Collection Summary
Frances Densmore papers
1883-1957
1883-1957
AFC
1944/002
Densmore, Frances
3,786 items
23 containers
12 linear feet
9 scrapbooks
11 boxes (9,500
pages)
76 lantern
slides
19 glass
negatives
5 photographic prints:
black-and-white
1 photograph:
black-and-white, phonodeik; 38 feet
1 drawing: birchbark
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Collection material in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Italian, Greek,
and Russian.
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Field notebooks, correspondence, lecture
notes, manuscripts, scrapbooks, as well as visual material in photographic prints,
lantern glass slides and glass plate negatives related to Frances Densmore's collection
of Native American music and culture. The materials span 1883 to 1957. The papers
include inventories of hundreds of recordings Densmore made over fifty years of studying
and preserving American Indian music. The collection includes reprints of Densmore's
publications, as well as writings by others. Also included in the collection is a
"phonodeik" (a photographic visualization of sound) by Dayton C. Miller and a Chippewa
birchbark drawing.
Provenance
Frances Densmore; 1944. This collection developed at the American Folklife Center as a
gradual accumulation of material related to Frances Densmore from various sources rather
than as a discrete accrual donated by Densmore. As a result, the materials represented
in this collection are a combination of traditional collections material and subject
file materials related to Densmore.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Frances Densmore papers were processed by Marcia K. Segal in 2009, Kelly Revak in
2018, and Ann Hoog in 2022. Research used to develop documentation on the lantern slides
and negatives in the collection was conducted by Judith Gray.
Related Material
Sound recordings created by Frances Densmore can be found in many separate collections
at the American Folklife Center. For associated sound recordings currently listed in the
catalog see Frances Densmore field recordings collections:
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[AFC
1943/018 (Chippewa)]
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[ AFC
1943/024 (Sioux and Navajo)]
- AFC 1943/025 (Miscellaneous)
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[ AFC
1948/069 (Menominee)]
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[ AFC
1948/070 (Iroquois)]
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[ AFC
1948/073 (Winnebago)]
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[ AFC
1948/075 (Alabama)]
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[ AFC
1948/077 (Choctaw)]
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[ AFC
1948/078 (Seminole and Calusa)]
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[ AFC
1948/080 (Teton and Santee Sioux)]
-
[ AFC
1948/118 (Pawnee)]
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[ AFC
1948/121 (Northern Ute)]
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[ AFC
1948/122 (Mandan and Hidatsa)]
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[ AFC
1948/126 (Quileute)]
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[ AFC
1948/131 (Papago)]
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[ AFC
1948/132 (Makah)]
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[ AFC
1948/133 (Quechan)]
-
[ AFC
1948/134 (Yaqui)]
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[ AFC
1948/135 (Cocopa)]
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[ AFC
1948/136 (Clayoquot)]
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[ AFC
1948/137 (Mohave)]
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[ AFC
1948/138 (Omaha)]
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[ AFC
1948/139 (Santo Domingo Pueblo)]
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[ AFC
1948/140 (Cheyenne)]
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[ AFC
1948/142 (Acoma Pueblo)]
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[ AFC
1948/143 (Cochiti Pueblo)]
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[ AFC
1948/144 (Isleta Pueblo)]
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[ AFC
1948/145 (Cuna)]
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[ AFC
1948/147 (Chilliwack, British Columbia)]
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[ AFC
1948/148 (Zuni)]
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[ AFC
1948/149 (Unidentified)]
- AFC 1969/026 (Winnebago)
- AFC 1983/035 (Mandan and Hidatsa)
Copyright Status
Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other
restrictions.
Access and Restrictions
The Frances Densmore papers are open to research. To request materials, please contact
the Folklife Reading Room at [https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact]
Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
[item, date, container number], Frances Densmore papers (AFC 1944/002), American
Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Frances Densmore (1867-1957) was an American ethnomusicologist known for her studies of
Native American music and culture. During the early part of the twentieth century, she
worked as a music teacher with Native Americans nationwide, while also learning,
recording, and transcribing Native American music, and documenting its use in culture.
She helped preserve Native American culture in a time when government policy was to
encourage Native Americans to adopt Western customs. Densmore began recording music
officially for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) in 1907.
In her fifty-plus years of studying and preserving American Indian music, she collected
thousands of recordings. Many of the recordings she made on behalf of the BAE are now
held in the Library of Congress. While her original recordings often were on wax
cylinders, many of them have been reproduced using other media and are included in other
archives. Densmore frequently was published in the journal
American Anthropologist
, contributing consistently throughout her career.
