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Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture
ALASKA COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Compiled by: Wm. Maxwell Derrickson and Mary E. Lister
Series Editor: Joseph C. Hickerson
Publication Date: May 1995; Web Revision: August 2008
Series Number: LCFAFA No. 14
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.
AFS 6328-6353: Amos Burg / Alaska Recordings
Twenty-six 12-inch discs of accordion performances,
interviews, narratives, a recitation, and songs, recorded in various
locations in Alaska by Amos Burg, 1941. The following annotations
are largely based on a "Survey and Spot Analysis" compiled
by Samuel V. Wilson (1992). (4 hours and 10 minutes; tape copy
on LWO 4872 reels 404A-406A)
AFS 6328-6329; 6337A-B2; 6342; 6349-6350: Five discs
containing a narrative by Paul Satko and his family about their
journey from Virginia, hardships, arrival, and success in Alaska
as homesteaders in 1938.
AFS 6330; 6340: Two discs containing an interview with
Harold Wood, a Seventh Day Adventist, about his experiences as
a boat-traveling missionary doctor in southeastern Alaska. Recorded
in Juneau, December 3, 1941.
AFS 6331A1: A song sung by a male voice accompanied
by piano.
AFS 6331A2-3; 6336: Two discs containing "Annie
Laurie" sung with piano accompaniment and "The Mouse," by
B. Burns, sung and recited by Al Robertson. Recorded in Ketchikan.
AFS 6332-6334; 6337B3; 6338; 6353: Six discs containing
an interview with Charles W. Carter about his adventures, employment,
and life in Alaska beginning in 1901. Recorded in Juneau.
AFS 6335; 6339; 6343A; 6345; 6352: Five discs containing
recollections and songs by "Lonesome Pete." Recorded
in Meyer's Church.
AFS 6341: One disc containing interviews with children.
AFS 6343B: One disc containing interviews concerning
Alaskan Native myths.
AFS 6344; 6346: Two discs containing accordion music.
AFS 6347: One disc containing "Alaska, My Alaska" sung
by Ed Sandy and accompanied by Helen Lane on piano.
AFS 6348: One disc containing harmonica solos, songs
sung by a male voice accompanied by guitar, and a song by "Lonesome
Pete" accompanied by accordion.
AFS 6351: One disc containing an interview with Elmer
Capstead, including anecdotes and animal calls.
AFS 10,515-10,744: Frances Densmore American Indian Recordings
Two hundred and thirty 16-inch discs mostly
of North American Indian songs originally recorded on cylinders
in various locations primarily by Frances Densmore, 1907-36, for
the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. Transferred
from the National Archives in 1948.
AFS 10,712A: One disc containing Ingalik Indian songs
sung by James Fox, recorded on cylinders in Anvik by John Wight
Chapman, February 23, 1925. (8 minutes; tape copy on LWO
5111 reel 344A)
AFS 11,919: John Panamarkoff Alaskan Promyshlenniki Recordings
One 3-inch tape of a 25-verse song
written at the behest of the Promyshleniki, a Russian settlement
administrative unit in Sitka, 1808. Sung by John Panamarkoff. Received
June 1958. (40 minutes; LWO 3541)
AFS 11,934-11,937; 12,057: Frederica de Laguna and Catherine
McClellan Collection
Five 10-inch tapes of Tlingit
Indian songs, conversations, explanations of the songs and their
origins, and interviews in English and Tlingit from Angoon, Copper
Center, Copper River, and Tanana Valley. Recorded in Chistochina
and Yakutat by Frederica de Laguna and Catherine McClellan, March
23-August 31, 1954. The collection includes 188 pages of notes
and textual transcriptions. (10 hours; LWO 3707)
AFS 11,998-12,003: Frederica de Laguna and Catherine McClellan
Tlingit Indian Recordings Collection
Six 10-inch tapes of Atna Athabascan
and Tlingit Indian songs, descriptions of animal noises, interviews,
and narratives from Chistochina, Copper River, and Gulkana. Recorded
in Copper Center and Yakutat by Frederica de Laguna and Catherine
McClellan, June-August 1952 and July 11-September 4, 1958. The
collection includes 13 pages of notes and textual transcriptions.
