Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, EFDSS
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- Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, EFDSS
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The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (VWML) is the library and archive of the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS), based at its home, Cecil Sharp House in London. It is England’s national folk music and dance archive, an essential resource for anybody interested in the folk arts. Founded in 1930 as the Cecil Sharp Library to house Cecil Sharp’s personal book collection, it is now a multimedia library of distinction, containing books, periodicals, sound recordings, moving images, photographs, artefacts and archival materials.
It is a comprehensive collection containing the largest number of folk-related manuscripts in England, providing invaluable insight into folk history and regional variation. - https://www.instagram.com/thevwml/
This item was submitted on August 21, 2026 by Tiffany Hore using the form “Organisation” on the site “History Day”: https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-day-discover-collections
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