Scope and Content
The papers of Frances Densmore (1867-1957) span the years 1883 to 1957. The collection
documents over fifty years of Densmore's work studying and preserving Native American
music. The papers are primarily in English with some materials written in French,
Spanish, Russian, Arabic, German, Italian, and Greek.
The collection documents Densmore's work as an ethnomusicologist, including her
extensive work learning, recording, transcribing, and documenting the uses of American
Indian music. Her papers include field notebooks, correspondence, song lists and
indexes, lecture notes, scrapbooks, photographic prints, lantern glass slides, and glass
plate negatives relating to her work collecting Native American music and culture.
Materials are included from her work with tribes including the Chippewa, the Mandan,
Hidatsa, the Sioux, the northern Pawnee of Oklahoma, the Papago (Tohono O'odham) of
Arizona, American Indians of Washington and British Columbia, Winnebago and Menominee of
Wisconsin, Pueblo Indians of the Southwest, the Seminoles of Florida, and the Kuna
Indians of Panama. Also included in this collection are Densmore's publications and
publications sent to her by anthropologists prominent in the field, a phonodeik (a
photographic visualization of sound) by Dayton C. Miller, and a Chippewa birchbark
drawing.
Arrangement
The Frances Densmore papers are organized in eleven series:
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[Series 1: Collection
documentation](ref_id10001)
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[Series 2: Lists and
commentary](ref_id10005)
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[Series 3:
Correspondence](ref_id10028)
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[Series 4: Field notes,
publications, and miscellany](ref_id10039)
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[Series 5: "Reprints"
[smaller Densmore publications]](ref_id10055)
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[Series 6: Lectures and
presentations](ref_id10063)
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[Series 7: Miscellany and
German pamphlets](ref_id10090)
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[Series 8: Publications
by others](ref_id10112)
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[Series 9: American
Indian-related publications by others](ref_id10133)
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[Series 10: Scrapbook and
miscellany](ref_id10154)
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[Series 11:
Photographs](ref_id10174)
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957
Organizations
Federal Cylinder Project (U.S.)
Subjects
Cylinder recordings.
Ethnomusicology.
Field recordings.
Indians of North America--Music.
Ojibwa art.
Ojibwa Indians.
Songs--Texts.
Sound recordings--Collectors and collecting.
Form/Genre
Articles.
Correspondence.
Field notes.
Lectures.
Manuscripts.
Photographs.
Song texts.
Translations.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/2018655205]
Container List
Series 1: Collection
documentation
1/1
Original box numbers/re-boxed
listings, 1987, 2003
1987
2003
1/2
Conservation Division treatment
of bark drawing: Photographic documentation
1/3
Glass slide rehousing and
digitization, 2005-2006
2005-2006
Series 2: Lists and
commentary
2/1
Ring binder
1-Chippewa
afc1944002_ms0201
2/2
Ring binder 1-Sioux
afc1944002_ms0202
2/3
Ring binder
2-Pawnee
afc1944002_ms0203
2/4
Ring binder 2-Ute
afc1944002_ms0204
2/5
Ring binder 2-Mandan and
Hidatsa
afc1944002_ms0205
2/6
Ring binder 3-Papago, May 21, 1955
May
21, 1955
afc1944002_ms0206
2/7
Ring binder 4-Yuma, Cocopa,
Yaqui
afc1944002_ms0207
2/8
Ring binder 5-Menominee, September 14, 1950
September 14, 1950
afc1944002_ms0208
2/9
Ring binder 5-Tule
afc1944002_ms0209
2/10
Ring binder 5-British
Columbia
afc1944002_ms0210
2/11
Ring binder
6-Alaska
afc1944002_ms0211
2/12
Ring binder 6-Acoma
afc1944002_ms0212
2/13
Ring binder
6-Winnebago
