Sound Recordings

Object Details

Sponsor: The papers of William C. Sturtevant were processed with the assistance of a Wenner-Gren Foundation Historical Archives Program grant awarded to Dr. Ives Goddard. Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Collection Citation: William C. Sturtevant papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents note: This series contains 254 sound recordings on cassette tapes, 1/4" tape reels and wire recordings. Many of these were made during Sturtevant's field research among the Seminole, Iroquois, Catawba, and Cherokee. They include interviews, linguistic material such as translations, and songs. There are also copies of original recordings held in other repositories.The recordings have not yet been examined to confirm the contents, but many of the 1/4' tape reels may be duplicates. Any box label information was trasncribed and isincluded below. Sound recording numbers were added by the archivist. The Seminole wire recordings and their corresponding 1/4" tape copies are restricted to on-site listening only.

Collection Restrictions: Files containing Sturtevant's students' grades have been restricted, as have his students' and colleagues' grant and fellowships applications. Restricted files were separated and placed at the end of their respective series in boxes 87, 264, 322, 389-394, 435-436, 448, 468, and 483. For preservation reasons, his computer files are also restricted. Seminole sound recordings are restricted. Access to the William C. Sturtevant Papers requires an apointment.