Title Page | Collection Summary | Arrangement | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content
Collection Summary
| Title | Curtis Cook Zuni Pueblo storytelling collection |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1964-2005 |
| Call No. | AFC 2004/010 |
| Creator | Cook, Curtis D. |
| Extent | 1,272 items |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 5 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 1 sound cassette : analog. |
| Extent (graphic images) | 196 slides : color ; 35 mm |
| Extent (graphic images) | 2 photographic prints : black and white ; various sizes. |
| Extent (graphic images) | 18 photographic prints : color. |
| Extent (manuscripts) | 53 folders. |
| Language | In Zuni and English. |
| 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.af017002 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2012655532 |
| 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. |