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Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture
HAWAII COLLECTIONS IN THE
ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Acquired through 2003
Compiled by: Theresa Anne J. Sotto Series
Editor: Ann Hoog
Publication Date: June 2004; Web Revision: December 2005
Series Number:
LCFAFA No. 37
ISSN 0736-4903
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of Folk Culture collections, contact the Folklife
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materials and photographic materials.
Please refer to the AFC and/or AFS numbers when requesting information.
All indications of time duration listed in this finding aid are estimates.
Sound Recordings and Multiformat Collections
AFS 759-773: Helen H. Roberts American Indian and Pacific Island
Recordings Collection
Fifteen discs of Hawaiian songs originally
recorded on 65 wax cylinders on the island of Hawaii, by
Helen H. Roberts, 1923. The cylinder recording project was sponsored
by the Hawaiian
Legend and Folklore Commission. The collection includes 1/4
linear inch of correspondence and song lists, and is accompanied
by the Helen
H. Roberts Manuscript Collection (see entry under Manuscript
Collection). (2 hours and 13 minutes; tape copy on LWO
4872 reels 53B-55A)
AFS 9037-9048: Hilda Curry / Royal Hawaiian Music
Twelve 12-inch discs of Hawaiian music,
including songs performed by Ka’ai Kalikoa, James Ka’uiki,
Ben Keliikoa, Clem Kupanihi, the Royal Hawaiian Troubadors, and Louis
Thompson. Recorded ca. 1905 and produced by the American Record Company.
The collection includes 20 pages of correspondence and logs. (48
minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 178B)
AFS 11,007-11,299: Helen Roberts Collection
One hundred and sixty-seven 12-inch,
79 10-inch, 40 8-inch, and 7 7-inch discs of songs from
Australia, California, China, Hawaii, Mexico, the South Pacific Islands,
and Tahiti; and of North American Indians. Recorded by various collectors,
including Berthold Laufer, Carl Lumholtz, and C. E. Schaeffer, ca. 1898-1934.
The collection includes 25 pages of correspondence and song
lists, and is accompanied by the Helen H. Roberts Manuscript
Collection (see entry under Manuscript Collection).
AFS 11,007-11,008: Two discs containing Hawaiian chants
and music recorded on the islands of Kauai, Maui, and Oahu, Hawaii, by
Helen Roberts, ca. 1923-24. (23 minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111
reel 359A)
AFS 11,056-11,061: Six discs containing 30 Hawaiian
songs recorded in Hawaii by J. P. Kuluwaimaka, ca. 1923-24. Collected
by Kenneth P. Emory for the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. (1 hour
and 6 minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reels 363B-364A)
AFS 11,759-11,782: American Record Company / Royal Hawaiian Troubadours
Twenty-four 10-inch discs of Hawaiian
folk music performed by the Royal Hawaiian Troubadors with various musicians.
Recorded in 1905 and produced by the American Record Company. The collection
includes 3/8 linear inch of correspondence, logs, and photocopies
of discs displaying the production company name and location. (1 hour
and 28 minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reels 387B-388A)
AFS 17,985: Clara E. Heywood Singing
One audiocassette of “Oh Where is
the Girl That’ll Go Out West With Me?” sung by Clara E. Heywood
as she learned it as a child in Wyoming. Recorded in Honolulu, Hawaii,
by Mrs. Heywood, May 20, 1975. The collection includes 5 pages of
correspondence and song lyrics. (3 minutes; LWO 8788)
AFS 18,000-18,001: Pekka Gronow and Richard K. Spottwood / Commercial 78
rpm International Music Collection
Two 7-inch tapes of dance tunes, humor,
music, and songs dubbed from 78 rpm commercial recordings from Armenia, Finland,
Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania,
Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia. Recorded in various locations around
the world by various collectors, 1900s-1950s. Compiled by Pekka Gronow and
Richard K. Spottswood. The collection includes 31 pages of correspondence,
notes, and song
lists.
AFS 18,000B1-2: One tape containing “Hula Medley” and “Cunha
Medley,” and 2 instrumental pieces played on various brass and
other instruments by Pale K. Lua and David Kaili of the Irene West Royal
Hawaiians. Recorded in an unknown location on the Victor label, late
1910s. (16 minutes; LWO 8858 reel 1)
AFS 18,102-18,468: Laura Boulton Collection Part 23: Africa, Europe,
Far East, Latin America, etc.
One 3-inch tape, 22 5-inch
tapes, and 344 7-inch tapes of folk and other music
recorded in Africa, Far East, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Near East,
Europe, Latin America, South America, and North America, by Laura Boulton,
1949-1971. The collection includes 1/4 linear inch of tape logs.
This is part 23 (Acetate Tapes, 1949-1962) of the Laura Boulton Collection.
AFS 18,148: One tape of 2 talks. Recorded in Hawaii
by Laura Boulton, 1949. (3 minutes; preservation tape copy on LWO
8949 reel 10A2)
AFS 18,474-18,706: Blanton Owen and Tom Carter Appalachian Music and
Interviews
Two hundred and thirty-two 7-inch tapes
and 1 5-inch tape of instrumental and vocal country music, and interviews;
several items dubbed from earlier commercial broadcasts and home recordings.
Recorded in Virginia and North Carolina by Blanton Owen and Tom Carter,
1973-1974. The collection includes 1 1/4 linear inches
of detailed song lists.
AFS 18,678: One 7-inch tape containing country songs
and tunes about Hawaii, including discussions about the Hawaiian steel
guitar, sung and played on electric Hawaiian steel guitar by Ben Dalton
and on “straight guitar” by Tom Carter. Recorded in Floyd,
Virginia, by Tom Carter, March 23, 1974. (30 minutes; LWO 9087 reel
205)
AFS 19,922-19,957: American Folklore Genres Lectures
Thirty-six audiocassettes of 24
lectures on various genres of American folklore delivered by various
folklorists. Produced as part of the American Folklore Series by Everett
/ Edwards, Inc., 1979. The collection includes a 3-page tape log
with the title of each lecture.
AFS 19,940: One audiocassette containing a lecture
on Hawaiian folklore presented by Katharine Luomala. (39 minutes;
LWO 15,729 reel 19)
AFS 22,567-22,572: KCCN Hawaiian Radio / Bank of Hawaii Heritage Series
Collection, Part I
Six 7-inch tapes of 12 radio
broadcasts including interviews and music that explore the history, development,
and influences of Hawaiian music. Broadcast on KCCN Hawaiian Radio, Honolulu,
Hawaii, 1982-1983. The collection includes 10 pages of background information,
a concordance, correspondence, and notes. (see also: AFS
24,222-24,233 and AFC 1987/008). (12 hours;
RXA 3732-3737)
AFS 23,719: Connie Goldman / "Horizons: The Grand Generation
Collection
One audiocassette of a radio program entitled "Horizons:
The Grand Generation," written by Connie Goldman and John Weber,
and produced by Goldman and National Public Radio. The program includes
performances and interviews with elderly artists from Alaska; Hawaii,
Michigan, North Carolina, Ontario (Canada), and Virginia; including an
interview with Kaui Zuttermeister, a hula dancer from Oahu, Hawaii. The
interview includes some dance chant with drum accompaniment and comments
by either her daughter Noe Noe Lani Lewis or granddaughter Hauoliaonalani
Lewis. Also includes commentary by Professor Gene Bluestein from California
State University at Fresno. Recorded in Washington, D.C., by Connie Goldman
at the Smithsonian Institution’s 1984 Festival of American Folklife.
The collection includes 9 pages of background information, correspondence,
and notes. (29 minutes; RYA 4724)
AFS 24,222-24,233: KCCN Hawaiian Radio / Bank of Hawaii Heritage Series Collection,
Part II
Twelve 10-inch tapes of 23
radio broadcasts, including performances and interviews of performers exploring
the history, development, and influences of traditional and popular Hawaiian
music. Interviews were conducted by producer Phill Upton and host Jacqueline
Leilani (“Honolulu Skylark”). Broadcast on KCCN Hawaiian Radio,
Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984-1985. The collection includes 42 pages of correspondence,
background information, notes, and press releases. (see
also: 22,567-22,572 and AFC 1987/008).
