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Series I: Manuscripts
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1 |
Archive of Folk Culture administrative
materials |
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Collection guide, accession log, copy of the project authorization, publicity
and administration. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/2 |
Correspondence, November 1941 to September
1943
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Arranged chronologically. Consists of original correspondence primarily between
Harold Spivacke, Chief, Division of Music, Library of Congress, and Oneyda
Alvarenga, Chief, Discoteca Publica Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil
(correspondence from Alvarenga in Portuguese and translated upon receipt into
English). The content mainly concerns the transfer of materials between the two
entities and budgetary matters. Also includes internal Library memoranda and
correspondence between the Library and other federal agencies concerning the
allotment of monies for the project and transportation of materials. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/3 |
Lists and descriptions |
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Originals and copies of material provided by the Discoteca (in Portuguese).
Includes a list of audio recordings by genre, a six-page description of dance
and song types, and a list of titles identifying the fourteen silent films.
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BOX-FOLDER 1/4-5 |
Audio recordings inventory |
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Copies of the original, typed cards provided by the Discoteca (in Portuguese)
for discs 1-199 (AFS 7399-7597). Information includes date and location of
recording, song titles, informants, instruments, photographic concordance, and
additional notes. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/6-7 |
Disc sleeves |
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Photocopies of portions of original disc sleeves that contained numbering
information. AFS 7399-7556, 7560. |
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BOX 1 (loose) |
Audio recordings inventory |
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Original versions of cards contained in Folders 4-5 |
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Series II: Sound Recordings
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Subseries I: Music recorded in the states of
Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and São Paulo
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189 12" and 10 16" discs
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Discs: AFS 7399-AFS 7597 |
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See PDF of the original, typed cards provided by the Discoteca in
Portuguese for discs 1-199 (AFS 7399-7597) and PDF of listening log in English. |
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Subseries II: Music acquired in 1950 from the
Discoteca
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3 10" and 13 12" discs |
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Discs: AFS 9813-AFS 9828 |
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See PDF of listening log in English. |
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Series III: Graphic Images
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ALBUMS 1-2 |
Subseries I: Fieldwork Photographs
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359 black and white photographic prints (2 3/4" x
2 3/4") |
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The photographs document the fieldwork and audio recordings, arranged
numerically and roughly grouped geographically. Copies of original envelopes
that contained the photographs precede each set, and provide identifying
information in Portuguese. For more information, see audio recordings
inventory and dance concordance. |
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ALBUMS 2-3 |
Subseries II: Museum Photographs
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259 black and white photographic prints (3 1/2" x 4
3/4") |
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Photographs of museum pieces housed in the Discoteca. Includes images of
musical instruments and dance costumes. At the time of accessioning, no list or
description was provided. For more information, see bibliography. |
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Series IV: Moving Images
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Film: FCA 8123 |
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1 reel, 16 mm, 1445 ft., silent, black and
white reference print compilation of the 14 original 16 mm
reels. |
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Documents the music, dance, and ritual found on audio recordings and in
photographs. Housed in the Motion Picture Division. See PDF in Portuguese of the contents of each original reel, also found
in Folder 3. See also the Dance Concordance. FRA 6479-6480 (duplicate negatives);
FRA 6338 (archival positive). |
