Creating the Pepys Ballad Archive

FAIN: PA-52089-06

University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA 93106-0001)
Patricia Fumerton (Project Director: July 2005 to November 2009)

The completion of an online archive of all 1,857 broadside ballads collected by the English diarist Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), accompanied by transcriptions, sung versions of the ballads, and background essays.

Media Coverage

Bringing Broadsides into the Twenty-First Century, (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Angela Bowers
Publication: Coastlines
Date: 7/1/2006
Abstract: N/A
URL: http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/content/Coastlines-fullarticle.jpg

Digital Window Opens on Rare Collection of Ancient English Ballads (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Andrea Estrada
Publication: 93106
Date: 2/20/2007
Abstract: N/A
URL: http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/93106_archived/2007/February20/digital.html

UCSB Makes a Rare Collection of English Ballads Available Online (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Andrea Estrada
Publication: UCSB Humanities and Fine Arts Newsletter
Date: 2/1/2008
Abstract: N/A
URL: http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/content/NEH1-HFA.jpg

Archive Preserves 17th-century Ballads (Media Coverage)
Publication: Profiles in Research: The 2008 Annual Report of the Office of Research
Date: 6/30/2008
URL: http://www.research.ucsb.edu/media/90977/or_annual_report_08.pdf

Associated Products

English Broadside Ballad Archive (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: English Broadside Ballad Archive
Author: Carl Stahmer
Author: Patricia Fumerton
Abstract: N/A
Year: 2007
Primary URL: http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu
Primary URL Description: This is the website launched during the second-year report.
Access Model: Open

Radio Interview with Patricia Fumerton (Radio/Audio Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Radio Interview with Patricia Fumerton
Writer: Lance Orozco
Director: Lance Orozco
Abstract: N/A
Date: 6/8/2008
Primary URL: http://emc.english.ucsb.edu/conferences/2005-2006/NoS_recordings/edited/KCLU.mp3
Primary URL Description: .mp3 recording of the interview
Access Model: Open
Format: Radio
Format: Digital File

English Broadside Ballads, 1500-1800 and the Making of a Pepys Ballad Edition, English 231 (Course or Curricular Material)
Title: English Broadside Ballads, 1500-1800 and the Making of a Pepys Ballad Edition, English 231
Author: Patricia Fumerton
Abstract: N/A
Year: 2007
Audience: Graduate

Ballad Culture 1500-1800, English 197 (Course or Curricular Material)
Title: Ballad Culture 1500-1800, English 197
Author: Patricia Fumerton
Abstract: N/A
Year: 2008
Audience: Undergraduate

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