Tlingit recordings made in Angoon, Alaska

Mss.Rec.15

Date: 1950 | Size: 1 reel(s)

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Abstract

Tlingit recordings made on 1 wire spool in Angoon, Alaska, 21 June 1950, by Frederica de Laguna and Catherine McClellan. Text, "How Angoon was destroyed in 1882"; translation on typed sheets made by native from recording. Song of the Raven Hat. Three "Tsimshian" songs. The recordings were made by wire recorder loaned by Wenner-Gren Foundation; research the result of funds from the Arctic Institute of North America.

Background note

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Processing information

The original wire spool on which this material was recorded was sent, along with other, separate wire spool and phonograph disc recording collections at the APS Library, to the Library of Congress in 1970, where they were transferred to reel-to-reel tapes which were sent back to the APS, the originals remaining at Library of Congress. All of the reels received back were then lumped together into a new, artificial collection, Mss.Rec.82. They were digitized in 2010. In April 2015, new finding aids, such as this one, were created to restore the original call numbers of the materials and make their contents easier to distinguish.

As some of the reels in Mss.Rec.82 contain recordings from multiple collections, the recordings could not physically be separated out into their original collections. The tape numbers on the recordings below therefore reflect the numbering and location on the Mss.Rec.82 tapes.

Collection digitized and cataloged by Brian Carpenter during the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded audio digitization project, 2008-2014.

Related material

Transcripts of this recordings are available in the Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection.

Indexing Terms

Genre(s)

Sound recordings

Subject(s)

Angoon (Alaska) -- History
Tlingit Indians -- History
Tlingit Indians -- Music
Tlingit Indians -- Social life and customs
Tlingit language
Tsimshian Indians -- Folklore
Tsimshian Indians -- Music

Detailed Inventory


Audio Recordings			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
07-02 De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004. Jones, Billy. McClellan, Catharine. The history of the destruction of Angoon	1950-06-21	00:17:05	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
General physical description: 00:17:05 Geographic Name(s): Angoon (Alaska) Subject(s): Angoon (Alaska) -- History; Tlingit language; Tlingit Indians -- History Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/audio:8687
07-03 De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004. Johnson, Jimmy, Mrs.. Johnson, Jimmy. Jones, Billy. McClellan, Catharine. The Song of the Raven Hat	1950-06-21	00:09:32	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
General physical description: 00:09:32 Geographic Name(s): Angoon (Alaska) Subject(s): Tlingit Indians -- Music Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/audio:8689
07-04 Johnson, Jimmy. Jones, Billy. McClellan, Catharine. Johnson, Jimmy, Mrs.. De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004. The Song of the Beaver Hat [1 of 2]	1950-06-22	00:03:13	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
General physical description: 00:03:13 Geographic Name(s): Angoon (Alaska) Subject(s): Tlingit Indians -- Music Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/audio:8688
07-05 Jones, Billy. De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004. McClellan, Catharine. Johnson, Jimmy, Mrs.. Johnson, Jimmy. The Song of the Beaver Hat [2 of 2]	1950-06-22	00:03:16	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
General physical description: 00:03:16 Geographic Name(s): Angoon (Alaska) Subject(s): Tlingit Indians -- Music Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/audio:8685
07-06 De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004. Frank, Elsie. Willis, Mary. Johnson, Jimmy, Mrs.. Johnson, Jimmy. Jones, Billy. McClellan, Catharine. Three Tsimshian songs	1950-06-22	00:09:33	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
General physical description: 00:09:33 Geographic Name(s): Angoon (Alaska) Subject(s): Tsimshian Indians -- Music; Tlingit Indians -- Music Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/audio:8686