The Gypsy Collections at Liverpool
The Gypsy Collections at Liverpool
This chapter describes the collections of ‘Gypsy’ materials at Liverpool University Library, which comprise two separate but interrelated sections: the Gypsy Lore Society Archive and the Scott Macfie Gypsy Collections. It analyzes the scholarship, organization, passion, fieldwork, and collections of the Gypsylorists, from John Sampson and Scott Macfie to Dora Yates and Yaron Matras. The Gypsy Collections include photographs, old woodcuts, manuscripts, press cuttings, posters, books, and edicts, and constitute a mixture of ‘erudition and romanticism’ — institutional recognition of the culture and history of the Romanies being considered worthy of appropriate storage, display, and memorialization.
Keywords: Gypsy, library collections, Liverpool University Library, Gypsy Lore Society Archive, Scott Macfie Gypsy Collections, Gypsylorists, Romanies, Jogn Sampson, Scott Macfie, Dora Yates, Yaron Matras
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