Ref NoTHE/ACK
CollectionAcklam Music Collection
TitleAcklam Music Collection
Name of creatorAcklam family
Date20th century
Extent2 boxes
DescriptionSheet music collected by the Acklam family. Includes popular, music hall, pantomime, waltz, ballet, opera, tango and orchestral music.
PhysicalDescriptionsheet music
Admin historyThe Acklam family were originally from Shropshire, Mid Wales, and Barnsley in Yorkshire. The Gornall and Corfield families (noted on some of the sheet music) were friends of Doris Acklam (nee Gough). William Acklam and his father were pub landlords in Barnsley and would play music on the piano.
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
LevelCollection
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