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Vodou religious expression in Haiti collected by Odette Mennesson Rigaud, Milo Rigaud, and Shirley Keller, 1944-1985

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Series 3: Various sound recordings (continued)
Spoken translation of a letter from French to English, June 30, 1983
Archivist's note: The file content of relevance is sound only. The video shows a desk, where the recording equipment sat during the recording.
Summary:
The audio content begins about 00:00:06. Nina (otherwise unidentified) reads an English translation of a letter (originally written in French by Odette Rigaud) to Shirley Keller. In the letter Rigaud writes about her current health and domestic circumstances. Shirley Keller is the woman listening (and occasionally speaking in response). The original letter , translated after 2001, was dictated by Rigaud to Marie (otherwise unidentified).
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: DC001
BOX-FOLDER 1/2		 DVD carrier for DC001
Extent: 1 DVD-R
See afc2019041_dc001_aip_01 for the digital file.
Digital ID: afc2019041_dc001_aip_01 Digital content on DC001
Extent: 1 VOB file (172 MB; 00:05:58): digital, sound, color
Digital copy of DVD extracted from original by AFC staff for preservation and access purposes.
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR080 Sound recording, circa 1972-1974
Rack number: RXK 4064
Extent: 1 sound reel (polyester, 00:32:05) : analog, 3 3/4 ips; half track, stereo ; 7 in.
LC engineer's note: The tape is an incomplete aircheck from an unspecified New York/New Jersey radio station (going by the included commercials) that has nothing to do with Haiti. It is an audio documentary about the early days of The Rolling Stones. The documentary is British in origin and features interviews with people not normally heard from in retrospectives.
Documentary on the Rolling Stones (musical group). While the content is out of scope for the collection, this recording has been retained.
Transcription:
Written on the tape reel flange: Stones Story 14, 45, 81, 101, 150, 170
Series 4: Dubbed commercial recordings
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR061 African discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01093
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (Webster-Chicago, approx. 01:00:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: Afrique - copie disques V. / 60'
Box lid: Afrique - copie disques V. / 60'
Written on the wire spool: Afrique disques V.
African disc copies
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR062 African discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01094
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (Webster-Chicago, approx. 00:30:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: Congo belge 30' / chants et danses / Afrique copie disques
Written on the wire spool: Congo belge 30' / chants et danses
Accompanying documentation: African disc copies
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR082 Classical music, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01112
Extent: 1 sound wire reel : analog
Archivist's note: It is assumed this spool contains disc copies; this is to be confirmed.
Transcriptions:
Box panel: Andano etude (Mendelssohn) / Rondo brillant (Weber)
Written on the wire spool: Tagliafero [further details on the spool]
Accompanying documentation: Classical music
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR063 Flamenco discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01095
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (Webster-Chicago, approx. 00:30:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: Flamenco - copie disques V. / Flamenco - copie disques Valentine [?]
Written on the wire spool: Flamenco (disques V.)
Accompanying documentation: Flamenco disc copies
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR064 Haitian discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01096
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (approx. 00:23:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: [??] disques haitiens
Written on the wire spool: [?] 23'
Accompanying documentation: Haitian disc copies
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR065 Jazz discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01097
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (Webster-Chicago, approx. 00:15:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: Jazz copie disques V.
Box lid: Jazz copie disques V.
Written on the wire spool: pas bon Jazz copie disques V. / 1/2 minute free
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR066 Jazz discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01098
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (Webster-Chicago, approx. 00:25:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: Duke Ellington - Liberian Suite / Liberian Suite - Duke Ellington [?] 25'
Written on the wire spool: Liberian Suite [?]. 25'
Accompanying documentation: Jazz disc copies
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR067 Jazz discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01099
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (Webster-Chicago, approx. 01:00:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: copie disque V. 8' / Jazz copie disques V. 8'
Written on the wire spool: copie disques V. Jazz 28'
Accompanying documentation: Jazz disc copies
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR068 Jazz discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01100
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (Webster-Chicago, approx. 01:00:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: Jazz copie disques V. / attentian [?] casse / Jazz copie disques V. / Casse ce [?] plus [?] places
Written on the wire spool: essais toto
Accompanying documentation: Jazz disc copies
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR069 South American discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01101
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (Webster-Chicago, approx. 00:15:00) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: Musique Sud Americaine / copie disques V. / Sud Americaine / copie disques V.
Written on the wire spool: Argentina samba etc [?] copie disques / Roger
Accompanying documentation: South American disc copies
Item_ID: AFC 2019/041: SR070 Various discs, undated
Rack number: WIRE 01102
Extent: 1 sound wire reel (unknown duration) : analog
Transcriptions:
Box panel: 2/2 Peeter [Peter] - Marlene Dietrich /2/2 Johnny [Jonny] - Marlene Dietrich /2/2 Kasbek - Igor Gorin /2/2 Viut viteé [Viut Vitre] ([?]) - Igor Gorin /2/2 Song of the Plains - Red Army Choir /2/2 Write What [?] - Red Army Choir /5 The moon shine (danse [?]) /2/2 Saetas - Niña de los Peines / Bulerias [?] - Niña de los Peines / Tango flamenco - Niña de los Peines / Sevillanas - Niña de los Peines
Box lid: Dietrich Russian-Flamenco
Written on the wire spool: Dietrich II - Russian Flamenco
Accompanying documentation: various disc copies

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