B.A. Shlanta music and recordings collection.

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B.A. Shlanta music and recordings collection.

Portfolio of recordings made on Navajo Reservation in the early 1930s and 1940s. Also includes "Indian Music of the Southwest Volume I" recorded by Laura Boulton.

ca. 1 linear foot.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7761240

The Heard Museum Library

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Boulton, Laura, 1899-1980

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The music collector Laura Boulton, or musical anthropologist, as she was known in the early days of her fieldwork, recorded some 30,000 musical examples in the course of her 81 years. During a career which took her from hidden corners of the globe to urban centers alike, from royal palaces to tribal huts, she embarked on expedition after expedition at a time when such journeys were considered exotic, dangerous, and beyond the reach of the average traveler. Born in Connea...

Shlanta, B. A.

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Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art

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Since its founding in 1929, the Heard Museum, a private nonprofit organization, has grown in size and stature to become recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, world class exhibitions, educational programming and unmatched festivals. It consists of 12 galleries featuring American Indian art and exhibitions, an outdoor sculpture gallery, a world-class museum shop and an outdoor café. Dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art, the Heard successfully presents the...