(24 hours; RWB 2928-2939)
AFC 1987/008: KCCN Hawaiian Radio / Bank of Hawaii Heritage Series
Collection, Part III
Six audiocassettes of radio broadcasts
of interviews about the activities and history of Hawaiian civic
clubs and personal experiences making and selling leis, composing
and singing Hawaiian music, and translating the Kumulipo (Hawaiian
Creation Chant). Features Loyal Garner, Frank Kawai Kapao'kailaney
[Frank Hewett], Ruballite Kawena Johnson, Brenda and Sweetheart Lao,
members of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Haunani Apoliona,
and George Paoa. Broadcast on KCCN Hawaiian Radio, Honolulu, Hawaii,
1986-1987. The collection includes twenty-one pages of correspondence
and logs. (See also: 22,567-22,572 and AFS
24,222-24,233). (9 hours and 30 minutes)
AFC 1991/028: Na Mele Paniolo: Songs of Hawaiian Cowboys
Collection
Twenty-two 7-inch tapes and 2 commercial
audiocassettes entitled “Na Mele Paniolo: Songs of Hawaiian
Cowboys,” of Hawaiian chants and music from ranching areas,
including music played on Hawaiian slack key guitar and paniolo music.
Recorded in the field and in the studio on the islands of Hawaii,
Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu by Lynn Martin and Ric Trimillos,
1986-1987. Sponsored by the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and
the Arts, Folk Arts Program. The collection includes 3/8
linear inch of 6 black-and-white photographs of Hawaiian musicians
during recording sessions by the State Foundation on Culture and
the Arts, release forms, tape logs, and 2 50-page booklets accompanying “Na
Mele Paniolo” containing background information, English translations,
liner notes, and song lyrics. (13 hours)
AFC 1996/077: Dennis Ladd / Hawaiian LP Discography Collection One 532-page manuscript entitled "Index
to Hawaiian Songs on Albums Indexed by Title, Composer, and Performer," compiled
by Dennis Ladd. The list includes LPs from the beginning of the LP-era
(ca. 1950) through 1988.
AFC 2000/001: Local Legacies Collection Four hundred and five linear feet
(approximately 90,000 manuscript pages, 500 sound recordings, 13,000
graphic materials, 350 electronic media, and 75 artifacts) of documentation
of local festivals, fairs, parades, and other community-based events
from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories
and trusts. The Local Legacies Collection was donated through the
efforts of individuals, organizations, and institutions asked to
participate by members of Congress. This project was part of the
Library of Congress Bicentennial celebration in the year 2000. An
online presentation of this collection, entitled Community
Roots,
is available on the Web. The following is a list of Local Legacies
projects from Hawaii:
Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Senator Daniel K. Akaka, Representative
Neil Abercrombie (1st District), and Representative Patsy T. Mink
(2nd District): King Kamehameha Celebration; Royal Hawaiian
Band; Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival and Traditional Practices;
The Obon in Hawai'i Kailua; Fourth of July Parade; Ching Ming Tradition
in Hawai'i; Traditions in the Filipino Plantation Community of
'Ewa; Kapa (Traditional Hawaiian Bark Cloth Production and Design);
Okinawan Festival; Hawaiian Canoe; Aloha Festivals; Prince Lot
Hula Festival; Polynesian Voyaging Society.
Manuscript Collection
Helen H. Roberts Manuscript Collection: Thirty-two
linear inches of correspondence, fieldnotes,
lecture notes, manuscripts, musical transcriptions, notebooks, photographs,
published papers, record jackets, song lists, song texts, and tape
boxes related to American Indian basketry collected 1916-1919 and music
of various cultures and locations, including the following: California
Indian tribes (collected at the Round Valley Indian Reservation in
California, 1926); the Copper Eskimos, the Karuk Indian tribe, and
the K!onomihu Indian tribe (collected at Somes’ Bar and Orleans’ Bar,
California, 1921-1928); the Hawaiian islands (collected in Hawaii,
1923-1924); Jamaica (collected at Brown’s Town, Lacovia, and
Maroon Town in Jamaica, 1920-1921); Laguna and Zuni (collected in 1923);
the Nootka Indians (collected at western Vancouver Island, Canada);
Picuris Pueblo (collected in Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico, by John P.
Harrington, 1918); Puerto Rico; the Puget Sound Salish (collected in
the Puget Sound, Washington by Herman K. Haeberlin, 1916); Southern
California Indian tribes (collected in 1926); Tachi Yokuts (collected
at Lemoore, California, 1922); and Tahiti (collected c. 1932).
Box 5 (HI51-HI73): Three linear inches of fieldnotes, correspondence, maps, transcribed musical scales, manuscripts, and miscellany related to Hawaiian music. Collected principally in Hawaii, including the city of Honolulu and the islands of Kauai, Maui, and Oahu, 1923-26. Donated by Helen H. Roberts and the School of American Research. (Manuscripts correspond to AFS 751-819 and AFS 11,007-11,299)
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