Passamaquoddy song of the Snake Dance [sound recording] /
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930, recordist, speaker.
Joseph, Noel, active 1878-1890, performer.
sound recording
Songs. lcgft
Field recordings. lcgft
Cylinder recordings. lcsh
1890-03-15.
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Recorded in Calais, Maine on March 15, 1890 by Jesse Walter Fewkes.
Digital restoration copy, MAVIS no. 2031764-5-1, from second preservation master file (from original cylinder) using Izotope RX4, Cedar Cambridge v.10 and Izotope Ozone 7.
Digital preservation copies, MAVIS nos. 2031764-2-1 and 2031764-4-1, from original cylinder on Archeophone #27.
Digital preservation copy, MAVIS no. 2005669-3-1 (at 40:24), from preservation tape reel.
Preservation tape reel LWO 6528 R2A (at 14:24) from original cylinder.
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings (AFC 1972/003: SR26) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
FCP notes: Announcement: "Song of the Snake Dance, by Newell Josephs [sic], taken by J. Walter Fewkes on the 15th of March, 1890."
Title information and FCP notes from Federal Cylinder Project (Washington, D.C.: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1984),
Description in Fewkes, J. W. "A contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-lore" Journal of American Folk-lore
Passamaquoddy Indians--Maine--Calais.
Indians of North America--Northeastern States.
Passamaquoddy Indians--Folklore.
Passamaquoddy--Music.
Songs, Passamaquoddy.
Snake dance.
Indian dance--Northeastern States.
Calais (Me.)
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings
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https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc1972003.afc1972003_sr26_2005669_3_1
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