James Masson, Stonehaven, courtesy of the Masson family. Cylinder recorder, courtesy American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. James Madison Carpenter, courtesy American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

The James Madison Carpenter Collection Project

University of Aberdeen

The James Madison Carpenter Collection is a major collection of traditional song and drama (mummers plays), plus some examples of folk stories, customs, games, instrumental music, dance and dialect, from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and parts of the United States, documented in the period 1927-c.1943.

The James Madison Carpenter Collection Project is currently preparing the collection for publication and researching into its contents, its contributors and Carpenter himself.

National Endowment for the Humanities The American Folklife Center The American Folklore Society The Elphinstone Institute The British Academy

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