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Songs - Reel-to-Reel Recordings, 404/Pre54-031-F

 File — Box: AV ORM 5, item: Hanks_ORM_4

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

1935 field work files include notebooks containing Hanks' interviews and analysis of Kiowa Indian social conditions, legal matters, and songs; reel-to-reel recordings of Kiowa songs performed by White Horse, Old Man Horse, Monroe Hunting Horse, Bilo Cozad, and Stumbling Bear (copies made from original wax cylinders now housed in the Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University); field notes of the five graduate students involved in the Kiowa project combined and organized by Dr. Lesser under specific ethnographic themes; and field notes submitted to Lesser by Hanks, Bascom, La Barre, and Mishkin. There are also slides and motion pictures taken by Hanks at a 1968 Kiowa Pow Wow.

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Conditions Governing Access

The Jane Richardson Hanks Kiowa papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Audiovisual recordings in this collection have been digitized and are available online. Access to the original audiovisual items is restricted.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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