MS 3245 Manuscripts relating to the study of Alabama ("Alabamu") Indian music
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3245
label: Other Title
content: Alabama Music
label: Other Title
content: Songs of the Alibamu Indians
label: Other Title
content: Alibamu songs of the Buffalo and other Dances
label: Other Title
content: Alabama Music by Frances Densmore
name: label: Creator
content: Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
label: Depicted
content: Thompson, Charles Martin, 1860-1935
topic: label: Topic
content: Dance -- Alibamu
label: Topic
content: Music -- Alibamu
label: Topic
content: Buffalo dance -- Alibamu
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Creator
content: Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
culture: label: Culture
content: Alibamu
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content: MS 3245 Manuscripts relating to the study of Alabama ("Alabamu") Indian music
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Portfolio
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933, 1946
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Submitted to the Bureau of American Ethnology at intervals by the author and some material received from the Densmore estate, ca. 1962.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3245
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Portfolios
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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 Typed carbon copy of unpublished manuscript, pages 251-256.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 "Alabama Music" by F. Densmore, "based upon unpublished material in the possession of the Bureau of American Ethnology and used by permission," 28 pages typed carbon copy.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.