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Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture
NORTH DAKOTA COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Compiled by: Rachel S. Hall Series Editor: Ann
Hoog
Publication Date: September 2003; Web Revision March 2006 Series Number: LCFAFA
No. 33
ISSN 0736-4903
For additional information about Archive
of Folk Culture collections, contact the Folklife
Reading Room. To request copies, see our webpages regarding audio
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.
Multiformat Collections
AFS 9543B6-9562: Willard Rhodes / Bureau of Indian Affairs
Duplication Project
Twenty 16-inch discs of American Indian music
recorded in Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington
by Willard Rhodes, summer 1947, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The collection
includes 32 pages of concordances and lists and one article. [There
are 10-inch and 12-inch disc copies of this collection on AFS 12,204-12,262.]
AFS 9556B1-9557B2; 9561B6-9562A3: Four discs containing a Grass
Dance, Rabbit Dance, Soldier Boy's Song, Kick Dance, War Song, War Dance,
and the Tah-roh-pa Society Song performed by Clair Everett, George Howard,
George Lewis, Charley Parshall, Leo Shield Necklace, Willis Two Crow,
and Thomas Yellow Face. Recorded in Elbowoods and Fort Berthold, North
Dakota, August 23-25, 1947. (1 hour; LWO 5111 reels 237A and 238A)
AFS 9557B3-9561B5: Five discs containing a Victory Song, Kahomini
Dance, Grass Song, Death Song, and Patriotic Song performed by Jerome
Hastricks (or Hetrich), Alex Sage, Leon Spotted Bull, Charles Tuske,
James Miles Vaulter, and Francis Yellow Lodge. Recorded in Fort Yates,
North Dakota, August 28-September 5, 1947. (1 hour and 35
minutes; LWO 5111 reels 237B-238A)
AFS 10,902: Hartle and Howard / Sioux Songs
One 7-inch tape of 12 Sioux songs including "Longing
for Custer," "To a Little Boy Who Lost His Horse," "Bloody
Knife," "Bear Trail," "Indian National Anthem," "Song
for World War II Veterans," "Scout Song" (dedicated to Bob
Tailed Bull), "Kick Dance," "Fox Song," "Grass
Dance," and others, performed by Johnny Fox and Davis Paint. Recorded
in Fort Berthold, North Dakota, by Donald Hartle and James Howard, October
29, 1951. The collection includes 1 page of song lists. (24
minutes; LWO 5366)
AFS 11,301: Ross Lee Finney Recordings
One 7-inch tape of 10 folksongs sung by Ross Lee
Finney, originally from North Dakota, which he heard in his childhood including
songs collected from John Jacob Niles, Carl Sandburg, and others. Recorded
at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., ca. 1957. The collection
includes a 1-page song list. (24 minutes; LWO 2509)
AFS 13,992-14,021: National Federation of Music Clubs Archivists
/ Folk Music Materials
Eighteen 7-inch, 3 5-inch, and 9 3-inch
tapes of folk music from Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, Rhode
Island, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Recorded by regional National
Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) archivists and contributors, 1931-63.
Donated by Annabel M. Buchanan for the NFMC Folk Music Archive. The collection
includes 5 linear inches of articles, correspondence, logs, and musical
and textual transcriptions.
AFS 14,002-14,003; 14,020: Two 7-inch tapes and 1 3-inch tape
of Norwegian fiddlers, folk dances, and popular songs performed by Olander
Nelson, Ernest Sanis, Ted Sanis, Knut Sorensen, and Guntur Sorensen and
others playing fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and piano. Recorded in Grand
Forks, North Dakota, by Mrs. George Sturgeon, 1961-63. (4 hours and
20 minutes; LWO 5712 reels 11-12, 29)
AFS 21,846-21,854: Federal Cylinder Project / State Historical
Society of North Dakota Mandan Hidatsa Cylinders
Nine 7-inch tapes copied from 175 wax cylinders
of Mandan-Hidatsa music, including 141 war and dance songs from the Black
Mouth Society, Buffalo Society, Creek Woman Society, Foolish Dog Society,
Fox Society, Half Cut Society, Horse Society, and Young Dog Society and
other songs performed by Crow's Heart, Flat Bear, Holding Eagle, Mrs. Holding
Eagle, Little Crow, Sitting Crow, Sitting Rabbit, Spotted Weasel, Wolf
Head, Wounded Face, Young Hawk, and numerous others. Also includes Mandan
words and the narratives of Reverend and Mrs. C. L. Hall from early experiences
at Fort Berthold. Recorded in North Dakota by Frances Densmore, 1912-29.
