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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1788 Ceremonial Songs of the Pawnee
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1788
- Creators:
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Roberts, Helen H. (Helen Heffron), 1888-1985Murie, James R.
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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624 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Also Transcriptions of music and musical analysis. With "Notes on Songs and the Composers," by James R. Murie. 9 pages.
Scope and Contents
Ceremonial Songs of the Pawnee. Memorandum by Miss Roberts. 1 page. List of discrepancies. 2 small sheets. Musical sections, with note to artist or printer. 6 pages. Graphic analyses. 3 sheets. Melodic analysis of 210 songs. 6 sheets. General discussion. 18 pages. Manuscript of song material. 588 pages.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file. 9/1969.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 1788, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1788
Local Note
Local Note
Companion paper to "The Ceremonies of the Pawnee," by James R. Murie. (Bureau of American Ethnology Number 2520.)
Local Note
See Bureau of American Ethnology File # 4243, page 164 for mention of 95 records of songs of Pawnee ceremonies. Records presumably in Library of Congress ?
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Music -- Pawnee | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Pawnee | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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