Title Page | Collection Summary | Arrangement | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content
Collection Summary
| Title | Willard Rhodes papers, 1938-1979 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1938-1979 |
| Call No. | AFC 1980/041 |
| Creator | United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| Creator | Rhodes, Willard, 1901-1992 |
| Extent | 140 items ; 2 containers ; .6 linear feet. |
| Extent (graphic images) | 11 photographs : film negatives, black and white. |
| Extent (graphic images) | 39 photographic prints : black and white ; various sizes. |
| Extent (graphic images) | 1 photographic print : color ; 3 x 4 in. |
| Extent (manuscripts) | 16 field notebooks. |
| Extent (manuscripts) | 16 folders. |
| Language | In English and numerous Native American 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.af018012 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2017655250 |
| Summary | Field notebooks, correspondence, publications, and photographs, related to Willard Rhodes' field expeditions to Native American communities between 1938 and 1952 on behalf of the Library of Congress and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The notebooks contain Rhodes' field notes, transcriptions, translations, and some musical notation, relating to audio recordings of Native American songs. Correspondence (1948-1979) relates primarily to the ten albums of Native American music recorded and edited by Rhodes in the Music of the American Indian series. Tribes recorded by Rhodes include Apache, Bannock, Caddo, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chinook, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek, Delaware, Hopi, Kiowa, Klallam, Lummi, Navajo, Omaha , Paiute, Pawnee, Potawatomi, Pueblo, Quinault, San Ildefonso, Seminole, Shaker, Shoshone, Sioux, Skagit, Taos, Tewa, Tlingit, Tsaiyak, Ute, Washo, Wichita, and Zuni songs. The collections also includes eight government and mission publications from Sioux communities. |