afc1944002_ms0213
2/14
Acoma song lists (and other
Pueblas), 1929-1931
1929-1931
afc1944002_ms0214
2/15
Makah song lists (also Nitinat,
Clayoquot, Quileute), 1923-1928
1923-1928
afc1944002_ms0215
2/16
Menominee song lists, 1925-1926
1925-1926
afc1944002_ms0216
2/17
Pawnee song lists, 1919-1920
1919-1920
afc1944002_ms0217
2/18
Seminole and Calusa song lists,
1931-1932
1931-1932
afc1944002_ms0218
2/19
Winnebago song lists, 1926-1929
1926-1929
afc1944002_ms0219
2/20
Handbook of the Smithsonian-Densmore Collection of American Indian
Sound Recordings in the National Archives
pages 1-90, 1943
1943
afc1944002_ms0220
2/21
Handbook of the Smithsonian-Densmore Collection of American Indian
Sound Recordings in the National Archives
pages 91-180, 1943
1943
afc1944002_ms0221
2/22
Handbook of the Smithsonian-Densmore Collection of American Indian
Sound Recordings in the National Archives
pages 181-270, 1943
1943
afc1944002_ms0222
Series 3:
Correspondence
3/1
Correspondence with Bureau of
American Ethnology staff, 1927-1933
1927-1933
afc1944002_ms0301
3/2
Correspondence with library
staff, 1924-1940
1924-1940
afc1944002_ms0302
3/3
Correspondence with library
staff, 1941-1945
1941-1945
afc1944002_ms0303
3/4
Correspondence with library
staff, 1946-1947
1946-1947
afc1944002_ms0304
3/5
Correspondence with library
staff, 1948
1948
afc1944002_ms0305
3/6
Correspondence with library
staff, 1949
1949
afc1944002_ms0306
3/7
Correspondence with library
staff, 1950
1950
afc1944002_ms0307
3/8
Correspondence with library
staff, 1951
1951
afc1944002_ms0308
3/9
Correspondence with library
staff, 1952-1953
1952-1953
afc1944002_ms0309
3/10
Correspondence with library
staff, 1954-1956
1954-1956
afc1944002_ms0310
Series 4: Field notes,
publications, and miscellany
4/1
Chronology of the Study and Presentation of Indian Music
, 1893-1944
1893-1944
afc1944002_ms0401
4/2
Miscellany, 1903, 1930-1937
1903
1930-1937
afc1944002_ms0402
4/3
Draft of letter to Bruno
Nettl
afc1944002_ms0403
4/4
List of cylinder
records
afc1944002_ms0404
4/5
Bibliography (carbon
copy)
afc1944002_ms0405
4/6
Field notebook - Chippewa,
1909
1909
afc1944002_ms0406
4/7
C.E. Seashore's assessment of
Frances Densmore's hearing ability, 1914
1914
afc1944002_ms0407
4/8
Music of Santo Domingo Pueblo
, 1938
1938
afc1944002_ms0408
4/9
Forms Frances Densmore used for
melodic analysis, 1911-1914
1911-1914
afc1944002_ms0409
4/10
Correspondence and annotations,
1908, 1924-1936
1908
1924-1936
afc1944002_ms0410
4/11
Publishing plans and press
notices, 1926
1926
afc1944002_ms0411
4/12
Cheyenne and Arapaho Music
, 1936
1936
afc1944002_ms0412
4/13
Choctaw Music
, 1943
1943
afc1944002_ms0413
4/14
Music of the Indians of British Columbia
, 1943
1943
afc1944002_ms0414
4/15
Music of the Tule Indians of Panama
, 1926
1926
afc1944002_ms0415
Series 5: "Reprints" [smaller
Densmore publications]
5/1
Inventory of
reprints
afc1944002_ms0501
5/2
Reprints number 1, 1906-1923
1906-1923
afc1944002_ms0502
5/3
Reprints number 2, 1924-1928
1924-1928
afc1944002_ms0503
5/4
Reprints number 3, 1929-1931
1929-1931
afc1944002_ms0504
5/5
Reprints number 4, 1932-1937
1932-1937
afc1944002_ms0505
5/6
Reprints number 5, 1938-1948
1938-1948
afc1944002_ms0506
5/7
Reprints number 6, 1949-1954
1949-1954
afc1944002_ms0507
Series 6: Lectures and
presentations
6/1
Drafts of papers and
lectures
afc1944002_ms0601
6/2
Lecture circulars, 1899-1904, 1933
1899-1904
1933
afc1944002_ms0602
6/3
Manuscript of
A Lecture on Indian Music,
circa 1895- circa 1898
circa
1895- circa 1898
afc1944002_ms0603
6/4
Paper-
A Cycle of Indian Songs,
1905
1905
afc1944002_ms0604
6/5
Lecture-
The Music of the American Indians,
Anthropological Society of Washington, April 27, 1909
April 27, 1909
afc1944002_ms0605
6/6
Lecture-
Chippewa Music,
Anthropological Society of Washington, April, 1911
April,
1911
afc1944002_ms0606
6/7
Lecture-
The Sioux Sun Dance,
Anthropological Society of Washington, April, 1913
April,
1913
afc1944002_ms0607
6/8
Lecture-
Sioux Music,