(12 hours; LWO 3859)
AFS 12,066-12,073: Frederica de Laguna / Catherine McClellan Atna-Athabascan
Collection
Eight 7-inch tapes of narratives, songs,
and vocabulary of the Atna Athabascan Indians. Recorded in Chistochina
and Copper Center by Frederica de Laguna and Catherine McClellan,
July 22-August 25, 1960. The collection includes four pages of
textual transcriptions. (16 hours; LWO 4150)
AFS 12,076-12,078: Ada Charlton / Haida Indian Songs and Stories
Three 7-inch tapes of Haida Indian songs
and stories sung by Nana-Sly Morrison and spoken by Mrs. Lyda Charles.
Gift of Mrs. Ada Charlton of Hydaburg, Alaska, 1964. (4 hours
and 30 minutes; LWO 4209)
AFS 14,052-14,055: J.P. Harrington / Chilkat, Karuk, Nez Perce,
Tlingit Recordings Four 10-inch discs of Chilkat Tlingit,
Karuk, and Nez Perce Indian language and legends. Recorded in New
York, New York, by John P. Harrington, 1929, for the Bureau of
American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. (Tape copy on LWO
5111 reel 436B)
AFS 14,052A: One disc containing examples of the Chilkat
Tlingit language spoken by Louis S. Shotridge. (3 minutes)
AFS 14,055A: One disc containing the Tlingit legend
of the "Origin of the Mosquito" narrated by Louis S.
Shotridge. (4 minutes)
AFS 14,373: Frederica de Laguna and Catherine McClellan / Tlingit
Recordings
One wire spool of Tlingit Indian Billy Jones
narrating the story of the "Destruction of Angoon," singing
and accompanying on drum the "Song of the Raven Hat" and "Song
of the Beaver Hat" with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Johnson, and singing
three Tsimshian songs with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Johnson, Mary Willis,
and Mrs. Elsie Frank. Recorded in Angoon by Frederica de Laguna,
June 21-22, 1950. The collection includes 8 pages of textual
transcriptions. (45 minutes; tape copy on AFS 10,499 [LWO
1878])
AFS 14,618-14,625: Willard Rhodes / American Indian Recordings
Eight 10-inch tapes of music by North
American Indian tribes including the Apache, Cherokee, Comanche,
Creek, Hopi, Kiowa, Navajo, Pawnee, Shoshone, and Tlingit, as well
as Ecuadorian Indian and Eskimo music. Recorded in Arizona, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming by Willard Rhodes, June 1951-July 1952,
and in Oregon by Louise B. Johannaber, 1952, for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
AFS 14,619A7: One tape containing a Tlingit "Rowing
Song," arranged by Michael O. Ossorgin and sung by the Boy's
Chorus of the Mt. Edgecumbe School, Mt. Edgecumbe, Alaska. Copied
by Willard Rhodes, 1951, from an earlier recording. This song
has been published by the Library of Congress as "Tlingit
Paddling Song" on recording number AFS L36, Indian Songs
of Today. (2 minutes; LWO 6692 reel 2A)
AFS 14,624B4-6: One tape containing three renditions
of an Eskimo "Motion Dance" sung by Tony Joule of St.
Michael, Alaska. Recorded in Brigham City, Utah, by Willard Rhodes,
July 1952. (5 minutes; LWO 6692 reel 7B)
AFS 15,403-15,423: Bureau of American Ethnology Transfers / American
Indian Recordings Twenty-one 10-inch tapes of linguistic
material and songs of the Aleut Indians of Alaska, language and
music of the Cherokee and Chumash Indians, songs of the Mission
Indians of California, and other material. Recorded at various
locations by John P. Harrington and others, 1930-41, mostly for
the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution.
