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Title: Story about a dream Clara had when Sherman first got sick
Identifier(s): audio:6389; local: APSdigrec_3325; local: 03; local: 04
Description: In English only.; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1963-06-20

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 4-17-1973 [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6568; local: APSdigrec_3659; local: 08; local: 02
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [963] The Talking Skull -- [1074] The Toad Woman -- [1013] Unidentified -- [1073] Unidentified -- [1082] Trails of the Great Beyond -- [1096] Unidentified -- [1097] Unidentified -- [1087] Unidentified -- [1075] Unidentified -- [1088] The Wounded Bear -- [1064] The Buzzard and his Ill-Fitting Coat -- [1067] Unidentified -- [1068] Unidentified -- [1070] Unidentified -- [1072] Unidentified -- [1059] Unidentified -- [1056] Man in the Cliffs -- [655] Unidentified; This item has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04-17

Title: The Buffalo Story (incomplete)
Identifier(s): audio:23186; APSdigrec_5621; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 01
Description: Recorded on one green SoundScriber phonograph disc, indicated in correspondence as "Record 3." Contains the end of "The Buffalo Story," which was presumably begun on prior two discs, which are not in the collection and not known to exist anymore. The remainder of the disc contains the story "Geneseo Reservation" in its entirety, followed by an unidentified story in Chinese.
Source: Voegelin, C. F. The Buffalo Story, 1946. (Mss.Rec.190); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.190-ead.xml
Subject: Seneca Indians--Folklore; Buffalo--Folklore
Date: 1946

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-13-1973 [2 of 3]
Identifier(s): audio:6550; APSdigrec_3650; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 02
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [1011] Sky Woman -- [1014] Three Sisters: Corn, Bean, and Squash -- [1015] People Dancing in Sky World -- [1018] This is the Way the Water Goes -- [?] The Nephew and His Cruel Uncle -- [612] The Spirit of Spring -- [613] Depicting Sorrow at Loss of Seven Daughters -- [615] Story of the Young Lad Beyond the Rapids -- [616] Unidentified -- [619] The Eagle Charmer -- [630] The Sick Man -- [631] Unidentified -- [632] The Man's Race With Monster -- [633] The Spirit of the North -- [634] Jealousy -- [635] The Stone Giants -- [636] Annual New Year [White Dog] Festival -- [638] Gift to the Little People -- [643] He Who Rises on A Column of Smoke -- [646] The Great Serpent -- [647] Story of the Vampire Ghost -- [?] Spirit of the Hurricane -- [1056] The Storyteller of the Cliff -- [?] The Legend of the Flying Canoe -- [1023] The Story of the Boy Who Disobeyed His Brother's Order
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-03-13

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, Paintings of Mythology, 4-18-1973; Mythology
Identifier(s): audio:6570; local: APSdigrec_3660; local: 09; local: 01
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [615] Unidentified -- [1063] Stone Giantess -- [635] Unidentified -- [645] Unidentified -- [651] Unidentified -- [634] Unidentified -- [731] Unidentified -- [580] Unidentified -- [1011] Unidentified -- [545] Unidentified -- [497] Unidentified -- [712] Unidentified; This item has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04-18

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6578; APSdigrec_3664; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 01
Description: Discussions with Ernest Smith regarding Flute Player, Courting Flute, Fish Dance Song, Burnin [sic] Springs, Stories to Scare Children (Long Nose, Legs, Flapping Ears). A very distorted program, with prominent uncorrected background noise.
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6580; APSdigrec_3665; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 02
Description: Discussions with Ernest Smith regarding Flute Player, Courting Flute, Fish Dance Song, Burnin [sic] Springs, Stories to Scare Children (Long Nose, Legs, Flapping Ears). A very distorted program, with prominent uncorrected background noise.
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 4-17-1973 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6566; local: APSdigrec_3658; local: 08; local: 01
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [1114] The Trader At the Gate -- [701] Unidentified -- [700] Unidentified -- [698] Unidentified -- [702] War Party -- [1102] Child Studying Nature -- [1105] Unidentified -- [696] Lacrosse Game -- [1058] Tug of War -- [694] Unidentified -- [652] Unidentified -- [1050] The Story Teller; This item has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca art; Lacrosse; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04-17

Title: Discussion of witches and little water medicine
Identifier(s): audio:6385; local: APSdigrec_3327; local: 03; local: 06
Description: In English only.; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca Indians--Medicine; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Witchcraft
Date: 1963-06-20

Title: Story of how a young man became a medicine man
Identifier(s): audio:6407; local: APSdigrec_3322; local: 03; local: 01
Description: In English only.; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca Indians--Medicine; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1963-06-20

Title: Interview with Roland Sundown
Identifier(s): audio:24643; local: APSdigrec_2086; local: 07; local: 02; local: 01
Description: This recording is the second half of a longer recording session. In the full version, the first half includes songs relating to longhouse ceremonies and is therefore the full version is restricted as potentially culturally sensitive. In the portion of the recording given here, Fenton interviews Roland Sundown on various topics relating to his life and Seneca stories. Includes a few brief phrases in Seneca.
Subject: Seneca Indians--Education; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1950-06-12

