Jane Richardson Hanks Kiowa papers, 1935-1968 bulk 1935-1940
Hanks, Jane Richardson, 1908-
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2.5 cubic ft. (7 boxes)
Organized in three series: Series 1: Correspondence, 1935-1968 (Box 1); Series 2: Field work, 1935-1968 (Boxes 1-6); Series 3: Writings, 1935-ca. 1940 (Box 7)
Correspondence, field notes (including sound recordings), and writings of Jane Richardson Hanks, mainly documenting her 1935 graduate student work under Alexander Lesser with the Kiowa Indians in Oklahoma -- Also included are field notes, writings, and correspondence of Lesser, and Hanks' fellow graduate students Weston La Barre, Donald Collier, William Bascom, and Bernard Mishkin. There are recordings of Kiowa songs performed by White Horse, Old Man Horse, Monroe Hunting Horse, Bilo Cozad, and Stumbling Bear; and slides and motion pictures taken by Hanks at a 1968 Kiowa powwow
Anthropologist; student of the Kiowa and Blackfoot Indians, and later of the people of Thailand
Original wax cylinder recordings of Kiowa songs are held by the Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University
Inventory available in the library and online, folder level control
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http://mms.newberry.org/xml/xml_files/Hanks.xml
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