Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE

Series Editor: Ann Hoog

AFS 12,033: Joseph Kitchin Collection of Music from Afghanistan
One 7-inch tape of music from Afghanistan. Afghan melodies played by the National Orchestra. Songs by Mr. Kheyal, Mrs. Parwin, Mr. Ah'mad. Katoghan song with dutar accompaniment. Pashto song and chorus. Ustad Moh'med Omar, director. Recorded pre-1964. (32 minutes; LWO 4155)

AFC 1955/002: Ruth Cade Collection of Music of Afghanistan
One disc of native music of Afghanistan. Recorded ca. 1954. (includes AFS 10,872) (tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 234)

AFC 1973/028: Laura Boulton Collection, 1949-1962

Laura Boulton Collection Part 23
Three-hundred and forty-four 7-inch tapes, 22 5-inch tapes and 1 3-inch tape of instrumentals and songs recorded in Africa, Europe, Far East, Latin America, Middle East, Near East, North America, South America, and Southeast Asia by Laura Boulton, 1949-61. The collection includes 1/3 linear inch of articles, correspondence, and lists.

AFS 18,186: One tape containing (1) strings etc.; low drum (vibrates); male solo; (2) male solo, orchestra accompaniment; (3) Harmonium[?] (bordun); (4) harmonium and tabla; (5) Baglauia[?] and drum; and (6) like banjo and drum. Recorded in Afghanistan, ca. 1956.

AFS 18,187: One tape containing (1) strings and drums, male solo; (2) [unidentified]; (3) instruments (sounds like baglama), drum rhythm; (4) rhythms of drum, melody on string instrument; (5) melody, male solo; (6) high flute, etc., and drums; (7) male solo, drums and strings. Recorded in Afghanistan, ca. 1956.

AFS 18,188: One tape containing unidentified material, recorded in Afghanistan, ca. 1956.

AFS 18,189: One tape contanining a talk on an unidentified topic. Recorded in Afghanistan, ca. 1956.

AFC 1987/016: 1987 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection
Concert of Afghan and Iranian traditional music from Washington, D.C. Recorded at the Library of Congress, June 18, 1987. [view catalog record] [view finding aid]

AFC 2006/039: Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica, Lecture by Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby
Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture, August 3, 2006. (one hour) [view catalog record] [link to webcast and event flyer]

AFC 2008/022: Margaret Mills Collection
Five hundred thirty-one audio reels and audiocassettes documenting the lives of Afghani women. Recorded ca. 1970s-1990s.