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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3245 Manuscripts relating to the study of Alabama ("Alabamu") Indian music
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3245
- Creators:
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Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
- Dates:
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1933, 1946
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Portfolio
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes: "Alabama Music." Typed carbon copy of unpublished manuscript, pages 251-256. This manuscript is a brief resume of F. Densmore's work with Alabama (Alibamu) music. No date appears on the manuscript but it could not have been written before 1933 and probably was written ca. 1940's because the page numbers correspond to similar resumes for the Acoma and Winnebago. This carbon copy was received from the Densmore estate, ca. 1962. "Alabama Music" by F. Densmore, "based upon unpublished material in the possession of the Bureau of American Ethnology and used by permission," 28 pages typed carbon copy. No date appears on the title page of the manuscript but it was probably written after her return from field work among the Alabama Indians in 1933. Old Manuscript Number 3245 "Songs of the Alibamu Indians." 49 typed pages of text, including descriptive analysis of 35 songs. Submitted April 25, 1933. Old Manuscript Number 3246 "Alibamu songs of the Buffalo and other Dances." 12 typed pages of text including descriptive analysis of 12 songs. Submitted May 15, 1933. "Alabama Music by Frances Densmore." 69 typed pages of text and two portraits of the singer Charles Martin Thompson; tabulated analyses of 47 songs, and 18 pages of musical transcriptions. The text, illustrations and transcriptions are on microfilm in the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Administration
Custodial History
Submitted to the Bureau of American Ethnology at intervals by the author and some material received from the Densmore estate, ca. 1962.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3245, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3245
Other Title
Other Title
Alabama Music
Other Title
Songs of the Alibamu Indians
Other Title
Alibamu songs of the Buffalo and other Dances
Other Title
Alabama Music by Frances Densmore
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Dance -- Alibamu | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Music -- Alibamu | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Buffalo dance -- Alibamu | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Alibamu | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Thompson, Charles Martin, 1860-1935 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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