Anthropological Society of Washington, February 3, 1914
February 3, 1914
afc1944002_ms0608
6/9
Lecture-
Mandan Music,
Anthropological Society of Washington, March 21, 1916
March 21, 1916
afc1944002_ms0609
6/10
Lecture delivered at two high
schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1923
October 2, 1923
afc1944002_ms0610
6/11
Radio Address-
Indian Music,
WCCO, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 30, 1927
January 30, 1927
afc1944002_ms0611
6/12
Lecture-Institute of Arts,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 21, 1928
February 21, 1928
afc1944002_ms0612
6/13
Paper-
Some Results of the Study of Indian Music,
Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, 1928
1928
afc1944002_ms0613
6/14
Address-
Indian Women,
College Women's Club, Red Wing, Minnesota, March 5, 1928
March 5, 1928
afc1944002_ms0614
6/15
Lecture for Woman's Club,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, January
16, 1934
January 16, 1934
afc1944002_ms0615
6/16
Series of talks on radio
station WCCO, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1932
1932
afc1944002_ms0616
6/17
Lecture-
Music in the Treatment of the Sick by American Indians,
Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, December 14, 1934
December 14, 1934
afc1944002_ms0617
6/18
Lecture-
Indian Singers and Their Songs,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, February 8, 1934
February 8, 1934
afc1944002_ms0618
6/19
Lecture-
The Music of the American Indian,
1934
1934
afc1944002_ms0619
6/20
Lecture-
Indian Music,
Minot, North Dakota, April 23, 1925
April 23, 1925
afc1944002_ms0620
6/21
Paper-
Regional Peculiarities of Indian Songs,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, June 28, 1935
June
28, 1935
afc1944002_ms0621
6/22
Paper-
Methods of Recording Indian Songs,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, St. Louis,
Missouri, January 1936
January
1936
afc1944002_ms0622
6/23
Address-
Indian Music,
National Folk Festival, Chicago, Illinois, May 24, 1937
May
24, 1937
afc1944002_ms0623
6/24
Lecture-
Medicinal Uses of Plants by the American Indians,
National Association of Pharmacists meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
August 18, 1938
August 18, 1938
afc1944002_ms0624
6/25
Paper-
The Native Art of the Chippewa Indians,
Central States Branch, American Anthropological Association,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 8,
1941
May
8, 1941
afc1944002_ms0625
6/26
Address-
The Music of the American Indians
for a church organization in Red Wing, Minnesota, February 23, 1945
February 23, 1945
afc1944002_ms0626
Series 7: Miscellany and German
pamphlets
7/1
Cyrillic and Arabic song
transcriptions and harmonizations
afc1944002_ms0701
7/2
Notes on Bureau of American
Ethnology pages
afc1944002_ms0702
7/3
Miscellaneous notes
afc1944002_ms0703
7/4
Photocopy of C.E. Seashore's
list of musical ability of Frances Densmore, 1914
1914
afc1944002_ms0704
7/5
Miscellany 1 (List of lectures,
papers, and addresses), circa
1899-1945
circa
1899-1945
afc1944002_ms0705
7/6
Index of miscellany (Items
1-23), 1945
1945
afc1944002_ms0706
7/7
Miscellany 2-6, 1906, 1944-1945, 1944-1945
1906,
1944-1945
1944-1945
afc1944002_ms0707
7/8
Miscellany 7 (Letter to sister
about working with the Ute), 1914
1914
afc1944002_ms0708
7/9
Miscellany 9-14, 1917, 1924, 1932-1934, 1940-1945
1917
1924
1932-1934
1940-1945
afc1944002_ms0709
7/10
Miscellany 15-19, 1917, 1939-1945
1917
1939-1945
afc1944002_ms0710
7/11
Miscellany 20 (Two German
reviews of
Chippewa Music
), 1911
1911
afc1944002_ms0711
7/12
Miscellany 21 (Illustrated
clipping from
Talking Machine World
), circa 1909
circa
1909
afc1944002_ms0712
7/13
Miscellany 22 (Scenario to
Musical Pictures of Chippewa Indian Life
), 1917
1917
afc1944002_ms0713
7/14
Miscellany 23 (Correspondence
to Frances Densmore regarding her work), 1930-1944
1930-1944
afc1944002_ms0714
7/15
List of pamphlets in
German
afc1944002_ms0715
7/16
German pamphlets by Erich M.
