LCFAFA No. 18                                                March 1996



                              OREGON COLLECTIONS

                        IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE






                          Compiled by Megan M. Dreger


                      Series Editor:  Joseph C. Hickerson


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      This finding aid describes the Archive of Folk Culture's
unpublished ethnographic collections that document the
traditional music and other aspects of the folklife of Oregon.
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      Throughout this finding aid you will encounter several
abbreviations.  AFS numbers refer to the sequential numbering of
recordings and other formats cataloged and controlled by the
Archive of Folk Culture.  LWO and RW numbers are shelflist
designations for cassettes and tapes.  All indications of time
duration are estimates.


      The compiler wishes to thank Judith A. Gray for her
assistance in the entries relating to cylinders and Native
American collections, and Claudery J. Widgery, who compiled an
earlier version of this finding aid in 1982.


      Information on listening to and obtaining copies of the
recordings listed in this finding aid is contained in _A Guide to
the Collections of Recorded Folk Music and Folklore in the
Library of Congress_.  This guide, as well as a catalog with
ordering information of the Library's published recordings of
folk music and folklore, are available upon request from the
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
20540-4610; (202)707-5510;  FAX (202)707-2076.


      Also available upon request is _Ethnographic Collections in
the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide_.  We would be
most interested in learning of Oregon collections that might be
suitable for addition to the Archive of Folk Culture.


      This finding aid and others in the LCFAFA series are also
available from the American Folklife Center on the Internet via
the LC MARVEL Gopher Service
(URL=gopher://marvel.loc.gov/research/reading.rooms/folklife/guid
es) and the LC Web World Wide Web Server
(URL=http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife).

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AFS 3155-3313:  One hundred fifty-nine 12-inch discs of
instrumentals and songs recorded in Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky,
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and
Wisconsin by Sidney Robertson (Cowell), Charles Seeger, and
Margaret Valiant, 1936-37, for the Resettlement Administration.

      AFS 3280-3281A:  Two discs containing four instrumentals and
      songs played on tambouritzas and sung by the Balkan
      Troubadors (Lubo Mitrovich and Nick Mitrovich [both "born in
      Portland, Oregon"], Dan Radakovich, Bob Rajacich, and George
      Rajacich).  Recorded in Eveleth, Minnesota, by Sidney
      Robertson (Cowell), July 28, 1937.  (Fifteen minutes; tape
      copy on LWO 4872 reels 216B-217A)


AFS 9543B6-9562:  Twenty 16-inch discs of Native American music
recorded in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon,
South Dakota, and Washington by Willard Rhodes, summer 1947, for
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

      AFS 9545A1-B3:  One disc containing ten Alaskan Eskimo and
      Navajo songs sung by Flossie Connery, Agnes Hicks, Alfred
      Hicks, and Mrs. Alex Saluskin.  Recorded in Chemawa, Oregon,
      July 1947.  (Sixteen minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel
      234B)

      AFS 9548B2-9550B5:  Three discs containing twenty songs of
      the Wasco and other tribes.  Recorded in Simnasho, Oregon,
      August 4, 1947.  (Forty-seven minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111
      reel 235)

      AFS 9548B1; 9551-9553A4:  Four discs containing thirty-four
      songs of the Nez Perce, Winnebago, and other tribes. 
      Recorded in Pendleton, Oregon, August 9-11, 1947.  (Fifty-
      two minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reels 235-236A)


AFS 10,366-10,367:  Two 16-inch discs of fiddle tunes and songs
recorded in Portland, Oregon, by William L. Alderson, 1946-48. 
(Tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 300B)

      AFS 10,366:  One disc containing six songs sung by Reed
      College students.  Recorded spring 1948.  (Sixteen minutes)

      AFS 10,367A1-8:  One disc containing eight tunes played on
      fiddle by Karl Hutcheson, originally of Ravalli County,
      Montana.  Recorded November 14, 1946.  (Eight minutes)

      AFS 10,3676A9-11:  One disc containing three songs sung by
      Mrs. Don H. Slocum of Lake Oswego, Oregon.  Recorded
      November 1946.  (Three minutes)

      AFS 10,367B1-6:  One disc containing six songs sung with
      guitar by Reed College student Warren E. Roberts of Norway,
      Maine.  Recorded spring 1948.  (Thirteen minutes)


AFS 11,007-11,299:  One hundred sixty-seven 12-inch discs,
seventy-nine 10-inch discs, forty 8-inch discs, and seven 7-inch
discs of music originally recorded on cylinders at various
locations by various collectors.  Donated by Helen Heffron
Roberts, June 1956.

