I found a set of Mike Holmes's "Mugwumps" which eventually morphed into "Mugwumps Instrument Herald".
It started out as a sort of informative catalog, with a few items for sale, and developed into a source of information on vintage instruments and music, documenting the folk music scene. Begun in 1972, it ran until 1983 - at least, that's the last one I have.
The first volume of 6 issues is in xerox form, received thus from Mike; volume 1 number 1 is incomplete. The rest are in the original form as distributed, except vol 2 #2, xeroxed.
This would seem to be of interest to someone studying the folk music scene of the period. Chuck full of old and contemporary photos, and articles on instruments like bagpipes, reed organs, ukelins, and the whole range of the obscure and eclectic.
This belongs in some kind of equally obscure archive. Is there an academic site that needs these? Suggestions?
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