Title: Story song about a stuck-up boy
Identifier(s): audio:8968; APSdigrec_3861; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 27
Description: Originally recorded phonograph discs in 1936, then transferred to open reel tape for the APS by the Library of Congress in 1970. This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive, pending further review. Reproduction is restricted.
Source: Ceremonial Songs of Tonawanda Seneca Longhouse, 1936 (Mss.Rec.17); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.17-ead.xml
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1936

Title: Story song about a poor family
Identifier(s): audio:8965; APSdigrec_3860; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 26
Description: Originally recorded phonograph discs in 1936, then transferred to open reel tape for the APS by the Library of Congress in 1970. This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive, pending further review. Reproduction is restricted.
Source: Ceremonial Songs of Tonawanda Seneca Longhouse, 1936 (Mss.Rec.17); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.17-ead.xml
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1936

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-15-1973 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6556; APSdigrec_3653; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 01
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [1077] The Chipmunks -- [1108] Lunchtime -- [1107] The Pigeon -- [1106] The Mammoth -- [1105] Curing Tobacco -- [1104] Roasting Corn -- [1103] Dreaming of the Mask Society -- [1102] Child Studying Nature -- [1100] Woman Working Corn -- [1099] Unidentified -- [1098] Captive -- [958] Moral of Share and Share Alike -- [1096] Unidentified -- [1095] Unidentified -- [1094] Unidentified -- [1093] Old Crooked Mouth -- [1092] Unidentified -- [1091] Thunder -- [1113] Unidentified -- [1112] Unidentified -- [1111] Witchcraft -- [1110] Trading Arrows -- [1130] Making Hemlock Tea
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca Indians--Material culture
Date: 1973-03-15

Title: The Origin of the False Faces
Identifier(s): audio:3591; local: APSdigrec_2169; local: 02; local: 03
Description: This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information. "False Face" is a term for Haudenosaunee Medicine Masks that was applied by the original collector to this recording. The term is considered both inaccurate and offensive by many Haudenosaunee communities.
Subject: Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1948-09-02

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-13-1973 [1 of 3]
Identifier(s): audio:5714; APSdigrec_3649; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 01
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [652] Great Ball Game -- [617] War Dance -- [611] False Face Rites -- [610] Dance of the Women -- [1016] Dance of the Dead -- [714] The Birds -- [1000] Indian and Birds -- [956] Lone Indian and Fire -- [736] Madonna-Mother With Boy -- [735] The Flute Player -- [733] Spirit of the Gambler -- [1052] Fighting a Bear -- [1050] Storyteller -- [1051] Six Nations on Tree -- [651] Elk and Indian Woman -- [656] Story of Striking Lighting -- [680] Woman Clan Mother Standing on Ground -- [690] Indian With Corn -- [696] Lacrosse Game -- [1011] Sky Woman
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Lacrosse
Date: 1973-03-13

Title: Story of how a young man became a medicine man
Identifier(s): audio:6396; local: APSdigrec_3323; local: 03; local: 02
Description: In Seneca only.; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca Indians--Medicine; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca language
Date: 1963-06-20

Title: Seneca Songs
Identifier(s): audio:8472; local: APSdigrec_2086; local: 07; local: 02; local: 01
Description: Includes Medicine Song, Pigeon Song, and other songs. Also includes some speech in Seneca and an interview regarding the consultant's life history.; This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information. An edited, non-restricted version of this recording has been made, consisting of the final 7 minutes, 47 seconds of this recording, in which Fenton interviews Roland Sundown on various topics that do not touch upon culturally sensitive matters as currently defined. This non-restricted version is titled "Interview with Roland Sundown."
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Seneca Indians--Education; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1950-06-12

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-12-1973 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:5710; APSdigrec_3647; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [727] Eagle Dance -- [725] Carving Great False Face on Tree -- [724] The Thunder God (Hi Ng) -- [723] Thadodaho, Maker of the Five Nations Belt -- [722] False Face Healing Ceremony -- [720] Death Dance -- [719] Medicine Picking -- [718] False Face -- [730] Legs -- [703] Death Watch -- [706] Greeting Dawn -- [682] Little Water Medicine
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1973-03-12

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, Paintings of Economic Activities, 4-16-1973 [2 of 2]; Economic Activities
Identifier(s): audio:6564; local: APSdigrec_3657; local: 07; local: 02
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [1079] The Pipe Carver -- [950] The Story of the Hunter -- [1000] Capturing the Eagle -- [1062] Unidentified -- [717] Making Pottery -- [685] Unidentified -- [621] Heating Water -- [1022] Unidentified -- [?] Portrait of Jesse Hill -- [688] Portrait of William Gordon -- [741] Unidentified -- [744] Unidentified -- [736] The Woman With the Cradleboard -- [735] The Flute Player -- [740] Processing Corn For Soup -- [697] Unidentified -- [1131] The Fisherman -- [1104] Roasting Corn -- [966] Giving Thanks to the Maker; This item has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca pottery; Seneca Indians--Domestic life
Date: 1973-04-16