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GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF WARREN FAHEY AMBOX 4 SERIES 1 1 - 19FOLKLORE Warren Fahey started to collect Australian folklore almost immediately he became interested in the folk revival in the late nineteen fifties. At first it was an unconscious hobby however, in the early nineteen sixties, he planned a more organised program and established the Australian Folklore Unit. He undertook a twelve month field collecting trip in the early seventies where he taped songs, stories, poems and music in NSW, Queensland and Victoria and these tapes are housed in the NLA. As a performer he performed in all States and continued his collecting work. He continues to collect, especially by correspondence, and in 2004 he embarked on a two year program to collect the folklore associated with Sydney as a city. His folklore findings are published in books and broadcast in radio and television programming. His early collecting was assisted by the Australia Council, Myer Foundation, Ian Potter Foundation, ABC and the NLA. His present work is assisted by the City of Sydney, Latent Image Films and the State library of NSW. The NLA is also participating and assisting his current work. Nine plastic folders of Xerox folklore collected 1978 – 1996 and assembled in categories as follows: * Have a Nice Day: because everyone wants to screw you * 1 x Folder (plastic) containing essay by WF on Xerox Lore. Never published. Essay relates to this collection and general Xerox lore. As far as collector knows this is the largest such sampling of this particular lore. 1. File of internal folk correspondence from 1976 including letters to/from folklorists and informants: 2. File of collected 'Chain letters' 1985-1990 3. A series of articles by WF on folklore
4. membership application form for Australian Folk Association 5. File on Ralph The Rover. Poems. (Ralph Coverlid, Rutherglen). Sent to WF in 1977 6. Union list of NLA collection as at 1972 7. Complete file of yarns. 1994. Contains many letters with yarns sent to WF as part of the 2BL Great Aussie Yarn contest. 8. Roneoed early reminiscences “The Wimmera and Mallee' by Robert Staplethorpe (born 1855) written 1925. sent to WF by family. 9. folio 'Working Class Songs' as sung by the Sydney Trade Union Club Singing Group' 10. Graham seal's collection of WW1 songs and lore with accompanying letter to WF 11. The story 12. Two extremely rare custom 33.3 rpm (1960s) recordings on Mutual Records and featuring the music of Mike Leyden. Leyden was a musical collaborator with many left-wing artists including Dorothy Hewett with whom he composed 'Weevils In the Flour'. 13. Australian Folk Trust newsletter 1988
14. 1983 reprint 'The Future of American Folklore Studies' edited by Jeanne Harrah-Conforth and Thomas Walker. Signed by Alan jabbour who went on to become the Executive Director of the Smithsonian Folklife Program, USA 15. Various press clippings related to folklore and revival. 16. Letter from Ron Edwards about the 3rd National folklore Conference in 1988
17. File of general; folklore correspondence with folklorists 1976 18. Original music of Nat Trimarchi 1988 19. file photographs of Wendy Lowenstein, Shirley Andrews, Harry Cotter, Harry Cotter withy Tom Rummery, Denis Kevans, Dave Matthias, Bert Kippell, Australian Folklore Unit van, John Meredithy, Warren Fahey recording Sally Sloan, etc |