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Title: Funeral (English)
Identifier(s): audio:19529; APSdigrec_6927; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 01
Description: Recorded on SoundScriber disc, vinyl, 33 1/3 rpm.
Source: Harris, Zellig S. Cherokee materials, 1941-1946. (Subcollection I2.4 of American Council of Learned Societies) (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Social life and customs; Cherokee Indians--Funeral customs and rites; Cherokee Indians--History
Date: 1945-08-23

Title: Basket game (English)
Identifier(s): audio:19531; APSdigrec_6929; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 03
Description: Recorded on SoundScriber disc, vinyl, 33 1/3 rpm.
Source: Harris, Zellig S. Cherokee materials, 1941-1946. (Subcollection I2.4 of American Council of Learned Societies) (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Subject: Cherokee Indians--History; Cherokee Indians--Social life and customs; Cherokee Indians--Games
Date: 1945-08-23

Title: Song, ball game song, discussion
Identifier(s): audio:19560; APSdigrec_6909; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Description: Recorded on aluminum-coated acetate disc, 78 rpm.
Source: Harris, Zellig S. Cherokee materials, 1941-1946. (Subcollection I2.4 of American Council of Learned Societies) (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Music; Cherokee Indians--Games; Cherokee Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1945-08

Title: Autobiographical text
Identifier(s): audio:19429; APSdigrec_6836; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 02
Description: Recorded on SoundScriber disc. On multiple topics, including discussion of Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
Source: Harris, Zellig S. Cherokee materials, 1941-1946. (Subcollection I2.4 of American Council of Learned Societies) (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Subject: Cherokee Indians--History; Cherokee Indians--Social life and customs; Cherokee Indians--Education; United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
Date: 1945-08-13

Title: Cherokee Ball Game Dance; Gillespie: Wyandot
Identifier(s): audio:9402; local: APSdigrec_4061; local: 01; local: 10
Description: Recorded off of a played-back phonograph recording originally made in 1939. This program was made as part of a wire recording sent to Floyd Lounsbury by John W. Gillespie, containing recordings made by himself and excerpts of other field recordings he had acquired.; Also see the John W. Gillespie correspondence in the Floyd Lounsbury papers.
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Music; Cherokee dance; singing
Date: 1950; 1939

Title: Cherokee Cornplanting Dance; Gillespie: Wyandot
Identifier(s): audio:9404; local: APSdigrec_4060; local: 01; local: 09
Description: Recorded off of a played-back phonograph recording originally made in 1949. This program was made as part of a wire recording sent to Floyd Lounsbury by John W. Gillespie, containing recordings made by himself and excerpts of other field recordings he had acquired.; Also see the John W. Gillespie correspondence in the Floyd Lounsbury papers.
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Music; Cherokee dance; singing
Date: 1950; 1949-10-08

Title: 2-11-b: Mrs. Maude Welch making a pot
Identifier(s): graphics:6697
Description: Half-length view of Mrs. Maude Welch, seated, shaping a pot by hand.; Image: 2-11-b; Freeman guide number: 4162a
Creator: Fewkes, Vladimir J.et al
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Material culture; Cherokee pottery
Date: 1908-1941

Title: Reflections on listening to Will West Long's "Story of Long Life and Going to Heaven"
Identifier(s): : 01; : 01
Description: Recording of Thomas Belt (Cherokee Nation) sharing his thoughts on hearing a recording of "Story of Long Life and Going to Heaven," told by Will West Long in 1936. Recorded during the “Building Partnerships Between Archives and Indian Communities” conference held at the American Philosophical Society, May 19-21, 2010.
Subject: Cheokee language; Cherokee Indians--History; Oratory
Date: 2010-05

Title: Bear and Rabbit Invitation to Eat
Identifier(s): audio:4225; APSdigrec_0554; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 03
Description: Recorded as part of research funded by an APS Phillips Fund grant.
Source: Reyburn, William D. Cherokee materials gathered on the Cherokee reservation at Cherokee, N.C., [1951-1952]. (Mss.Rec.16);
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Folklore; Bears--Folklore; Rabbits--Folklore
Date: 1951-09-10