AFS 15,414-15,419: Six tapes containing descriptions
of animals and birds of the Aleutian Islands, explanations of
Aleut pronunciations, and Aleut narratives and songs. (12
hours; LWO 7221 reels 12-17)
AFS 17,029; 21,251-21,254: John R. Swanton / Tlingit Indians
[and] Federal Cylinder Project
Five 10-inch tapes of Tlingit
Indian songs originally recorded on cylinders by John R. Swanton
in Sitka, January 9-March 21, and in Wrangell, March 22-May 5,
1904, for the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution.
The collection includes 21 pages of notes. (4 hours;
LWO 7211 reel 1 and RWA 3776-3779)
AFS 19,379-19,380: Carol Beery Davis / Tlingit Songs
One 7-inch tape and one cassette of
Tlingit Indian songs. Recorded in Juneau by Carol Beery Davis,
beginning "almost immediately [in] December, 1920...[and representing]
the result of 52 years of effort." Submitted for copyright
on July 3, 1978. (2 hours and 30 minutes; LWO 12,907)
AFS 19,922-19,957: American Folklore Genres Lectures Thirty-six cassettes of lectures on
American folklore genres delivered by various ethnomusicologists
and folklorists. Recorded and produced by Everett/Edward, Inc.,
Deland, Florida, 1979.
AFS 19,941A: One cassette containing 2 lectures on
Alaskan Eskimo and Indian folklore given by Thomas F. Johnston.
(56 minutes; RSS cass. 13,408)
AFS 22,068-22,070: Maria LaVigna "Native American Heritage on Wax" AnthologySelected recordings from the Federal Cylinder Project. Includes music from the Apache, Blackfoot, Cahuilla, Cherokee, Comanche, Dakota, Fox, Gabrielino, Hopi, Karok, Keres, Kickapoo, Konomihu, Luiseno, Mescalero, Navajo, Nez Perce, Omaha, Oto, Passamaquoddy, Pawnee, [?], Sauk, Serrano, Shawnee, Sioux, Tachi Yokuts, Tewa, Tiwa, Tlingit, and Winnebago tribes. Includes oration and peyote, love, corn, gambling, mourning, flute, Ghost Dance, and Sun Dance songs. Recorded between 1890 and 1941 by various collectors.
AFS 23,719: Connie Goldman / "Horizons: The Grand
Generation" Collection
One cassette entitled "Horizons: The Grand
Generation" of performances and interviews with elderly artists
at the Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklife,
July 1984, with commentary by Gene Bluestein. Recorded and produced
for National Public Radio by Connie Goldman, 1984. (RYA 4724)
AFS 23,719A3: One cassette containing an interview with
storyteller Estelle Oozevaseuk, a Yupik Eskimo from St. Lawrence
Island. (15 minutes)
AFC 1973/028 : Laura Boulton Collection
AFS 16,845-16,957: Part 14: Miscellaneous speech samples and narratives: Miscellaneous speech samples and narratives. Many dubbed from commercial recordings. Areas represented are Africa (Sierre Leone, Uganda), North American Indian (Chilcat, Dakota [ Sioux], Karok, Nez Perce, Onandaga, Oneida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian).
AFS 17,115-17,124: Part 16: Eskimo Songs: Ten 10-inch discs of Eskimo dance songs,
some with drum accompaniment, and songs of the Messenger Feast,
recorded in Point Barrow by Laura Boulton, October 11-17, 1946.
This is Part 16 of the Laura Boulton Collection and includes eighteen
pages of explanations of songs, notes, and some textual transcriptions.