von Hornbostel (1 of 6), 1905-1911, 1924-1938
1905-1911
1924-1938
afc1944002_ms0716
7/17
German pamphlets by Erich M.
von Hornbostel (2 of 6), 1905-1911, 1924-1938
1905-1911
1924-1938
afc1944002_ms0717
7/18
German pamphlets by Erich M.
von Hornbostel (3 of 6), 1905-1911, 1924-1938
1905-1911
1924-1938
afc1944002_ms0718
7/19
German pamphlets by Erich M.
von Hornbostel (4 of 6), 1905-1911, 1924-1938
1905-1911
1924-1938
afc1944002_ms0719
7/20
German pamphlets by Erich M.
von Hornbostel (5 of 6), 1905-1911, 1924-1938
1905-1911
1924-1938
afc1944002_ms0720
7/21
German pamphlets by Erich M.
von Hornbostel (6 of 6), 1905-1911, 1924-1938
1905-1911
1924-1938
afc1944002_ms0721
Series 8: Publications by
others
8/1
Publication announcement, 1934
1934
afc1944002_ms0801
8/2
Ethno-Musicology
newsletter, numbers 1 and 2
afc1944002_ms0802
8/3
The Masterkey
Volume 30, number 2, 1956
1956
afc1944002_ms0803
8/4
Publications received-Andersen,
Arthur Olaf, 1935
1935
afc1944002_ms0804
8/5
Publications received-Berliner,
Emile, 1894
1894
afc1944002_ms0805
8/6
Publications
received-Frederick, H., et al., 1931-1932
1931-1932
afc1944002_ms0806
8/7
Publications
received-Giuffrida-Ruggeri, V., 1918
1918
afc1944002_ms0807
8/8
Publications received-Herzog,
George, 1930-1936
1930-1936
afc1944002_ms0808
8/9
Publications
received-Hornbostel, E.M. von
afc1944002_ms0809
8/10
Publications received-Johnson,
Guy B., 1931
1931
afc1944002_ms0810
8/11
Publications received-Maltezos,
Constantine, 1926-1929
1926-1929
afc1944002_ms0811
8/12
Publications received-Myers,
Charles H., 1905
1905
afc1944002_ms0812
8/13
Publications received-Rigg,
Melvin Gillison, 1942
1942
afc1944002_ms0813
8/14
Publications
received-Scripture, E.W., 1905
1905
afc1944002_ms0814
8/15
Publications received-Seashore,
C.E., 1920
1920
afc1944002_ms0815
8/16
Publications
received-Shambaugh, George E., 1908
1908
afc1944002_ms0816
8/17
Publications received-Sunaga,
Katsumi, 1936
1936
afc1944002_ms0817
8/18
Publications received-Teubner,
Faatui and Ernest W.
afc1944002_ms0818
8/19
Publications received-Wead,
Charles Kasson, 1900,
1910
1900,
1910
afc1944002_ms0819
8/20
Publications received-Williams,
C.F. Abdy
afc1944002_ms0820
Series 9: American Indian-related
publications by others
9/1
American Indian material-Bloch,
Ernest, 1928
1928
afc1944002_ms0901
9/2
American Indian
material-Cresson, H.T., 1883
1883
afc1944002_ms0902
9/3
American Indian
material-Fillmore, John Comfort, 1899
1899
afc1944002_ms0903
9/4
American Indian
material-Fletcher, Alice C., 1915
1915
afc1944002_ms0904
9/5
American Indian
material-Gustaver, 1923
1923
afc1944002_ms0905
9/6
American Indian material-Hague,
Eleanor, 1915
1915
afc1944002_ms0906
9/7
American Indian
material-Herzog, George (1 of 2), 1926-1935
1926-1935
afc1944002_ms0907
9/8
American Indian
material-Herzog, George (2 of 2), 1936
1936
afc1944002_ms0908
9/9
American Indian material-Herzog
and Linton, 1935
1935
afc1944002_ms0909
9/10
American Indian
material-Humphrey, Reverend William Brewster, 1911
1911
afc1944002_ms0910
9/11
American Indian
material-Kanhere, S.G., 1926
1926
afc1944002_ms0911
9/12
American Indian
material-Lachmann, Robert, 1929
1929
afc1944002_ms0912
9/13
American Indian
material-Lawson, Robert Campbell, 1926
1926
afc1944002_ms0913
9/14
American Indian
material-Loring, Harold, 1906
1906
afc1944002_ms0914
9/15
American Indian
