Philip J. Thomas Popular Song Collection| University of British
Columbia, Special Collections and University Archives Division
Popular music; Folk songs; Folk songs, English; Songs The
collection was established in 1992 through a gift of 2 730
items, broadly related to "folk song", from Philip J. Thomas.
Evaluated as a valuable research resource, it now numbers over 4
000 items and continues to grow. The collection encompasses many
aspects of western culture from the 16th century to the present.
While being a storehouse of songs, the holdings offer a wealth
of material useful in the analysis of the incidence and
significance of popular song in society. It includes ballads,
folk lyrics, lullabies, nursery rhymes, work songs, sea
chanties, hymns, carols, spirituals, gospel, dance songs,
soldier songs, songs for games, nonsense songs, bawdy songs,
blues, songs in school music education, community and camp
songs, college songs, limericks, parodies, political and protest
songs, national and ethnic songs, songs acc