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HOYFM.ACL2024.13

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Sam Hanna Bell

Contents: Dozens of transcripts of the radio programming of Sam Hanna Bell, a significant figure in the cultural and intellectual life of Belfast; an accomplished writer and broadcaster who helped to transform local BBC programmes; The first typescripts range from the 1950s to the 1960s and are entitled The Country Bard, a selection of ballads written by poets of the countryside, each containing different contributors; one is Hallowe'en themed (1954); subsequent typescripts are entitled "It's a Brave Step," in which Sam Deton and Michael Baguley meet people of various districts, talk with them, and listen to their music, all edited by Sam Hanna Bell; a recording schedule, year unknown; miscellaneous Country Window transcripts; handwritten notes about old legends and fairy stories from children (c. 1950); subsequent typescripts of the stories (1951). Also Rathlin Island; Fairy Faith; Ghosts Charms & Cures. Interview notes on fairylore and folklore throughout Ulster. Poems sent to "It's a Brave Step" series; Mat Mulcathey's story competition for schoolchildren and poetry and correspondence from various writers to Sam Hanna Bell.