Calais Field Notebook

Description: 

“A Trip to Calais Maine for the Purpose of Experimenting with the Phonograph as an Instrument to Preserve the Ancient Language of That Tribe March 16-19, 1890 and Eastport May 23-26, 1890"

Originally held at the Archives of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution.

Currently held at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Includes notes on all the cylinders and newspaper clippings detailing Fewkes trip to Calais as well as advertisements for Fewkes’ talks following the trip in Boston, MA.

Pages: 90