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Arrangement
The Brenda Beck collection from Tamil Nadu, India is organized in the following series which reflect the donor's original arrangement. Where it was possible, the transcripts were paired to the sound recordings and photographs.
- Series 1: Stories 1965-1977.
- Series 2: Proverbs and riddles 1969.
- Series 3: Performances and songs 1965; 1975.
- Series 4: Family histories 1965-1966.
- Series 5: Family lineage histories-including temple rights 1966; 1969.
- Series 6: Ritual and practices 1965-1969; 1976-1977.
- Series 7: Fieldwork and related works 1964-1968.
- Series 8: Graphic materials 1964-2017.
- Series 9: Digital surrogates of sound recordings 2005