Edward S. Curtis audio recordings
- T4224:0001-0026
- Series
- [ca. 1907-1913]
The series comprises audio tape copies of wax cylinders recorded by Edward S. Curtis in the period 1907-1913. The cylinders document some 279 Indigenous songs, recorded at various villages and reservations in the United States and Canada.
Tapes T4224:0020 to 0025 includes songs SCY 0220 - 0267, most of which were recorded in British Columbia and Washington state from June 1910 to May 1913. These five tapes include songs from the Clayoquot (Nootka), Cowichan, Haida, Hesquiat (Nootka), Kwakiutl, Makah (Nootka), and Wishliam/Wishram (Washington) cultural groups. The identified performers heard on the B.C. material include John Mutlatse, Muquina, Maltaw'aaksa, Tutis'api, John Davis, and St"ahm'ai (John Wesley).