(3 hours; tape copy on LWO 7551 reels 69B-70B)
AFC 1975/054: Paul Roseland Alaska Folk and Popular Songs Collection
One tape cartridge of songs sung with guitar
accompaniment by Paul Roseland ("The Singing Sourdough")
and recorded by the singer, 1974. (1 hour; LWO 8678; tape copy
on RWD 5690) (Includes AFS 17,980)
AFC 1984/015: International Design Conference in Aspen Collection
Two audiocassettes of National Endowment for the Arts Fellows presentations at the 1984 International Design Conference in Aspen. Lectures include Molly Smith on the Perserverance Theatre of Alaska; Alan Jabbour on cultural flow and interchange in North America based upon American Folklife Center field projects; and Tom Hodne on architecture. Recorded in Aspen, Colorado, June 21, 1984.
AFC 1986/017: Agnes Bellinger Tlingit Collection
Two videocassettes of Tlingit Indian dance,
music, and narratives, featuring the Eagle-Raven Dancers of Juneau,
and a lecture given by Agnes Bellinger on Tlingit cultural customs.
The collection also includes an accompanying booklet entitled Tracks
Along the Beach: Tales of the Raven, which documents 7 stories
about the Raven, the Tlingit creator-hero. Donated by Agnes Bellinger,
September 11, 1986. (2 hours and 10 minutes) [catalog record] [finding aid]
AFC 1987/017: Musical Characteristics of Tanana Athabascan Dance Song Manuscript Collection, by Tony Scott Pearce
Master of Arts thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, May, 1985. 212 pages.
AFC 1987/033: Institute of Alaska Native Arts / Athabascan Old-Time
Fiddling Festival Collection
Two cassettes entitled "Athabascan Old-Time
Fiddling Festival" and "The Metal That Sings," recorded
at the annual festival by the Institute of Alaska Native Arts in
Fairbanks, November 10-11, 1983, and November 9-10, 1984. (1
hour and 5 minutes)
AFC 1994/004: Alaska Native Musicale Collection / Native American gospel music
Nineteen audiocassettes of Native American gospel music from the 1983 through 1993 Native Musicales, plus one undated cassette labeled "Simeon Anarkin, "He's there all the time." Languages or tribal affiliations mentioned are: Tanaina, Yupik, Inupiaq, Eskimo. Many groups represented on each Musicale cassette.
AFC 1997/021: Paul Roseland Alaska Music Collection
Two audiocassettes, four CDs, and forty-one pages of manuscripts documenting Klondike gold rush, cowboy, and logging songs from Dawson, Alaska, and the state of Alaska. The collector, Paul Roseland, performs all songs. Recordings include: "Alaska Folk Songs: 1864-1977," "Gold Rush Collections: 1849-1941," "Traditional Cowboy Songs: 1880s-1950s," and "Traditional Logging Songs: 1853-1930." The two audiocassettes are unpublished versions of two CDs. The manuscripts consist of lists, melodic and textual transcription, notes, and photographs.
AFC 2000/007: Edward Sapir / Kutchin Cylinder Recordings
Two 10-inch tapes (copied from 18 wax cylinders) of Kutchin spoken-word by John Fredson, a Kutchin Indian from Ft. Yukon, Alaska. Recorded at Camp Red Cloud, Pennsylvania, by Edward Sapir, summer 1923. Textual transcriptions and translations by Edward Sapir; melodic transcriptions (of speech tones?) by George Herzog.
AFC 2003/049: Chuna McIntyre and the Nunampta Yupik Eskimo Dancers Concert Collection
Homegrown 2003 concert, Yup'ik Eskimo folklife from Alaska
Collection includes sound recording, video recording, and photographs of the concert at the Library of Congress; program flyer and publicity materials. Corey Flintoff, a newscaster for National Public Radio (NPR) introduced Chuna McIntyre, who learned the dances, songs, and stories of his Eskimo ancestors in Yup'ik from his grandmother. [catalog record]
AFC 2004/008: Herbert Halpert Collection
Two hundred forty-seven 12-inch discs, six 10-inch discs, fifty-nin 16-inch discs, plus correspondence, indexes, manuscripts, research notes, photographs and photographic negatives, newspaper clippings, student papers, ephemera and other materials primarily representing the documentation and analysis of the folklore of regions of New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Alaska by folklorist Herbert Halpert.
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