The collection includes 9 pages of song lists. (8 hours and 12
minutes; RWA 6011-6019)
AFS 23,206: Federal Cylinder Project / O.G. Libby and Frances
Densmore (Mandan-Hidatsa)
One 7-inch tape copied from 21 wax cylinders
of 21 Mandan-Hidatsa songs sung by Black Bear, Flat Bear, Four
Rings, Little Crow, Red Star, Alex Sage, Sitting Rabbit, Spotted Horn,
and other unknown performers. Recorded in North Dakota by Russell Reed
and O. G. Libby, August 1929, and others recorded by Frances Densmore,
ca. 1915. Donated by the North Dakota Historical Society. The collection
includes a 1-page song list. (1 hour; RWA 7032)
AFS 23,207: Federal Cylinder Project / O.G. Libby (Mandan-Hidatsa)
One 7-inch tape copied from 18 wax cylinders
of 18 Mandan-Hidatsa songs sung by Bob Tailed Bull, Enemy Heart,
David Hand, Little Soldier, Red Star, Alex Sage, Sitting Bear, and Standing
Soldier. Recorded in North Dakota by O. G. Libby on various dates, 1915.
Donated by the North Dakota Historical Society. The collection includes
a 1-page song list. (1 hour; RWA 7033)
AFC 1948/056: Mark Mahto Recording of Mandan Indians' Tribal Songs
One 16-inch disc of 5 Mandan tribal songs from Elbowoods, North Dakota. Recorded
at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., by Mark Mahto, ca. 1948. (13
minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 169A) [includes AFS 8945]
AFC 1987/005: Bjorngjeld Family Collection
Two audiocassettes of instrumentals and songs by the Bjorngjeld family,
recorded in Minnesota, November 1986, and Columbus, North Dakota, 1956-60.
The collection
includes a 2-page list of 63 instrumentals and songs, 11
pages of notes, and an article about the family. Includes: Bjorngjeld Family
Reunion Band in concert at the Homestead Pickin Parlor (Richfield, MN,
November
22, 1986; and Dulono's, November 29, 1986), Minneapolis, MN. Selections
recorded include country music, Scandinavian dance music, bluegrass, gospel,
and ballads [ recorded by Arthur J. Bjorngjeld?] Bjorngjeld Family "homemade
recordings": sample of records and tapes recorded at home [location
unknown] during the 1950s and 1960s. Musicians include Clarence Bjorngjeld
(harmonica and vocals), Ervin Bjorngjeld (tenor banjo), Alfred Bjorngjeld
(piano accordian), Borghild Person (guitar and vocals), Olga Hanson (mandolin
and vocals).
AFC 1990/032: Arikara Dictaphone Belt Recordings, University of
Chicago, Fort Berthold Project Records
Two 7-inch tapes copied from 15 dictabelts
of Arikara spoken word by an unknown Arikara ceremonial leader. Recorded
at the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, by Sol Tax, 1950-53 as
part of the records of the Action Anthropology Project of the University
of Chicago. Accompanying manuscript materials for these recordings are
at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. (3
hours and 10 minutes; LWO 25,488)
AFC 1993/001: Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project
Collection
Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project Collection. 1982
survey of 23 ethnic schools, 14 of which the Center represented in a book
resulting from the study, Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America.
Collection contains 32 boxes of unmicrofilmed manuscripts, 8 microfilms
(fieldnotes and reports), 248 audio cassettes, 84 7-inch reels, 1130 color
slides, 9072 black and white negatives, and 1 3/4-inch videotape.
