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Nez, John. Donald L. Roberts collection of music of the Southwest and Mexico, 1964-1967.

Title: Donald L. Roberts collection of music of the Southwest and Mexico, 1964-1967.

This collection of field and commercial recordings was donated to the Archive of Southwest Music by Donald L. Roberts and offers a wide variety of music selections collected in the 1960s. Most of the collection includes interesting commentary about these songs in Spanish and English. The majority of the items are Navajo chants, songs, dances and healing ceremonies from Crownpoint, New Mexico. There are sections of dialogue and singing by John Nez, a Navajo medicine man, who discusses the use of sand paintings and prayer for healing. Included are English translations. A later section features contemporary Navajo songs and dances. The collection also includes recordings of Hopi, Pueblo, Ute, Navajo, Apache and Kiowa songs and dances with discussions about their meanings. There are recordings of a Matachines dance from San Juan Pueblo, and a Los Pastores program performed at the Guadalupe Church, in Taos, N.M. The last section contains traditional Mexican folksongs as well as French and Italian tunes performed by the University of Chihuahua Grupo Folklórico.

ArchivalResource: 10 sound cassettes (15 hrs.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190792260 View

John Duncan Collection of California Maidu Oral Histories and Music and Plains Indian Music, 1960-1965

Title: John Duncan Collection of California Maidu Oral Histories and Music and Plains Indian Music 1960-1965

This collection contains interviews with several California Maidu informants and also songs and stories. There are also songs from the Sioux, Paiute and Shoshone tribes.

ArchivalResource: 19 compact disks (ca 28.5 hrs.)

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Hugh Milton Miller Film Collection, 1940-1964

Title: Hugh Milton Miller Film Collection 1940-1964

The Hugh Milton Miller Film Collection consists of 13 reels of film, of which 11 have been converted to DVD. Three of these films are of tourist sights in the American Southwest including New Mexico and Arizona. The other eight films are of Pueblo dances.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder with 3 DVDs (3 hrs. 12 min.)

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Roberts, Donald L. John Duncan Collection of California Maidu Oral Histories and Music and Plains Indian Music, 1960-1965.

Title: John Duncan Collection of California Maidu Oral Histories and Music and Plains Indian Music, 1960-1965.

This collection of field recordings was donated to the University of New Mexico, Archive of Southwestern Music by John W. Duncan. The first part of the collection is a copy of field work done by researcher Edith Murphy with Lucy Young, a member of the Wintun tribe of Northern California. Murphy provided these recordings to the Mendocino County School System, in Ukiah, California, in 1960-65 and allowed UNM to make taped copies. The rest of the Duncan collection contains oral interviews with Bryan Beavers, John Davis, John Day and Lizzie Enos, members of the Maidu tribe. The interviews cover many aspects of traditional Maidu Indian culture, the acculturation of the tribe, and the pressures of the modern world. Bryan Beavers discusses his life, occupations, family and issues surrounding the California mining labor strike of 1930. There are interviews with Mr. and Mrs. Jackson of the Hupa tribe with stories, life histories and songs by them. Duncan's recordings also include traditional songs, stories and their meanings by Lizzie Enos and others. The collection also includes several songs of the Sioux, Paiute and Shoshone tribes collected by Duncan.

ArchivalResource: 19 sound cassettes (ca 28.5 hrs.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190792098 View

Donald L. Roberts Collection of Music of the Southwest and Mexico, 1964-1968

Title: Donald L. Roberts Collection of Music of the Southwest and Mexico 1964-1968

The collection contains recordings of Navajo, Hopi and Pueblo songs, as well as a few Apache, Ute, and Kiowa songs. A major part deals with the history and use of sand paintings, native medicine and star beliefs. There are also Matachines dances, a Los Pastores program and a concert of songs performed by the University of Chihuahua Folkloric group. The collection includes detailed explanations of the selections.

ArchivalResource: 10 cds (15 hrs.)

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Miller, Hugh Milton, 1908-. Hugh Milton Miller Film Collection, 1940-1964.

Title: Hugh Milton Miller Film Collection, 1940-1964.

The films in the Indian Dances of New Mexico series, 1962-1964 show dances at various New Mexico Pueblos. The Indian dances were filmed from July 1963 to July 1964. The Pueblos represented are Santa Clara, Nambe, San Ildefonso, Tesuque and San Juan (Okhay Owingeh). The original films are 8mm, some color, some in black and white, all silent. These films were originally part of the Archive of Southwestern Music, University of New Mexico. The films in the Personal Home Movies series, 1940-1950, show scenes from various locations in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and California. The Millers traveled by car and trailer to such places as the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, San Diego Bay, Tucson, Carlsbad, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Preserve and Catalina Recreation Area in the Coronado National Forest. Local areas in New Mexico include Bernalillo, Jemez Mountains, and other areas in Sandoval County. There are images of logging, ships, trains, motels, saguaro cactus, sheep, cattle, donkeys, buffalo and horses at a rodeo in Tucson, Arizona. The two reels from this series that were not converted to digital contain footage of locations in Florida in the 1950s.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder of 3 DVDs (3 hr. 12 min.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/276428088 View