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Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Compiled by: Jonathan Thomsen and Jud Wellington
Series Editor: Ann Hoog
For additional information about Archive
of Folk Culture collections, contact the Folklife
Reading Room. To request copies, see our webpages regarding audio
materials and photographic materials.
Please refer to the AFC and/or AFS numbers when requesting information.
All indications of time duration listed in this finding aid are estimates.
AFS 9362-9400: Edna Garrido / Dominican Republic Recordings
Thirty-nine 12-inch discs of folk songs recorded in the Dominican Republic by Edna Garrido, 1947-1948. The collection includes detailed notes about the content. (5 hours and 20 minutes; LWO 1301; LWO 5111)
AFC 1948/054: J.M. Coopersmith Collection of Dominican Republic Folk Music
Seven 16-inch discs of folk music of the Dominican Republic recorded by J. M. Coopersmith, ca. 1940s. The collection includes notes by Martha Davis. (includes AFS: 8937-8943) (LWO 1076; LWO 1099; LWO 5111) (3 hours and 8 minutes)
AFS 1973/028: Laura Boulton Collection
AFS 16,278-16,335: Laura Boulton Collection Part 10: Music of the West Indies
Fifty-eight 10-inch discs of instrumentals, songs, and stories recorded in the Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Martinique, by Laura Boulton in 1938. The collection includes 3/4 of a linear inch of correspondence, description, and lists.
AFS 16,311-16,314: One tape containing music from Trujillo City, Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. Recordings include drums, trumpet, harp, guitars, and castanets. There are five dance songs and one recording of welcome speech in Spanish. The collection includes song titles, descriptions, vocal make-ups, and instruments. (18 minutes; LWO 7551, reel 35 B)
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