Harold C. Conklin Philippine collection
By: collected by Harold C. Conklin
Published: 1955
Language: phi
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Social life and customs; Ethnology; Ifugao (Philippine people); Storytelling; Dialects; Tales; Field recordings; Ifugao language; Rites and ceremonies; Ethnomusicological collections; Music; Singing games
Description: Audio copies of original ethnographic field recordings made by anthropologist and linguist Harold C. Conklin, primarily of music and rituals of the Ifugao of northern Luzon, Philippines from 1961-1995. Also includes copies of 24 recordings, some made by other researchers and of other Philippine groups and languages dated 1955-1977.  Related manuscripts include correspondence with Conklin, recording logs, and indices to the original recordings.
Notes: Preservation masters, 99 sound tape reels, analog made from Conklin's 262 original field recordings on 5 in. sound tape reels and audio cassette tapes.

The collection is open for research use.

Harold C. Conklin Philippine collection (AFC 2001/007), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Reference copies. Washington, D.C. : Archive of Folk Culture; 1999-2001; 179 compact discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Harold C. Conklin.

Duplication of the recorded materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

Harold C. Conklin; Loan; 1999-2001.

Related materials include copies of Conklin's earlier Hanunʹoo and Buhid field recordings, AFS 9584-9589 (accessioned 1949) and AFS 26,750-26,767 (accessioned 1988) available in the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress.

Harold C. Conklin's map manuscripts, personal papers, and field notes are held at Yale University Library.

Harold C. Conklin's related artifact collections are at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Recordings primarily in Ifugao dialects, some in other Philippine languages; some interviews in English; accompanying manuscripts in English.

Finding aid is available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.