Music Recording (Collection)John R Swanton collection of Tlingit cylinder recordings
Main title
- John R. Swanton collection of Tlingit cylinder recordings [sound recording].
Published/Created
- 1904.
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Description
- 32 sound cylinders ; 6 in.
- manuscripts 1 folder.
Rights advisory
- Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access advisory
- Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Local shelving no.
- RLA 02516-02545 (cylinders)
- Cylinders 1683-1695; 1705, 1716, 1719, 1721-1727, 1729-1734, 1739, 1741-1742
- LWO 7211 r1 and RWA 3776-3779
- AFS 17029; AFS 21251-21254
- AFC 1948/146
Variant title
- Title from The Federal Cylinder Project: Tlingit Indian music: the John Reed Swanton collection
Related names
Performer
- Various performers and speakers including Dekina'k!u (Jacob Morris), Don Cameron.
Summary
- Collection of field recordings of Tlingit songs collected on cylinders by John R. Swanton in Sitka, Alaska, January 9-March 21, and in Wrangell, March 22-May 5, 1904, for the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. Swanton recorded a total of 41 cylinders; these are 30 which definitely contain plus 2 probably containing Tlingit songs; descriptions and text translations of the songs are in ms. 4118-a in the collections of the National Anthropological Archives. These translations have been matched with "Words of songs taken in connection with graphophone records," a chapter in Swanton's Tlingit Myths and Texts (BAE Bulletin 39, pp. 390-415). The cylinders were transferred from the National Archives in 1948.
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Notes
- Library of Congress duplication project, 1980s, Federal Cylinder Project. Originals on 32 sound cylinders, 6 in.
- Recorded at Sitka, Alaska by John R. Swanton in 1904.
- Documentation for most of these cylinders is found in in ms. 4118-a at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- In Tlingit.
- Swanton, John Reed. Tlingit myths and texts (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology bulletin, volume 39, 1909).
- Swanton, John Reed. Social condition, beliefs, and linguistic relationship of the Tlingit Indians (Washington, D.C.: 26th annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 1904-1905).
- Federal Cylinder Project (Washington, D.C.: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1984), volume 3, pp. 259-274.
Acquisition source
- National Archives and Records Administration; Transfer; 1948.
Cite as
- John R. Swanton collection of Tlingit cylinder recordings (AFC 1948/146), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats
- Preservation tape reels LWO 7211 r1 and RWA 3776-3779. Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, 198u. 5 sound tape reels ; analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 10 in.
LCCN
- 2015655239
Language code
- tli
Geographic area code
- n-us-ak
Repository
- Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
Type of material
- Music Recording (Collection)
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- American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG53)