AFC 1993/001:Box 7: Materials pertaining to the report
on the German-Russian Ethnic Studies program at Emmons Central High School
in Strasburg,
North Dakota, collected by Timothy J. Kloberdanz. Contains fieldwork
for the
chapter that appeared in Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America.
Includes 5 color slide logs with photo descriptions for 85 individual
slides, in addition to black and white photo logs for 7 rolls of film,
each containing
36 photos with descriptions, as well as 5 photo enlargements. Miscellaneous
items include a German-Russian
dinner menu titled "Was Gibt es Zuessen?", a postcard titled
"The interior of SS. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church." and
4 final reports written by Kloberdanz.
AFC 1993/001:Microfilm Reel 3: Contains personal correspondence, day-to-day
fieldnotes, and expense sheets of fieldworker Timothy J. Kloberdanz.
Also includes sound recording logs, photo logs, and interview sheets.
Other miscellaneous documents include curriculum materials pertaining
to the German-Russian ethnic studies course taught at Emmons Central
High, reports and diagrams on the architecture of historic German-Russian
houses in North Dakota, local newspaper articles, photocopies from the
high school yearbook, song lyrics, and additional copies of the drafts
for the final reports.
AFS 23,454-23,463: One audiocassette containing interviews
with various members of the Strasburg community, and students and staff
at Emmons Central
High School. Includes recording of 1 ethnic studies class session, and
the end of the year German-Russian ethnic dinner. Also includes 14 German
folk songs sung by the Young German Singers of Emmons County, in addition
to a commercial recording made by the same group, containing 17 religious
hymns. (RYA 4459-4468)
AFC 1995/031: North Dakota Council on
the Arts / "Faces of
Identity, Hands of Skill" Collection
Two audiocassettes of ethnic folk music and dance
of North Dakota for use in an exhibition entitled "Faces of Identity,
Hands of Skill: Folk Arts in North Dakota," assembled by the North
Dakota Council on the Arts. Performers include Bryan Akipa playing the
Sisseton Sioux "Siyo Tanka" flute, John Gross Jr. singing German-Russian "Volkslieder," James
LaRoque playing "Metis" ("mixed") French/Chippewa/Cree
fiddle tunes, Luqman Maii playing Kurdish music on the tambour (a form
of lute), and Sokhom and Bun Sun You playing and singing Khmer dance
music of Cambodia. Recorded in Bismarck, Fargo, Napoleon, Sisseton, and
Turtle
Mountain Indian Reservation, North Dakota, by Troyd Geist, 1994. The
collection includes 26 pages of descriptions, information about performers,
and sections of newsletters. (2 hours)
AFC 2000/001: Local Legacies Collection Four hundred and five linear feet (approximately
90,000 manuscript pages, 475 sound recordings, 13,270 graphic materials,
335 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 at http://www.loc.gov/folklife/roots/ . The following is a
list of Local Legacies from North Dakota, arranged by congressional sponsorship:
Senator Kent Conrad: Fort Seward Wagon Train (held in Jamestown),
International Music Camp (located at the International Peace Garden),
United Tribes Powwow (held on the campus of the United Tribes Technical
College in Bismarck; coordinated with Rep. Pomeroy), Norsk Hostfest (held
in Minot; coordinated with Sen. Dorgan and Rep. Pomeroy), Medora Musical
(held in Medora).
Senator Byron Dorgan: One Hundredth Annual Celebration by Icelanders
(held in Mountain), Prairie Rose Lace Makers, Taylor Horse-Festival Celebration
(held in Taylor), Fort Ransom Sodbusters Association: Pioneer Life (held
in Fort Ransom), Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Medora (held in Medora),
Cowboy Poetry of Bill Lowman, Family Immersion in Traditional Norwegian
Culture (featuring Robin and Paul Carlson of Kenmare), Norsk Hostfest
(see Sen. Conrad above).
Representative Earl Pomeroy (At Large): North Dakota Winter
Show in Valley City, United Tribes Powwow (see Sen. Conrad above), Norsk
Hostfest (see Sen. Conrad above), Germans from Russia Cooking, Roughrider
Days (held in Dickinson).
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