Roxane Connick Carlisle collection, 1963-1984

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Collection Summary

Title	Roxane Connick Carlisle collection, 1963-1984
Inclusive Dates	1963-1984
Call No.	AFC 2012/008
Creator	Carlisle, Roxane Connick
Extent	3007 items
Extent (manuscripts)	876 sheets
Extent (sound recordings)	190 sound tapes (reels, cassettes) : analog ; various sizes
Extent (sound recordings)	1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.
Extent (moving images)	2 videocassettes (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Extent (moving images)	1 videocassette (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Extent (moving images)	1 film reel
Extent (graphic materials)	1532 photographs : slides, black-and-white, color
Extent (graphic materials)	278 photographic prints : black-and white, color ; various sizes
Extent (graphic materials)	24 contact sheets : black-and white
Extent (graphic materials)	101 negative strips : black-and white ; 35 mm
Extent (artifacts)	1 artifact
Language	In English, Arabic, and sung in other 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.af017005
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655344
Summary	Collection of field recordings, photographs, video recordings, a film, and manuscripts created by Roxane Connick Carlisle primarily in Darfur Province and other locations in the Sudan region, which now includes South Sudan, from 1963-1968. The collection also includes photographs of musicians, musical instruments, markets, gardens, buildings, weddings, and wildlife taken in Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, and Uganda from 1963-1968. Includes field recordings of music of various groups and photographs of musicians including Anuak, Baggara, Beni Halba, Bederiya, Dinka, Fur, Nuer, Ingessana, Shilluk, Ta'isha, Zaghawa, and other people, documenting wedding music, women's song and poetry traditions, and other music and ceremonies. The collection includes eight audio tape reels of oud music, songs, and interviews with noted Sudanese musician Abdel Karim el Kably recorded in 1963. The collection also includes recordings of the radio series, Listen to the World from 1971-1973, broadcast on CHEX-FM, Peterborough, Ontario. The shows were produced, written, and narrated by Roxane Connick Carlisle. Sound recordings for radio programs, demonstration, and teaching ethnomusicology include music from Afghanistan, other locations in Africa (Ethiopia, Burundi, and more), Australia and Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, North American Indian, Philippines, Polynesia, Southeast Asia, and Spain, and include recordings for Alan Lomax's Cantometrics project. The collection includes recordings of several speeches and interviews by Roxane Carlisle, including her interview with Ahmed Diraige, governor of Darfur, March 1983.