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MANUSCRIPTS
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Administrative, Correspondence, Index, Field Notes, and
Articles |
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 |
Administrative |
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One folder consisting of the collection register, a copy of the
contract between Bowles and the Library of Congress, a copy of the index to
field recordings, a copy of Bowles' project correspondence, and a copy of the
LWO log. |
BOX 1 FOLDERS 2-5 |
Correspondence |
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Four folders arranged chronologically (1957-1972) with the
following subdivisions: pre-project, project, post-project, and LP production.
Consists of correspondence primarily between Bowles and LC personnel such as
Harold Spivacke (Chief, Music Div.), Edward Waters (Acting Chief, Music Div.),
Rae Korson (Head, Archive of Folk Song), Alan Jabbour (Head, Archive of Folk
Song), as well as several people from the Rockefeller Foundation and the U.S.
Embassy and State Department; descriptive and financial monthly reports; and
correspondence about the collection with researchers. The project
correspondence includes progress reports from Bowles to the LC that augment the
field notes. |
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 |
Index to LC project recordings |
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One folder of typed index to project recordings arranged
numerically by tape side (12 pp.). (Missing: pages with tape numbers 33-44).
Consists of an original and two copies, one of which has hand-written
corrections on it. Includes AFS numbers, Bowles' tape numbers, song titles,
performers (tribes), and recording locations. (There is no index of the last
five "sample" tapes from the project.) |
BOX 1 FOLDERS 7-8 |
Field notes I (LC project recordings) |
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Two folders (one original, one copy) of typed field notes (130
pp.). Includes an opening note and description of instruments. Arranged
numerically by tape side in chronological order. Documents dates and locations
of recordings, performers, leaders, tribes, song titles, instruments used, and
comments about performance events, music/dance types, circumstances of
recording, instruments, etc. (There is no log of the last five "sample"
tapes.) |
BOX 1 FOLDER 9 |
Field notes II (non-project field recordings
1960-62) |
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One folder (one original and one copy) of field notes of
audiotape recordings made 1960-62 (8 pp.). The tape number order is not
chronological. Written in a similar format to the project fieldnotes, and
includes hand- written AFS numbers. |
BOX 1 FOLDER 10 |
LP record set booklet |
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One folder containing the 9-page booklet that accompanies the
record set. |
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 |
Articles |
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One folder containing articles that describe the collection.
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BOX 1 FOLDER 12 |
One page |
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Item from tape box AFS 11623. |
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MICROFILM
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Microfilm of the LC project field notes and map: Music 0441,
located in the Music division. |
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SOUND RECORDINGS
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AFS L 63-64 |
"Music of Morocco" |
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Recorded and edited by Paul Bowles, 1972. Includes 9-page
booklet with notes and bibliography of publications and documentary recordings.
(Listening copy available in the AFC Reading Room.) |
AFS 11623-11687 LWO 3068 |
LC project recordings |
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Sixty-five DT 7" reels (the last five are samples from the 60
recordings); approximately 65 hours; approximately 220 pieces. preservation
numbers LWO 8527 R93-100; LWO 12419 R1-19. (Listening copies available in the
AFC Reading Room.) Accessioned in June 1960. |
AFS 12016-12020 LWO 3863 |
Non-project field recordings (1960-1962) |
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Five 7" reels (Listening copies available in the AFC Reading
Room). Non-project field recordings accessioned in June 1963. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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One box containing 18 black and white photographs. Location
information is written on the backs of most photographs. The photographs
include scenes of performers at Essaouira, Amizmiz, Taza, and Segangan, and
several shots of houses and casbahs. |
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MAP
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One folder containing original and copies of a map, hand-drawn by
Paul Bowles, that documents recording locations and routes traveled during the
field project. |