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Accession Number 88-277
Title Song collection 1988.
Collector/Donor Goldstein, Kenneth S.; Noonan, Bridget
Scope and Content Collection consists of a 38 page handwritten and typed manuscript and an audio recording. The manuscript contains an audio log and transcript. Audio recording consists of Billy Pryor singing songs and being interviewed by Kenneth S. Goldstein on July 22, 1988, in Bay de Verde, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Subject Pryor, William Edward (“Billy”) (informant)
The Doryman (musical group)
aids to navigation
boats and ships
boats and ships--Jan Mayne
boats and ships--John Harvey
boats and ships--Mary Duff
boats and ships--S. S. Kyle
boats and ships--Southern Cross
boats and ships--The Snow Drift
boats and ships--Union
cod
death
economy
fisheries
handicrafts
medicine
military
navigation
objects
oral history
publishing
sealing
shipwrecks
song--folk
song--music composition
weather
Song (major subject)
Bay de Verde, Bay de Verde Peninsula, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Belleoram, Connaigre Peninsula, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cape Chapeau Rouge (AKA Red Hat), St. Lawrence, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cape Pine, Trepassey Bay, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador
Cape Race, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador
Grates Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Red Head Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John’s, Northeastern Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. Mary’s Bay, St. Mary’s Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Straight of Belle Isle, Great Northern Peninsula, Coastal Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Gulf of St. Lawrence, France
Gloucester, England
Year 1988
Restrictions No public access without permission of collector. Consult archivist for more information.
General Notes Related materials may be found in accession 2016-467 Fieldwork photos.
Organization/Arrangement audio: F12569c; C11573; digital audio files available
Physical Description 0.6 cm textual records. manuscript (38 p. handwritten and typed, includes transcript). 1 audio cassette (maximum 90 min.).