Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith 1973

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Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith 1973

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Interviews and discussions with the Seneca artist Ernest Smith on his paintings of Seneca customs, stories, ceremonies, crafts, food preparation, and other traditional ways. Smith was a Seneca from the Tonawanda Reservation in New York state. The paintings were done in the 1930s and are presently in the Rochester Museum and Science Center in Rochester, New York. The recordings were made by William N. Fenton and his student, Jeanette Collamer, in 1973 at the museum in Rochester. The paintings are referred to on the recordings by the museum's catalog numbers for the paintings. Some of the paintings do not have assigned titles. Sound quality is fair overall, with severe distortion and prominent background noise on the final tape.

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Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005

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William Nelson Fenton is an anthropologist and ethnologist specializing in Iroquoian studies. From the description of Papers relating to Indian affairs, 1709-1797. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439907 From the guide to the George Chalmers papers relating to Indian affairs, 1750-1775, 1750-1775, (American Philosophical Society) William N. Fenton is an anthropologist specializing in Iroquois studies. He has published many papers, rev...

Smith, Ernest

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Collamer, Jeanette

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