Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth Papers,
- Dates:
- ca. 1860-1904
- Creators:
- Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908
- Abstract:
- The Reverend Joseph Woodfall (1824-1908) collected and edited English ballads and poetry. His publications include The Roxburghe Ballads and the Westminster Drolleries of 1671 and 1672. The collection consists of holograph letters signed from various persons to the Reverend Ebsworth of Edinburgh and holograph notes by Ebsworth on ballads and religious subjects.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth Papers (Collection 660). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of holograph letters signed from various persons to the Reverend Ebsworth of Edinburgh. Includes letters from John Francis (1892-1904), 2 letters from Kenneth Grahame, notes from F.J. Furnivall concerning Ebsworth's editing of the Roxburghe Ballads, part 24, vol.8, and holograph notes by Ebsworth on ballads and religious subjects.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Reverend Joseph Woodfall, M.A. was born in 1824; graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge in 1864, and was ordained in the same year; in 1871 he became the vicar of Molash, Kent; collected and edited English ballads and poetry; publications include The Roxburghe Ballads (editor, 1869), and the Westminster Drolleries of 1671 and 1672 (editor, 1875); he died in 1908.
- Acquisition information:
- Gibbs, purchase, 1951.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from card-file rekeyed by Myra Villamor. May 1999 . Front matter gathered from MARC record.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth Papers (Collection 660). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988