1890 Passamaquoddy Phonograph Recordings

1890 Passamaquoddy Phonograph Recordings

This collection features the original Fewkes/Passamaquoddy phonograph recordings and associated fieldnotes, primary materials, and related journal articles.

These are the recordings made during Jesse Walter Fewkes' research trip to Maine in March of 1890. The trip was undertaken so he could test the Edison Phonograph in field conditions, and bring back sample recordings to various groups and universities in Boston before his trip to the Southwest later that year. These recordings were the first ethnographic phongraph recordings ever made, and were pivotal to further fieldwork with the Edison phonograph. After Fewkes' work with the Passamaquoddy, he went on to publish many journal articles and transcriptions of Passamaquoddy stories, which can also be found in this collection. 

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American Folklife Center Library of Congress
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Stories, Songs
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Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR30
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Passamaquoddy
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Cultural Life, Stories
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This is the fourth part of this story recorded on 4 cylinders
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American Folklife Center Library of Congress
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Stories
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Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR21
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American Folklife Center Library of Congress
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Songs
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Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR01
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American Folklife Center Library of Congress
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Stories, People and Portraits
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Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR16