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1. D.H. Lawrence correspondence, notes, and photographs, 1921-1930

   135 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   British author. Chiefly letters written by Lawrence to Mabel Dodge Luhan relating to his travels and experiences with Luhan in Taos, New Mexico, and to Lawrence's writing projects.

2. Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz correspondence and related material, 1929-1947

   157 items. 2 containers. 0.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, and photographer, Alfred Stieglitz. Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz to filmmaker Henwar Rodakiewicz, along with related printed and typed miscellany.

3. Peggy V. Beck collection, 1985-1987

   manuscripts 25 folders.. sound recordings 35 sound cassettes : analog (60 and 90 min.). graphic materials 691 photographs : photographic prints, slides, negatives, b&w, col. ; various sizes.. graphic materials 6 drawings : pencil.. moving images 3 videocassettes (VHS) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   This collection comprises research materials created and compiled by Peggy V. Beck for the exhibition Oremos, Oremos: New Mexican Midwinter Masquerades, at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, New Mexico in 1987, as well as documentation of other New Mexican midwinter rituals. Included are sound recordings of interviews, rehearsals, and performances; field notes, photographs, drawings, and videocassettes; plus exhibition catalogs and exhibit scripts. The focus of the exhibition is midwinter celebrations and plays, including Los Matachines, Los Pastores, and Los Días, and photographs and drawings of abuelos and abuelas.

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4. Mana : Beyond Belief documentary film collection, 2000-2004

   1,015 items. 200 documents in 51 folders : paper.. 47 document files in 13 folders : digital ; xls, doc, plain text, jpg, pages, pdf.. 145 videocassettes (HDCAM) : digital.. 435 video files : digital ; mp4, mov, mxf.. 94 sound cassettes (DAT) : digital.. 94 audio files : digital ; wav.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of moving image and sound footage shot between 2000 and 2003, which led to the documentary film MANA : Beyond Belief (2004). Paper and electronic documents created during production and post-production are also included (logs, translations, shot lists, and notes).

5. Curtis Cook Zuni Pueblo storytelling collection

   1,272 items. 5 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 1 sound cassette : analog.. 196 slides : color ; 35 mm. 2 photographic prints : black and white ; various sizes.. 18 photographic prints : color.. 53 folders.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of field recordings, photographs, and notes by linguist Curtis Cook, who learned the Zuni language and documented the stories of elderly Zuni speakers while undertaking a translation of the Bible into the Zuni language during the 1960s and 1970s. Sound recordings (1964-1967) include narratives told by Zuni storytellers Longkeena Nash and Tom Ideque and others; recordings of children reading high school reports in English; and Curtis Cook reciting the gospel acccording to St. Mark, and other recordings. Photographs (1964-1972) include pictures of some of the Zuni speakers and storytellers who aided Cook in learning the Zuni language; landscapes at and near Zuni; adobe brick making and daily occupations at Zuni; photographs documenting the Zuni entry of dancers and musicians at the Gallup Intertribal Ceremonial in 1965; Zuni children; Zuni artwork, including jewelry and pottery. Manuscripts include Zuni stories and translation exercises in Zuni, and some interlineal translations in English of Zuni recordings from the Doris Duke collection. Cook submitted notes describing his photographs and his work at Zuni in 2004. On February 14, 2005, Curtis Cook met with staff of the American Folklife Center to discuss this collection and his work in Zuni. An audio recording of this meeting is included in the collection.

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