Glasgow Ballad Club

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Glasgow Ballad Club was a club that met for the study of ballads and ballad literature that ran from 1876 to 1987.[1] The Glasgow Ballad Club was constituted in 1876,[2][1][3] celebrating its semi-jubilee on 21 December 1902.[4]

Activities[edit]

The club met for the study of ballads and ballad literature, and for friendly criticism of original ballads and poems contributed by members.[2] The Club produced several volumes of collected poems such as those published in 1885, 1898,[5] 1908,[6] 1924,[7] 1952[8] which are in The Mitchell Library's Special Collections and can be consulted there.

Notable Members[edit]

The founder and first president of the club was William Freeland.[1] Freeland was a journalist for over fifty years, including at the Glasgow Citizen and Glasgow Herald. He later became editor of the Evening Times.[4]

Publications[edit]

  • Members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. (1885) Ballads and poems [first series] (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons)
  • Members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. (1898) Ballads and poems: second series (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons)
  • Members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. (1908) Ballads and poems: third series (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons)
  • Members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. (1920) Ballads and folk-songs of the Clyde valley (Glasgow: John Smith & Son)
  • Members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. (1924) Ballads and poems: fourth series (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons)
  • Members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. (1952) Ballads and poems: fifth series (Glasgow: David J. Clark Limited)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Glasgow Ballad Club – Glasgow's Literary Bonds". Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Glasgow Ballad Club - Glasgow Libraries Online Library". libcat.csglasgow.org. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  3. ^ Ballads and Poems by Members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. William Blackwood and Sons. 1885.
  4. ^ a b Eyre-Todd, G. (15 January 1902). "Glasgow Ballad Club". The Scots Pictorial.
  5. ^ Glasgow Ballad Club (1898). Ballads and Poems by members of The Glasgow Ballad Club (second series ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons.
  6. ^ The Glasgow Ballad Club (1908). Ballads and Poems by members of The Glasgow Ballad Club. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons.
  7. ^ The Glasgow Ballad Club (1924). Ballads and Poems by members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons.
  8. ^ The Glasgow Ballad Club (1952). Ballads and Poems by members of the Glasgow Ballad Club. Glasgow: John Smith and Son.
  9. ^ "Glasgow Ballad Club - Glasgow Libraries Online Library". libcat.csglasgow.org. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
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