Macdonnell - Buttrey Presentation

Tracy is the person responsible for creating a list of all 1,061 tunes in the manuscript. Without that list to work from, this website would not have been created, Eamonn O’Keeffe would not have commented on it and told me about Ross Flowers, Drum Major of the Drums of the Crown Forces. Ross would not have taken photos of all the melodies and encouraged me to keep uploading them to this website and the Village Music Project people would not have found the photos and transcribed the entire manuscript !!  Now how’s that for serendipity !!

When asked why this manuscript was special, Tracy says, “Simply because it exists ! The sheer number of tunes and that it was…

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Quiet Contemplation: but You can Help!

Posted on by Dr Karen E McAulay

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I’ve reached the point where I need to find more grant-funding! I seem to be at a bit of a cross-roads, needing to decide whether to forge ahead immediately with the Stationers’ Hall research, or take another road which will bring me back to it eventually, having gathered more useful data on the way.

There’s also the question of my own status as a researcher.  Neither “new” enough nor “old” enough for early-career or emeritus awards, nor established enough to say that I’m in a “permanent academic post”.  Permanent, yes.  Academic-related, certainly. But ….!

Meanwhile, please do give me feedback on what the Claimed From Stationers’ Hall network has achieved so far.

  • What have you enjoyed?
  • What have you learned/gained from following it?
  • Has it given you fresh ideas?
  • Have you shared information with other people  or taken new actions yourself?

I posted similar questions on the Facebook page yesterday.  I am more than happy for you to talk to me and share your ideas!

 

Why have I fallen silent? Well, not totally mute, but the thing is … I’m looking for more grant-funding and trying to…

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Networking with Other Networks: CILIP LIHG: Finding the Women in Library & Information History (CFP)

Posted on by Dr Karen E McAulay

Another call for papers, spotted on social media this morning …

 

Networking with Other Networks: Panellist at ISECS – International Congress on the Enlightenment

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I’m excited to be part of a panel talking about paratext at the forthcoming ISECS Congress, 14th – 19th July 2019, hosted by the University of Edinburgh.  Registration is now open, though the detailed programme isn’t yet finalised.  (There’s an early bird rate until 30 April.)

ISECS Congress website

 

TEDxGlasgow? Now, Let’s See ….

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International Women’s Day 2019: The first women in the Library

Posted on by Dr Karen E McAulay

How lovely to see Miss Lambert included there in this blog about St Andrews University Library’s women staff! (even if Miss L. wasn’t actually an employee!)

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The theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2019 is ‘Balance for better’ with a call to action to help ‘forge a more gender-balanced world.’ Women have been studying at St Andrews for 127 years having been first admitted to the University as students in 1892 – though the University’s Ladies Literate in Arts (LLA) scheme began earlier in 1877 as a distance learning qualification for women. Although the history of women at St Andrews is a fraction of the University’s 600-year history, more recent statistics suggest the sex/gender balance in the student population (2017) is now in favour of female students (58.4%), compared to male (41.6%).

Tracing the history of women employed by the University is more difficult. We cannot say for sure who the first woman to be employed by the University was, although the 16th century statutes of St Leonard’s College include the rule that no woman…

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Weekends For Relaxation

Posted on by Dr Karen E McAulay

To celebrate having finished my ResearchFish submission, I thought I’d make a few CFSH bookmarks.  I did no market research – maybe no-one will even want one! But basically, there will be eleven of them up for grabs.  I’ll offer them to people who’ve been involved with or interested in the project, and when they’re gone, they’re gone!

Networking with Other Networks: Reframing Heritage through Art Practice

Posted on by Dr Karen E McAulay

I’ve just seen an upcoming event that looks very relevant, so I’m sharing it here with fellow Claimed From Stationers’ Hall networkers:-

UWS presents Out of the Past, Into the Present: Reframing Heritage through Art Practice

Wed 6 March 2019

Venue: CCA

Book here

Updated, Illustrated Bibliography

Posted on by Dr Karen E McAulay

What could be more cool than an extensive, updated bibliography full of good stuff about music copyright and legal deposit history, and its context in 18th-19th century cultural life? I agree – there couldn’t possibly be anything more delightful! And this time, it’s illustrated. Not only that – our guest bloggers are listed as well. Thanks again to each of them for their contributions!

Here on the blog, there’s a page specially for the network bibliography:-

https://claimedfromstationershall.wordpress.com/bibliography/

Enjoy!

NB there may, in due course, be bookmarks for the most enthusiastic of bibliographiles. Watch this space!