Fewkes' second attempt at demonstrating "Mr. Phonograph" to a visiting Passamaquoddy [sound recording] / spoken by J. Walter Fewkes

Summary:

Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR16

Description:

Engineer notes: no song or chants, just Fewkes doing his Mr. Phonograph test;FCP notes: See cylinder 4,232, the first attempt.

Related Fewkes' fieldnotes are located at the National Anthropological Archives (ms. 4408:9) p. 39, 47-52.

In English

Protocol:

American Folklife Center Library of Congress Public Access

Community:

American Folklife Center Library of Congress

Category:

Stories, People and Portraits

Keywords:

Field recordings

Collections:

1890 Passamaquoddy Phonograph Recordings

Original Date Description:

Recorded by Jesse Walter Fewkes possibly in Boston in 1891

Original Date:

1891 October 3rd

Creator:

Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930, recordist, speaker

Language:

English

Rights:

Rights are held by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

Source:

Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings, AFC 1972/003: SR16, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. https://lccn.loc.gov/2015655565

Identifier:

Cylinder 4247; AFS 14737: B15; RKF 1730; AFC 1972/003: SR16

Subject:

Passamaquoddy Indians--Maine--Calais, Indians of North America--Northeastern States, Tales, Phonograph--19th century

Type:

Sound Recording

Format:

1 sound cylinder (00:01:11), 4 in