Gwich'in materials, Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers
Culture:
Gwich'in includes: Kutchin, Loucheux, Tukudh
Language: English
Date: ca. 1947-1948, 1950, ca. 1941-1976
Contributor: Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996 | Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn | McCloud, Red | Gillespie, John W.
Subject: Dance | Northwest Territories--History | Music
Type: Text | Sound recording
Genre: Music | Correspondence | Songs
Extent: 1 folder; 2 minutes of audio
Description: There are two Gwich'in items identified in the Floyd Lounsbury Papers. In Series VII, Audio Recordings, is a recording titled "Gwich'in Social Dance", recorded off of a played-back phonograph recording originally made in 1947 or 1948 by Red McCloud in Aklavik, N.W.T., and part of a wire recording sent to Floyd Lounsbury by John W. Gillespie. In Series I, correspondence with Mary Haas discusses wax cylinder recordings of Gwich'in.
Collection: Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers Mss.Ms.Coll.95