material-Rhodes, Willard, 1943
1943
afc1944002_ms0915
9/16
American Indian
material-Roberts, Helen and Haeberlin, Herman, 1918
1918
afc1944002_ms0916
9/17
American Indian
material-Swanton, John
afc1944002_ms0917
9/18
American Indian material-Titus,
Maude Essex, 1920
1920
afc1944002_ms0918
9/19
American Indian material-Watt,
Henry O., 1924
1924
afc1944002_ms0919
9/20
American Indian
material-Sargeant, Winthrop
afc1944002_ms0920
Series 10: Scrapbooks and
miscellany
10/1
Original housings for
photographic materials
afc1944002_ms1001
10/2
Miscellany 8 (two photographs),
1924, 1940
1924,
1940
afc1944002_ms1002
1 black-and-white photographic print
(5x7 inch); 1 black-and-white photographic print (8x10 inch)
10/3
Photographs, 1912-1917, 1949
1912-1917
1949
Portraits of Frances Densmore
afc1944002_ms1003
2 black-and-white photographic
prints (5x7 inch); 1 black-and-white photographic print (8x10 inch)
10/4
One paper item (mounted), 1907
1907
Contains a photocopy of the original drawing in
Box-Folder 10/4 as well as a typed description of the item.
afc1944002_ms1004
10/5
Drawing-Gay-me-wun-aush, 1907
1907
Original drawing of six songs of the Chippewa
created by Gay-me-wun-aush. The songs are numbers 103, 104, 105, 106, and 107
on pages 114-115 in the Bureau of American Ethnology
Bulletin 45 (the fifth song is omitted).
Gay-me-wun-aush
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10/6
Chippewa birchbark
drawing
Birchbark drawing depicting a Chippewa mnemonic.
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1 birchbark drawing
Phonodeik photograph of Ute
woman's dance, 1917
1917
Dayton C. Miller
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1 black-and-white phonodeik
photographic print (38 feet)
11/1
Typed slip accompanying Ute
woman's dance (phonodeik)
11/2
Dayton C. Miller inventory of
material sent to Frances Densmore
11/3
Dayton C. Miller manuscripts,
1916-1927
1916-1927
15
Scrapbook #1, 1889-1900
1889-1900
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16
Scrapbook #2, 1901-1911
1901-1911
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17
Scrapbook #3, 1911-1926
1911-1926
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18
Scrapbook #4, 1927-1929
1927-1929
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19
Scrapbook #5, 1930-1933
1930-1933
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20
Scrapbook #6, 1934-1938
1934-1938
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21
Scrapbook #7, 1939-1949
1939-1949
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Scrapbook #8, 1949-1954
1949-1954
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OS01
Oversize newsclippings from
scrapbook #8 and #9, 1949-1954
1949-1954
Newsclippings from scrapbook #8 include: "Dr.
Densmore," Minneapolis Star and "Red Wing Woman to
be Awarded Citation," Daily Republican.
Newsclippings from scrapbook #9 include: "More Facts About Indians," Newark Evening News.
23
Scrapbook #9, 1954-1957
1954-1957
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Series 11: Photographs
All photograph titles were composed by Judith Gray,
based on her research.
All digital files for Series 11 can be found within the
same digital object identifier: afc1944002.
afc1944002
Subseries 1: Lantern
slides
Slides AFC1944/002: PH001 to PH050 were used by
Frances Densmore in a lecture in Minot, South Dakota in 1935.
