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Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture
WASHINGTON FIELD RECORDINGS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Compiled by: Claudia J. Widgery Series Editor:
Joseph C. Hickerson
Publication Date: September 1982
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.
AFS 8347-8349: Three discs containing songs sung by convalescent
soldiers recorded at Barnes General Hospital, Vancouver, WA, ca. 1948
by Mrs. Ivalee Hobden.
AFS 10,090-10,094: Five 10-inch tapes containing songs of various
Indian tribes recorded by Willard Rhodes in 1950. Locations include
Washington and Idaho. Portions of this collection have been published
by the Library of Congress on LP AFS L34, Northwest (Puget Sound).
AFS 10,090A1-B22: Thirty-three songs of the Lummi, Nisqually,
Puyallup, Skokomish, Snohomish, and Snoqualmie recorded in Auburn
and Shelton, WA.
AFS 10,090B23-10,091B1: Forty-six songs of the Lummi, Nooksack,
Skagit, and others recorded in Marietta and Everson, WA.
AFS 10,091B2-B15: Fourteen songs of the Samish, Swinomish,
and Shakers recorded in La Conner, WA.
AFS 10,091B16-10,093B8: Fifty-eight songs of the Clayoquot,
Klallam, Makah, Nitinat, Quinault, Chinook, and Quileute recorded
in La Push and Neah Bay, WA.
AFS 10,093B9-B38: Thirty songs of the Clalam, Chehellis,
Chinook, Nisqually, Puyallup, and Twana recorded in Union, WA.
AFS 12,210A2-12,213A2: Four discs containing thirty-eight songs
of various Indian tribes recorded in Toppenish, WA, in July 1947 by
Willard Rhodes. Sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. [Duplicate
copies on discs AFS 9545B4-9548A5.]
AFS 14,218-14,221: Four 10-inch tapes containing songs and
narratives recorded by Benjamin A. Botkin in 1949 and 1950, and Voice
of America folklore programs.
AFS 14,219B: Includes two songs with narrative by James Stevens
and ten parodies and songs with narrative by Ivar Hagland, recorded
in 1950 in Seattle, WA.
AFS 14,368-14,372: Five wires containing Nootka and Makah stories
recorded by Morris Swadesh, n.d. Gift of the American Philosophical
Society.
AFS 17,599: One cassette containing an interview about the
Washington and Oregon legend of the Sasquatch. Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Fasinski are interviewed by Helen and Norman Custis in Washingotn,
DC, November 1973.
AFS 19,249: One 7-inch tape containing three Utah folksongs
duplicated from discs in the collections of Austin and Alta Fife and
Lester Hubbard. Included is "Mountain Meadows Massacre," sung
by George Harter of Kahlotus, WA, recorded in 1952 by Joseph Tarbet,
which is included on the Library of Congress LP LBC9, Songs of Death
and Tragedy.
AFS 19,361: One 10-inch tape containing eight songs and recitations
by Edmund Seymour of New York City, as learned in the West, especially
Washington. Duplicated from four discs recorded in March 1941 by Tony
Kraber and loaned by John Patterson.
Cyl. 895-976: Eighty-two cylinders containing music of the
Quileute, recorded by Leo Joachim Frachtenberg, n.d. Part of the Smithsonian
Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Collection.
Cyl. 2909-3033: One hundred and twenty-five cylinders containing
songs of the Makah recorded in 1923 by Frances Densmore. Part of the
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Collection. [Duplicate
on discs AFS 10,649-10,664.]
Cyl. 3034-3081: Forty-eight cylinders containing songs of the
Clayoquot recorded in 1923 by Frances Densmore. Part of the Smithsonian
Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Collection. [Duplicate on
discs AFS 10,655-10,671.]
Cyl. 3082-3092: Eleven cylinders containing songs of the Quileute
recorded in 1926 by Frances Densmore. Part of the Smithsonian Institution
Bureau of American Ethnology Collection. [Duplicate on discs AFS 10,672-10,673.]
Cyl. 3093-3100: Eight cylinders containing songs of the Nootka
recorded in 1926 by Frances Densmore. Part of the Smithsonian Institution
Bureau of American Ethnology Collection. [Duplicate on discs AFS 10,675.]
Cyl. 3101-3102: Two cylinders containing songs of the Quinault
and Yakima recorded in 1923 and 1926 by Frances Densmore. Part of the
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Collection. [Duplicate
on discs AFS 10,675.]
Cyl. 3713-3718: Six cylinders containing songs of the various
North American Indian tribes recorded by Frances Densmore, n.d. Part
of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Collection.
Cyl. 3817-3819: Three cylinders containing songs of the Clayoquot
recorded in 1923 by Frances Densmore. Part of the Smithsonian Institution
Bureau of American Ethnology Collection.
Cyl. 3829-3842: Fourteen cylinders containing songs of the
Makah recorded in 1923 by Frances Densmore. Part of the Smithsonian
Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Collection.
Cyl. 3862: One cylinder containing songs of the Quileute recorded
in 1926 by Frances Densmore. Part of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau
of American Ethnology Collection.
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