Willard Rhodes papers, 1938-1979
Details
140 items ; 2 containers ; .6. linear feet
graphic images 11 photographs : film negatives, black and white
graphic images 39 photographic prints : black and white ; various sizes
graphic images 1 photographic print : color ; 3 x 4 in
manuscripts 16 field notebooks
manuscripts 16 folders
Field notebooks, correspondence, publications, and photographs, related to Willard Rhodes' field expeditions to Native American communities between 1938 and 1952 on behalf of the Library of Congress and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The notebooks contain Rhodes' field notes, transcriptions, translations, and some musical notation, relating to audio recordings of Native American songs. Correspondence (1948-1979) relates primarily to the 10 albums of Native American music recorded and edited by Rhodes in the "Music of the American Indian" series. Tribes recorded by Rhodes include Apache, Bannock, Caddo, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chinook, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek, Delaware, Hopi, Kiowa, Klallam, Lummi, Navajo, Omaha , Paiute, Pawnee, Potawatomi, Pueblo, Quinault, San Ildefonso, Seminole, Shaker, Shoshone, Sioux, Skagit, Taos, Tewa, Tlingit, Tsaiyak, Ute, Washo, Wichita, and Zuni songs. The collections also includes 8 government and mission publications from Sioux communities
While working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs with equipment supplied in part by the Library of Congress, Willard Rhodes of Columbia University recorded the music of fifty Native American tribes living primarily in the western United States. He documented, in addition to traditional genres, Christian hymns in native languages, songs with English words, and other music of recent composition. The Library of Congress issued ten LP recordings based on the collection through the cooperation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Dr. Rhodes also edited two albums on Smithsonian Folkways Records. A selection of Native American music, recorded by Rhodes, was released on the Voyager Golden Record (1977)
Photographs of Indians of Washington State were taken in conjunction with the fieldwork of Willard Rhodes by Jule E. Lange. From these photos were chosen the pictures published in the booklet accompanying the original edition of Music of the American Indian: Northwest (Puget Sound) AFS L34
Photographs of Sioux and Pueblo Indian children appear to have been taken by Willard Rhodes
Included in the collection are three 8 x 10 in. black and white photographic prints from the Bureau of Indian Affairs of BIA schools
Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Willard Rhodes papers, 1938-1979 (AFC 1980/041), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats include 3396 master digital files, scanned from the originals, 2018
Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions
For associated sound recordings see Willard Rhodes field recordings collections: AFC 1940/019, AFC 1941/039, AFC 1942/024, AFC 1943/020, AFC 1947/012, AFC 1949/001, AFC 1950/027, AFC 1951/001, and AFC 1952/005
Some associated original sound recordings reside at UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
In English and numerous Native American languages
Finding aid is available online https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af018012
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