AFC 1944/002: PH001
Lake in Minnesota or
Wisconsin (white birches)
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Same scene as AFC 1944/002: PH051
AFC 1944/002: PH002
Bark-covered lodge,
unfamiliar-style hand drum, location unidentified, though
northern
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH003
Gemiwunac, Sept.-Oct. 1907
(Chippewa singer from Leech Lake, Minnesota), reverse of Plate 9,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
45 (Chippewa Music), September - October 1907
September - October 1907
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Version of AFC 1944/002: PH083
AFC 1944/002: PH004
Chippewa Midewiwin song
mnemonics (songs 103-104, 106-107 on pages 114-115,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
45)
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Same as AFC 1944/002: PH085
AFC 1944/002: PH005
Love-Charm Song
page 91 in
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
45
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH078
AFC 1944/002: PH006
Possibly painted council
tent at Bull Head, South Dakota (see different view on
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 72)
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Same as AFC 1944/002: PH069
AFC 1944/002: PH007
Shuffling-feet dance
(Standing Rock Sioux), different view from
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 78
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Same as AFC 1944/002: PH067
AFC 1944/002: PH008
Shuffling-feet dance song
transcription,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, page 478
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH082
AFC 1944/002: PH009
Unidentified
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH010
Unidentified
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH011
White-Buffalo-Walking (Teton
Sioux),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 11
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH092
AFC 1944/002: PH012
Buffalo Boy
(Santee-Yanktonai man), similar to
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 9 (see also page 91)
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH088
AFC 1944/002: PH013
Siyaka (Yanktonai-Teton),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 1
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH089
AFC 1944/002: PH014
Possibly Mrs. Good Eagle
(Pawnee), see Plate 2c in
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
93 (opposite page 1)
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH015
Brave Buffalo (Standing Rock
Sioux singer),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 25
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH080
AFC 1944/002: PH016
Eagle Shield (Standing Rock
Sioux singer),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 40
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH081
AFC 1944/002: PH017
Eagle Shield capturing
Assiniboin woman (his drawing),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 65
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH084
AFC 1944/002: PH018
Eagle Shield song
transcription,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, page 396
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH077
AFC 1944/002: PH019
Crow Heart's earth lodge,
(Mandan),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
80, Plate 3a]
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH020
Pan playing on whistle
(Hidatsa),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
80, Plate 10a]
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Same as AFC 1944/002: PH058
AFC 1944/002: PH021
Boats in Neah Bay,
Washington
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH022
Neah Bay,
Washington
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH074
AFC 1944/002: PH023
Singers pounding on planks
(Makah),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
124, plate 19c
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH024
Possibly Neah Bay,
Washington
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH025
Annie Long Tom (Clayoquot),
similar to Plate 6a in
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
124
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH026
Charles Swan in dance costume
(Makah),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
124, Plate 4b
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH027
Slahal game in progress,
hop-picking camp in Chilliwack, British Columbia, similar to Plate 8 in
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
136
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH028
Papago house at San Xavier,
cropped form of
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
90, Plate 2c
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH029
Well and water trough at San Xavier,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
90, Plate 2b
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH030
Desert near Baboquivari
Mountain, see, example,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
90, Plate 5 (shape of mountain)
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH031
Sivariano Garcia, Harry Encinas, and Jose Panco pounding basket
drum
(Papago),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
90, Plate 7b
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH032
Jose Panco using scraping sticks with basket resonator
(Papago),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
90, Plate 7a
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH033
Owl Woman (Papago),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
90, Plate 16a
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH034
Katcora (Yuma),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
110, Plate 27a
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH035
Charles Wilson (Yuma),
similar to
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
110, Plate 1
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH036
Sidney Wesley approaching through the woods
(Choctaw),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
135, Plate 16, no. 1
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH037
Sidney Wesley (Choctaw),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
136, Plate 10, no. 1
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH038
Mary Hickman's house, where songs were recorded
(Choctaw),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
135, Plate 16, no. 2
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH039
Mary Hickman (Choctaw),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
136, Plate 10, no. 2
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH040
Possibly Everglades,
Florida
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH041
Possibly Everglades,
Florida
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH042
Seminole family
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH043
Seminole man
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH044
Seminole woman
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH045
Everglades,
Florida
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH046
Seminole woman and
chickee
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH047
Seminole chickee
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH048
Seminole
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH049
Possibly Seminole
garden
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH050
Seminole woman and
chickee
12