Title: Race of the Deer and the Four Turtles
Identifier(s): audio:4224; APSdigrec_0553; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 02
Description: Recorded as part of research funded by an APS Phillips Fund grant.
Source: Reyburn, William D. Cherokee materials gathered on the Cherokee reservation at Cherokee, N.C., [1951-1952]. (Mss.Rec.16);
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Folklore; Deer--Folklore; Turtles--Folklore
Date: 1951-09-10

Title: 15: Diary
Identifier(s): text:261301
Description: In Cherokee. Written sparsely in printed notebooks.
Creator: West Long, Willet al
Subject: Cherokee language; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina
Date: 1911

Title: Cherokee Eagle Dance; Gillespie: Wyandot
Identifier(s): audio:9405; local: APSdigrec_4059; local: 01; local: 08
Description: Recorded off of a played-back phonograph recording originally made in 1946. This program was made as part of a wire recording sent to Floyd Lounsbury by John W. Gillespie, containing recordings made by himself and excerpts of other field recordings he had acquired.; Also see the John W. Gillespie correspondence in the Floyd Lounsbury papers.
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Music; Cherokee dance; singing
Date: 1950; 1946

Title: Owls (Cherokee)
Identifier(s): audio:19461; APSdigrec_6866; Recording Number: 21; Program Number: 04
Description: Recorded on SoundScriber disc.
Source: Harris, Zellig S. Cherokee materials, 1941-1946. (Subcollection I2.4 of American Council of Learned Societies) (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Folklore; Owls--Folklore; Omens
Date: 1945-08-27

Title: 2-2-u-4: John Driver, with daughters Agnes and Lucinda Driver
Identifier(s): graphics:2323; local: APSdigobj2378
Description: Black and white photograph of John Driver standing outside, holding daughter Agnes Driver, with other daughter Lucinda Driver standing next to him.; Image (2-2-u-4); Freeman guide #4162a; Funding provided by: Getty Foundation
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al
Subject: Native American Images; North Carolina; Cherokee Indians
Date: 1935

Title: Cherokee Mask Dance; Gillespie: Wyandot
Identifier(s): audio:9408; local: APSdigrec_4057; local: 01; local: 06
Description: Recorded off of a played-back phonograph recording originally made in 1946. This program was made as part of a wire recording sent to Floyd Lounsbury by John W. Gillespie, containing recordings made by himself and excerpts of other field recordings he had acquired.; There is a 15-second blank section on the recording, beginning at approximately 2:47. Also see the John W. Gillespie correspondence in the Floyd Lounsbury papers.
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Music; Cherokee dance; singing
Date: 1950; 1946

Title: Cherokee Friendship Dance; Gillespie: Wyandot
Identifier(s): audio:9409; local: APSdigrec_4065; local: 01; local: 14
Description: Recorded off of a played-back phonograph recording originally made in 1949. This program was made as part of a wire recording sent to Floyd Lounsbury by John W. Gillespie, containing recordings made by himself and excerpts of other field recordings he had acquired.; Also see the John W. Gillespie correspondence in the Floyd Lounsbury papers.
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Music; Cherokee dance; singing
Date: 1950; 1949-10-08

Title: Baskets (English)
Identifier(s): audio:19445; APSdigrec_6851; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 01
Description: Recorded on SoundScriber disc.
Source: Harris, Zellig S. Cherokee materials, 1941-1946. (Subcollection I2.4 of American Council of Learned Societies) (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Material culture; Basket making
Date: 1945-09-30

Title: 9: Diary
Identifier(s): text:215710
Description: Diary in Cherokee syllabary only, covering September 20, 1913 to August 17, 1915. Includes death and birth records at center of book.
Creator: West Long, Willet al
Subject: Cherokee language; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina
Date: 1913-1915

Title: Cherokee Chants; Gillespie: Wyandot
Identifier(s): audio:9401; local: APSdigrec_4058; local: 01; local: 07
Description: Recorded off of a played-back phonograph recording, which itself is a re-recording from an original wire recording.; Also see the John W. Gillespie correspondence in the Floyd Lounsbury papers.
Subject: Cherokee Indians--Music; Cherokee dance; singing
Date: 1950; 1949-12-04

Title: 12: Ledger in Cherokee syllabary, including vital statistics and personal notes; Big Cove
Identifier(s): text:261300
Description: Ledger in Cherokee syllabary, including vital statistics and personal notes; Big Cove.
Creator: West Long, Willet al
Subject: Cherokee language; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina
Date: 1897-1908