      AFS 11,131A2; 11,133B:  Two discs containing two songs sung
      by Charlie Cowen.  Recorded at the Klamath Reservation,
      Klamath Lake, Oregon, by Samuel Alfred Barrett, ca. August-
      September 1907.  (Six minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel
      370)


AFS 12,096:  One 7-inch tape of twenty-five songs sung with
guitar and harmonica by "The Ozark Mountaineers" (Almus D. Sisson
and Harold D. Sisson), originally of Mountain View, Arkansas. 
Recorded in Portland, Oregon, after 1942.  (One hour and eight
minutes; LWO 4300)


AFS 14,218-14,221:  Four 10-inch tapes of narratives, radio
programs, and songs recorded in California, Colorado, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, and
Washington, D. C., by Benjamin A. Botkin and the Voice of
America, 1949-58.

      AFS 14,219A:  One tape containing twelve songs sung with
      guitar and piano by Michael Loring and six examples of
      "street-corner rhetoric" spoken by Arthur Boose, "The Last
      of the Wobblies."  Recorded in Portland, Oregon, by Benjamin
      A. Botkin, August 1-3, 1950.  (Fifty-four minutes; LWO 6080
      reel 2A)


AFS 14,618-14,625:  Eight 10-inch tapes of Native American music
recorded in Arizona, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming by Willard
Rhodes, June 1951July 1952, and in Oregon by Louise B.
Johannaber, in or before 1952, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

      AFS 14,625A3-12:  One 10-inch tape containing ten songs sung
      by students at the Chemawa Indian School.  Recorded in
      Chemawa, Oregon, by Louise B. Johannaber, in or before 1952. 
      (Twelve minutes; LWO 6692 reel 8A)


AFS 17,125-17,128:  Four 10-inch discs of twenty-two songs sung
by Native Americans of the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Warm Springs, and
Yakima communities.  Recorded in Pendleton, Oregon, by Laura
Boulton, 1946.  This is Part 17 of the Laura Boulton Collection. 
(Forty-one minutes; tape copy on LWO 7551 reels 70B-71A)



AFS 17,129-17,134:  Six 10-inch discs of thirty-six songs sung by
Native Americans recorded in Hood River, Oregon, by Laura
Boulton, 1947.  This is Part 18 of the Laura Boulton Collection. 
(Forty-four minutes; tape copy on LWO 7551 reel 71A)


AFS 18,052:  One 7-inch tape of six songs of the Yakima and other
tribes discussed and sung with drum by Leroy B. Selam of
Monmouth, Oregon.  Recorded at the Library of Congress by Gerald
E. Parsons, December 12, 1975.  The fourth song has been
published by the Library of Congress as "Death Chant (Honor
Song)" on recording number LBC 15, _Religious Music: Solo &
Performance_.  (Thirty-two minutes; LWO 8862)


AFS 18,471:  One 10-inch tape of nineteen songs of the Kalapuya,
eleven songs of the Shasta, twenty-four songs of the Tututni, and
three songs of the Upper Umpqua tribes.  Originally recorded on
cylinders in Siletz, Oregon, by Leo Joachim Frachtenberg, 1915-
16.  (One hour and ten minutes; LWO 9049)


AFS 21,830-21,834:  Five 10-inch tapes of one hundred thirteen
narratives and songs of the Clackamas Chinook, Lakmiyuk, Mary's
River, Shasta, Tualatin, Yamhill, and Yonkalla communities. 
Spoken and sung by Victoria Howard.  Originally recorded on
cylinders in West Linn, Oregon, by Melville Jacobs, 1929-30. 
(Three hours and forty-three minutes; LWO 12,980)


AFS 21,857-21,865; 26,017-26,042:  Thirty-five 10-inch tapes of
interviews and tunes spoken and played by various old-time
fiddlers.  Recorded in western Oregon by Linda Danielson, August-
September 1976.  (Seventy hours; RWA 5740-5748; RWB 6194-6219)


AFS 22,169:  One 10-inch tape of thirteen Tututni Indian songs
sung by Hoxie Simmons.  Originally recorded on cylinders in
Siletz, Oregon, by Leo Joachim Frachtenberg, August 1915. 
(Thirty minutes; RWA 4834)


AFS 23,260-23,267:  Eight 10-inch tapes of interviews concerning
Jewish festivals and religious customs, family histories,
personal narratives, and songs in Ladino and Yiddish.  Recorded
in Eugene, Pleasant Hill, Portland, and Salem, Oregon, by Marcia
Mint Danab, July-October 1981, for the Jewish Festivals Project. 
The collection includes 137 pages of transcriptions.  (Fourteen
hours and thirty minutes; RWA 8870-8877)