Object Details
- Collection Creator
- De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004
- McClellan, Catharine
- Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
- Guédon, Marie Françoise
- Emmons, George Thornton
- See more items in
- Frederica de Laguna papers
- Frederica de Laguna papers / Series 12: Sound Recordings
- Date
- June 6, 1968
- Container
- Reel 46
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Frederica de Laguna papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact repository for terms of use.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- de Laguna Reel 79 contains duplicate material.
- Scope and Contents
- NAGRA 1 track A. Potlatch for Maggie Joe, Gulkana 6/16/68 B. Jenny Peters Cautwell June 25, Continued in #2 1968 Reel 1 (on Nagra) A: Songs recorded at Gulkana Potlatch for Maggie Joe, 6/16/1968 1. short snatch 2. long, ends in clapping 3. ends in clapping 4. short snatch 5. ends in "whee!" 6. song 7. "whoo, whoo" --talk [talk only] 8. song again 9. Beginning with drum alone; then men & women sing --"'ani" 10. Song --TubARA XAnégE. 11. All sing "wineya" --aughter --Mrs. Alfred Adam's sorry song 12. Song --For Chief David --Tetline 13. Women's voices sound above men's (cf. Jenny Peter's song, Cantwell, 6/24, & 6/25) Big Mark made it Tx song 14. Song --phonograph song --Mrs. Banzonita Billy Henry. 15. Spirited song, clapping. deL asks if it's Tanacross Song. Sophie Lincoln answers. 16. Spirited song 17. Spirited song, short. No break with next. 18. Song 19. Song; ends with clapping 20. Song. Then talk; no apparent break with next --First Song 21. Song 22. Song --Northway dancing song 23. Song (can hear child cry) 24. Song - clapping - - talk --coughing --doors open & close de Laguna identifies the preceding songs. Summary of Recordings 1968 All are Ahtna (Atna) Singers Unless Otherwise Notes Reel 1, A: Gulkana Potlatch for Maggie Joe. June 16, 1968 [As identified by Bill & Maggie Joe, 7/6/68, pp. 1-3] 1. Short snatch of Northway song. 2. Northern song, ends in clapping 3. Northway song, ends in clapping 4. Short song --not identified 5. TcElali [drinking song], from Up-the-Line 6. Dance song 7. Calls only 8. Up-the-Line song 9. Up-the-Line song 10. Andrew Isaac's Sorry Song for Johnny Frank [Johnson?], c. 1966 11. Lucy Adam's Sorry Song for her Son, Tetlin 12. Andrew David's or Walter David's Sorry Song for their father, Chief David, Tetlin 13. Big Mark's Sorry Song for his Son, Tanacross 14. Mrs. Baznita Billy's Sorry Song for her Son 15. Tanacross Song 16. Up-the-Line song, not completed 17. Kitty David's Tanana Boat Song, Tetlin, not completed. 18. Dance song 19. Up-the-Line Dance Song 20. Tradition first song by Potlatch Guests (Up-the-Line) 21. Buster Jim's Dance Song, Northway. *22. Dance Song, "Something Follow Me" *23. Down below song --call for supper[?] 24. Talk only *numbering becomes uncertain
- Collection Restrictions
- Some of the original field notes are restricted due to Frederica de Laguna's request to protect the privacy of those accused of witchcraft. The originals are restricted until 2030. Photocopies may be made with the names of the accused redacted.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503511979604-1503511979842-1
