Abenaki language audio recordings, 1956 - 2006
MS-1117: Gordon Day papers
Series
Identifier: 3
Description
Contains reel-to-reel audio tapes of Abenaki language, including vocabulary, intonation, stories, legends, songs, prayers, place names, and oral histories recorded by Gordon Day around 1956. The series also includes audio of Stephen Laurent's 1957 reading of Chief Joseph Laurent's "The New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues", published in 1884.
Dates
- 1956 - 2006
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access due to format.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Steer patrons to CD use copies or WebDAV
Creator
- From the Collection: Day, Gordon Malcolm, 1911-1993 (Collector, Person)
Part of the Rauner Special Collections Library Repository