Sara L. M. Davis collection on Tai Lüe culture, 1997-2005

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Title	Sara L. M. Davis collection on Tai Lüe culture, 1997-2005
Collection Number	AFC 2006/004
Inclusive Dates	1997-2005
Location	American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Extent (whole collection)	approximately 1690 items
Extent (manuscripts)	approximately 400 pages (16 folders)
Extent (graphic materials)	982 photographic prints : color, black and white ; 3 x 5 in.
Extent (graphic materials)	184 slides : color
Extent (sound recordings)	70 sound cassettes : analog ; various sizes
Extent (sound recordings)	4 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Extent (moving images)	9 videocassettes (Hi-8) : digital, sound, color
Extent (moving images)	2 videocassettes (MiniDV) : digital, sound, color
Extent (moving images)	1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color
Extent (moving images)	7 video discs (VCD) : sound, color
Extent (objects)	1 flute : bamboo, metal
Extent (objects)	1 textile
Extent (objects)	29 wax candles
Creator	Davis, Sara L. M. (Sara Leila Margaret), 1967-
Language	Collection materials in English, Lü, and Chinese languages.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af008001
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2008700350
Summary	Collection of ethnographic field recordings, photographs, and manuscripts documenting Tai Lüe religious rituals; oral narrative traditions; popular songs; poetry; performances for tourists; interviews with poets and singers; and some local audio and video recordings collected in Sipsongpanna (Xishuangbanna), Yunnan Province, China, by anthropologist Sara L. M. Davis from 1997 to 2005 for her dissertation, published as Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China’s Southwest Borders, Columbia University Press, 2005. The collection includes some materials documenting Tai people and traditions in Burma.