Roberts, Helen H. (Helen Heffron), 1888-1985
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Roberts (1888-1985) was an ethnomusicologist and a pioneer in ethnographic field documentation.
Helen Heffron Roberts was a songwriter.
Helen Heffron Roberts, ethnomusicologist, was born in Chicago on June 12, 1888. She studied at the Chicago Musical College (1907-1909) and the American Conservatory of Music (1910-1911). Roberts continued her studies at Columbia University from 1916 to 1919, and received an M.A. in 1919. After doing fieldwork in Jamaica (1920-1921), she worked in Hawaii (1923-1924), northern and southern California (1926-1928), and in the Rio Grande pueblos (1930). Roberts was an assistant (1924-1925) and a research assistant (1925-1936) in anthropology at Yale. She was founder and later secretary (1934-1937) of the American Society for Comparative Music. In 1936, when financial support for her work was discontinued, Roberts left her musical research, and later became a nationally known gardening specialist.
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Subjects
Apache Indians
Ethnomusicology
Folklore
Hopi Indians
Indian dance
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Musicology
Music, Primitive
Navajo Indians
Nootka Indians
Pueblo Indians
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Acoma (N.M.)
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Southwest, New
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Hawaii
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Taos Pueblo (N.M.)
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San Felipe (N.M.)
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Jamaica
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Jamaica
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Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)
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Tesuque Pueblo (N.M.)
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Hawaii
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San Ildefonso (N.M.)
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Cochiti (N.M.)
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New Mexico
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