Tlingit recordings made in Angoon, Alaska
Date: 1950
Contributor: De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 | Frank, Elsie | Jones, Billy | Johnson, Jimmy | McClellan, Catharine
Subject: Alaska--History | Music | Warfare
Type: Sound recording
Extent: 1 wire recording (43 min.) : DIGITIZED
Description: Tlingit recordings made on 1 wire spool in Angoon, Alaska, 21 June 1950, by Frederica de Laguna and Catherine McClellan. Text, "How Angoon was destroyed in 1882"; translation on typed sheets made by native from recording. Song of the Raven Hat. Three "Tsimshian" songs. The recordings were made by wire recorder loaned by Wenner-Gren Foundation; research the result of funds from the Arctic Institute of North America. (NOTE: This material has been digitized and can be accessed online for free by users not physically at the APS Library through a login and password. Please see our Audio Access Page for information on how to request these materials.)
Collection: Tlingit recordings made in Angoon, Alaska Mss.Rec.15