Discoteca Pública Municipal de São Paulo collection, 1937-1943

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Collection Summary

Title	Discoteca Pública Municipal de São Paulo collection, 1937-1943
Inclusive Dates	1937-1943
Call No.	AFC 1943/001
Creator	Discoteca Oneyda Alvarenga (Centro Cultural São Paulo)
Creator	Alvarenga, Oneyda
Extent	1184 items; 4 containers; 2 linear feet.
Extent (Manuscripts)	7 folders (1 box).
Extent (Sound recordings)	215 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 10 in., 12 in., 16 in.
Extent (Graphic materials)	359 photographic prints : black and white ; 2 3/4 in. x 1 3/4 in.
Extent (Graphic materials)	259 photographic prints : black and white ; 3 1/2 in. x 4 3/4 in.
Extent (Moving images)	1 film reel (1445 ft.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm.
Language	Manuscripts in Portuguese and English. Sound recordings in Portuguese, native Brazilian languages, and Afro-Brazilian languages.
Location	American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af015002
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2004695166
Summary	An ethnographic field collection of sound recordings, moving images, photographs, and accompanying materials that document religious and secular music, dance, and ritual in the northeastern Brazilian states of Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and also the state of São Paulo. Fieldwork was conducted in northeastern Brazil in 1937-1938, some audio recordings were accessioned in 1950. The collection includes correspondence between Harold Spivacke, then chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress and Oneyda Alvarenga, Director of the Discoteca Pública Municipal de São Paulo (1941-1943), now Discoteca Oneyda Alvarenga (Centro Cultural São Paulo). Photographs document field research and include images of musical instruments and costumes in the museum in São Paulo. Silent black-and-white 16 mm film is comprised of 14 film rolls including footage of carnaval in Recife, Pernambuco; footage from Belém do Pará; most was filmed in Paraíba.