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH051
Birches and lake,
Minnesota
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH052
Seminole chickee,
Everglades, Florida, circa
1932 - circa 1933
circa 1932 - circa 1933
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH053
Love charm, drawing, and
words for two love songs
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Cropped form of AFC 1944/002: PH079
AFC 1944/002: PH054
Possibly Chippewa birch-bark
dwelling
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH055
On Tamiami Trail, circa 1932 - circa 1933
circa 1932 - circa 1933
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH056
Charlie Billie (Seminole),
reverse of
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
161, Plate 4a, circa
1932 - circa 1933
circa 1932 - circa 1933
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH057
Seminole man, circa 1932 - circa 1933
circa 1932 - circa 1933
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH058
Pan playing on whistle
(Hidatsa), see
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
80, Plate 10a
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH059
Fred Mart, acted as the writer's interpreter throughout this
research,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
75
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH060
Slahal game, Chilliwack,
British Columbia, circa
1926
circa
1926
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH061
Portrait of Frances
Densmore, 1927
1927
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH062
Chippewa Midewiwin song
mnemonics,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
45, page 73 (excerpt)
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH063
Dots show places where
Densmore studied American Indian music prior to 1930
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH064
Scene at Neah Bay,
Washington, circa 1923 -
circa 1926
circa 1923 - circa 1926
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH065
George Escalanti (Yuma) playing cane flute,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
110, Plate 26a, circa 1920 - circa 1922
circa 1920 - circa 1922
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH066
Kachora (Yuma), uncropped
version of
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
110, Plate 27a, circa 1920 - circa 1922
circa 1920 - circa 1922
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH067
Sioux women dancers, Grand
River, North Dakota, circa
1911 - circa 1912
circa 1911 - circa 1912
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH068
House where songs were recorded
(Yaqui),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
110, Plate 21a, circa 1920 - circa 1922
circa 1920 - circa 1922
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH069
Sioux encampment, Grand
River, North Dakota, circa
1911 - circa 1912
circa 1911 - circa 1912
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH070
Hillside with saguaro cactus near San Xavier,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
90, Plate 3b, circa
1920 - circa 1922
circa 1920 - circa 1922
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH071
River scene, trees draped
with Spanish moss, Bayou Teche, Louisiana, circa 1933
circa
1933
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH072
Young Doctor (Makah), Neah
Bay, Washington,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
124, Plate 1, circa
1923 - circa 1926
circa 1923 - circa 1926
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH073
Makah girl, Neah Bay,
Washington, circa 1923 -
circa 1926
circa 1923 - circa 1926
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH074
Shore toward Cape Flattery,
Neah Bay, Washington, circa
1923 - circa 1926
circa 1923 - circa 1926
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH075
Charles Swan (Makah) in dance costume,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
124, Plate 4c, circa
1923 - circa 1926
circa 1923 - circa 1926
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH076
Jim Hunter in dance costume,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
124, Plate 4a, circa
1923 - circa 1926
circa 1923 - circa 1926
13
1 lantern slide (3.25 x 4
inch)
Subseries 2: Glass
negatives
AFC 1944/002: PH077
Captives I am bringing,
Eagle Shield's song (Teton Sioux),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, page 396 (excerpt)
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH078
Love-charm song
sung by Manidogicigokwe (Chippewa),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
45, page 91 (excerpt)
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH079
Song pictures for two
love-charm songs (Chippewa),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
45, page 90, plus unidentified photograph
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH080
Brave Buffalo (Teton Sioux),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, plate 25
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH081
Eagle Shield (Teton Sioux),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, plate 40
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH082
Song of the shuffling-feet dance (a),
sung by Kills-at-Night and his wife,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, page 478
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH083
Gemiwunac (Chippewa),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
45, plate 9
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH084
Drawing by Eagle Shield
(Teton Sioux),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 65b
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH085
Chippewa Midewiwin song
mnemonics,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
45, songs 103-104, 106-107, pages 114-115
14
1 glass negative (3.25 x 4
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH086
Sioux woman
14
1 glass negative (6.5 x 4.25
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH087
Sioux woman
14
1 glass negative (6.5 x 4.25
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH088
Buffalo Boy
(Santee-Yanktonai),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 9 and page 91
14
1 glass negative (7 x 5
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH089
Siyaka (Yanktonai-Teton),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 1, and page 90
14
1 glass negative (7 x 5
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH090
Siyaka (Yanktonai Teton),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, see Plate 1 for comparison
14
1 glass negative (7 x 5
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH091
Lone Man (Teton Sioux); see
different image of Lone Man in
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 23
14
1 glass negative (7 x 5
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH092
White-Buffalo-Walking (Teton
Sioux),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 11
14
1 glass negative (7 x 5
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH093
Buffalo Boy
(Santee-Yanktonai),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 9 and page 91
14
1 glass negative (7 x 5
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH094
Red Bird (Teton Sioux),
uncropped version of
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, Plate 22
14
1 glass negative (7 x 5
inch)
AFC 1944/002: PH095
No Heart (Yanktonai),
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin
61, see Plate 10 for comparison, and page 91
14
1 glass negative (7 x 5
inch)