Content Description

A collection of papers of Gilbert Askew (1893-1950), numismatist and expert on the Northumbrian bagpipe. It contains correspondence and press cuttings concerning Askew's published works 'The bibliography of the bag-pipe', 'Two sets of miniature bagpipes in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland' and 'The bagpipe in Early Britain', and material collected for an unpublished work entitled 'The bagpipe in England'.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes concerning Askew's article 'The bag-pipe in early Britain', published in the 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne' in 1940. Also includes and offprint and handwritten and typescript versions of the article.

Scope and Contents

Material brought together for a planned work entitled 'The bagpipe in England', which seems to have remained unpublished. A provisional chapter outline foresees a chronological treatment of the subject, and the material in the volume is arranged in this order. It contains mainly references to historical sources, quotations and depictions.

Scope and Contents Papers concerning Askew's talk on the two miniature bagpipes, which he gave at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland on 12 April 1937 and which was published in the 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland', LXXI (vol. XI, 6th series), 1936-1937, pp. 342-347. The folder includes two typescript versions of Askew's talk or article, notes in his hand, a programme of the meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and some correspondence with the...