Songs performed by Chief James Webber (Witapano'xwe,) May 10, 1928. Originally recorded on wax cylinders, dubbed to sound tape reels in 1950. Included are dance songs, peyote songs, women's social dance songs (with Shawnee and Iroquois versions), a speech, portions of a big house ceremony, and songs for First Day.
Frank Gouldsmith Speck was an anthropologist.
Provenance
Presented by Mrs. Frank G. Speck and accessioned, 1950.
General physical description
2 sound tape reels (41 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono ; 7 in. The contents of this collection were originally recorded on wax cylinders by Frank G. Speck in 1928 and later copied to sound tape reels circa 1950.
General note
There are transcriptions available at the repository [497.3/Am4 #84].
Genre(s)
- Sound recordings
Subject(s)
- Delaware Indians--Music
- Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies
- Indians of North America
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01-01. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Pleasure Dance #1 | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:27 | Request File |
Women's stomp dance. May be a women's side dance in which women dance while men sing. Possibly a Shawnee song sung in Delaware. Playback speed uneven due to condition of the original cylinder. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:27 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Shawnee Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
01-02. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Pleasure Dance #2 | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:26 | Request File |
Women's stomp dance. May be a women's side dance in which women dance while men sing. Possibly a Seneca song sung in Delaware. Playback speed uneven due to condition of the original cylinder. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:26 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Seneca Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
01-03. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Pleasure Dance #3 | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:15 | Request File |
Women's stomp dance. May be a women's side dance in which women dance while men sing. Playback speed uneven due to condition of the original cylinder. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:15 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
01-04. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Pleasure Dance #4 | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:33 | Request File |
Women's stomp dance. May be a song where women stop dancing and sing together with the men singers. Program ends with summary given by Frank Speck of this and the three preceding Pleasure Dance songs. Playback speed uneven due to condition of the original cylinder. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:33 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
01-05. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Delaware Peyote Song | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:02:16 | Request File |
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:02:16 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware Indians--Music; Peyote songs Access digital object: | |||
01-06. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Fragment of Big House vision recital, with song | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:03:20 | Request File |
Program contains significant, sometimes loud sound distortions and skipping due to poor condition of original cylinder. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:03:20 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite); Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Peyote songs Access digital object: | |||
01-07. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Woman's Dance Song used in Morning of Big House, describing her vision of a mermaid | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:02:55 | Request File |
Identified by Ives Goddard (see Related Resource) as a woman's vision-recital song. According to Speck's documentation the song is "sung by J. Webber as his grandmother's song. She was Mawatdes 'Bundle in Good Shape' She died 1912, at age 109 years." Goddard alternately translates Mawatdes as of Munsee origin, meaning "One-Who-Has-No-Food." Speck's introduces the recording: "This is the song of Mawatdes, one of the oldest living women that the Delaware and Munsee tribes had. [She] died at the age of 109 years old, according to the scripture(?) as it was calculated from the place she gives of her birth. Her song follows." May contain some terms of Munsee origin. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:02:55 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware Indians--Music Access digital object: | |||
01-08. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Woman's Dance Song | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:38 | Request File |
Women's stomp dance song. Words given by Speck as "cwahakwiyus... 'white man meat' or 'stale meat.'" Words given by Goddard (see Related Resource) as "šuwánakw wiyóshe," meaning "'whiteman is making meat'; better 'the whiteman has meat'?...or 'hunts meat'?" Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:38 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
01-09. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Woman's Dance Song, ywietani-ke, "dancing nicely" | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:48 | Request File |
Women's stomp dance song. Words possibly in Seneca. Song may be of Shawnee origin. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:48 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Shawnee Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
01-10. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Witapanoxwe's Song | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:00:47 | Request File |
Vision recital song, or atehomwin song, of James C. Webber, whose Delaware name is Witapano'xwe. Song may be of Seneca or Shawnee origin. Contains some Munsee terms. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:00:47 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware Indians--Music; Seneca Indians--Music; Shawnee Indians--Music Access digital object: | |||
01-11. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Atehomwin Song of Kanipaxoxwe | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:02 | Request File |
Vision recital song, or atehomwin song, of Joe Washington, whose Delaware name is Kanipaxoxwe. Sung by James C. Webber. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:02 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware Indians--Music Access digital object: | |||
01-12. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Woman's Dance Songs (not used in Big House) - Delaware, Shawnee, and Iroquois versions | 1928-05-10 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:03:17 | Request File |
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:03:17 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Iroquois dance; Shawnee dance; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
01-13. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Short address by Chief Webber in Delaware (broken off) | 1928-05-10 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:35 | Request File |
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:35 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware Indians--History; Speeches, addresses, etc., Delaware Access digital object: | |||
02-01. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Short address in Delaware by Chief Webber | 1928-05-10 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:03:01 | Request File |
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:03:01 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware Indians--History; Speeches, addresses, etc., Delaware Access digital object: | |||
02-02. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Witapano'xwe's Big House vision recital and song | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:02:05 | Request File |
Big House ceremony vision recital and song of James C. Webber, whose Delaware name is Witapano'xwe. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:02:05 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite); Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Peyote songs Access digital object: | |||
02-03. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Witapano'xwe's Big House vision recital and song | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:03:53 | Request File |
Big House ceremony vision recital and song of James C. Webber, whose Delaware name is Witapano'xwe. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:03:53 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite); Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Peyote songs Access digital object: | |||
02-04. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Delaware Dance Songs (not used in Big House): a: Raccoon Dance | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:22 | Request File |
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:22 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
02-05. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Delaware Dance Songs (not used in Big House): c: Women's Dance | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:12 | Request File |
Identified by Goddard (see Related Resource) as a Raccoon Dance, possibly Shawnee in origin. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:12 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Shawnee Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
02-06. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Delaware Dance Songs (not used in Big House): d: Women's Dance | 1928 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:01:13 | Request File |
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:13 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Delaware dance; Delaware Indians--Music; Stomp dance Access digital object: | |||
02-07. Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950.
Webber, James C..
Delaware Song A - song to go with Big House Ceremony, Song of Leader (Elkhair) as he opens the Ceremony the First Day | 1928-03-10 | 1.0 .mp3 ; 00:03:34 | Request File |
Identified by Goddard (see Related Resource) as "Charley Elkhair's Big House vision recital and song" Program contains severe background noise due to poor condition of original cylinder. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Cylinder recording) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:03:34 Geographic Name(s): Philadelphia (Pa.) Subject(s): Big House Ceremony (Delaware rite); Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Peyote songs Access digital object: | |||