MS 3137 Material relating to the Music of Alaska, Acoma, and Yuma Indians
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3137
label: Other Title
content: A Comparison between Yuma, Acoma, and Alaska Indian Songs
name: label: Creator
content: Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
label: Creator
content: Chapman, John W. (John Wight), 1858-1939
label: Informant
content: Fox, James
topic: label: Topic
content: Music -- Acoma
label: Topic
content: Music -- Ingalik
label: Topic
content: Music -- Yuma
label: Topic
content: Ingalik
creator: label: Creator
content: Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
label: Creator
content: Chapman, John W. (John Wight), 1858-1939
label: Informant
content: Fox, James
culture: label: Culture
content: Dene (Northern Athabascan)
label: Culture
content: Acoma Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Deg Hit'an (Deg Xit'an)
label: Culture
content: Quechan (Yuma/Cuchan)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Subarctic
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1929-37
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The letter of Chapman was received from the Densmore estate ca. 1962. The photostatic copy of one set of musical transcriptions was received in 1937. The latter were originally catalogued under manuscript 3918 and, later, 3771. The rest of the material was received in 1929. Fourteen pages of tabulated analysis and six pages of transcripts of Acoma songs that are reported as being mentioned former cataloging have not been found, but see manuscript 4482.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3137
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Musical transcriptions
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Musical transcriptions
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: The sound recordings have been transferred to the Library of Congress.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes: (1) "A Comparison between Yuma, Acoma, and Alaska Indian Songs" 19 pages. (2) Descriptive analysis of seven Acoma songs 7 pages. (3) Material relating to eight Alaska Indian songs sung by James Fox and recorded by the Reverend John W. Chapman at Anvik, Alaska. The songs are those of the waterspirit, crane, fox, owl, woodpecker, jay, porcupine, and crow. They have been identified as being Ingalik, perhaps on the basis of where they were recorded. The words, if there were any, have not been included in the transcriptions. (a) Descriptive analysis 2 pages. (b) Three sets of musical transcriptions (15 pages) plus a photostatic copy of one set. The three transcriptions differ in small but significant ways. (c) Forms used in analyzing the songs 16 pages. (d) Fragment of a note that includes information about Fox, Chapman, and the acquisition of the sound recordings by the Bureau of American Ethnology 1 page. (e) Fragment of a note about the songs and the quality of the recordings 1 page. (f) Fragment of a letter, Chapman to Densmore, May 11, 1931, including information incorporated in f, above 2 pages.