Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

IDAHO COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE

Compiled by: Jeremy Frank and Claudia J. Widgery
Series Editor: Ann Hoog

AFS 1616-1637: Alan Lomax 1938 Library of Congress Sessions Collection
Twenty-two 12-inch discs of songs performed by Barbara Bell, Ernest Bourne, W.C. Handy, Alan Lomax, Bess Brown Lomax, the Resettlement Administration Singers, the Rindlisbacher Lumberjack Group, Earl Robinson, the Skyline Farm Singers, and Blaine Stubblefield. Recorded primarily in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress, by Alan Lomax, 1937-38. The collection includes eight pages of notes.

AFS 1633-1636, 1848: Five discs containing 14 songs sung by Blaine Stubblefield of Idaho. Recorded at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., by Alan Lomax, 1938.

AFS 1848: Blaine Stubblefield Recordings
One disc of "Bryan O'Lynn" and "Poor Miner" sung by Blaine Stubblefield of Idaho. Recorded in Washington, D.C., by Alan Lomax, January 1939. (5 minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reel 131A)

AFC 1939/009: Frank A. Melton and Blaine Stubblefield Recordings
Two 12-inch discs of five songs sung by Frank A. Melton and Blaine Stubblefield. Recorded at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., by Alan Lomax, January 1939. [view catalog record]

AFS 2505B1-2506B: Two discs containing four songs by Blaine Stubblefield of Idaho. Recorded at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., by Alan Lomax, January 1939.

AFC 1942/015: Alan Lomax Recording of Blaine Stubblefield Singing "The Golden Vanity"
One 12-inch disc of "The Golden Vanity" sung by Blaine Stubblefield of Idaho. Recorded at the Library of Congress in the Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C., by Alan Lomax, 1942. (includes AFS 6310)

AFS 9519-9562: Willard Rhodes / Bureau of Indian Affairs Duplication Project
Forty-four 16-inch discs of Indian songs made by Willard Rhodes of Columbia University for the Government since 1947. The collections includes logs. Performers include: Henry Butterfly, Joseph Old Chief, William Buffalo Hide, Mr. And Mrs. Joe Morning Gun, Henry Morning Gune, Alvin Warrior, Mathew Eagle Bay, and others.

AFS 9548B1, AFS 9550B1-B2, AFS 9551A1-B2; AFS 9552A1-9553A4: Five discs containing 27 songs, including circle dance songs (dance of the War Bonnets), bone game songs, praise songs, songs of the Dirty Water band, ceremonial song, religious song, marriage dance, medicine bear song, medicine song rabbit dance, owl dance songs, serenade, ware dance songs (some from Sioux), root feast song, chief's song, horseback song. Performers includ John Moses, Sol Webb, Tom Johnson, Sam Luton, Ike Patrick, Luke Cowapoo, and Jesse Jones. Recorded in Pendleton, Oregon, by Willard Rhodes, summer 1947. (50 minutes)

AFS 10,090-10,094: Willard Rhodes Recordings
Five tapes of American Indian music recorded in Idaho and Washington, by Willard Rhodes, summer 1950. Sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

AFS 10,094A: One tape containing Arapaho, Bannock, and Shoshone songs sung by Nenni Chedihop and Joe English. Includes sun dance songs, war dance songs, owl dance songs, a ghost dance song, victory songs, hand game songs, a ’49 song, and social dance songs. Recorded in Fort Hall, Idaho, by Willard Rhodes, summer 1950.

AFS 13,992-14,021: National Federation of Music Clubs Archivists / Folk Music Materials
Eighteen 7-inch, three 5-inch, and nine 3-inch tapes of folk music from Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Recorded by regional National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) archivists and contributors, 1931-63. Donated by Annabel M. Buchanan for the NFMC Folk Music Archive. The collection includes five linear inches of articles, correspondence, logs, and musical and textual transcriptions.

AFS 13,999-14,001: Three tapes containing songs and fiddle tunes from the Ernst Family collection recorded in Caldwell, Idaho, by Carolyn Ernst Payne, 1962.

AFS 14,052-14,055: J.P. Harrington / Chilkat, Karuk, Nez Perce, Tlingit Recordings
Four 10-inch discs of Chilkat Tlingit, Karuk, and Nez Perce Indian language and legends. Recorded in New York, New York, by John P. Harrington, 1929, for the Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution.

AFS 14,054: One tape containing "Coyote and Rock" legend spoken by Archie Phinney. Recorded in New York City, by John Peabody Harrington, April-May, 1929. (released on Victor special discs, private pressings) (3 minutes)

AFC 1973/028: Laura Boulton Collection Part 14: Miscellaneous speech samples and narratives
One hundred thirteen discs of miscellaneous speech samples and narratives. Many dubbed from commercial recordings. Areas represented are Africa (Sierre Leone, Uganda), North American Indian (Chilcat, Dakota [ Sioux], Karok, Nez Perce, Onandaga, Oneida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian).

AFS 16,905-16,906: Two discs containing "Coyote and the Ghost" story told by an unidentified person. Recorded by Laura Boulton. (12 minutes; LWO 7551 reel 68A)

AFC 1973/029: Songs of Eastern Idaho by Kenneth Larson
Texts and music of folk songs and ballads collected by the author in Malad, McCammon, and Pocatello, Idaho, from 1927 to 1933, bound with photocopies of letters written to Kenneth Larson from Austin E. Fife, Wayland D. Hand, Richard M. Dorson, Joseph Hickerson, and Sylvia Cline, from 1957 to 1972. Academic paper--University of Utah, 1950. [view catalog record]

AFC 1974/004: College of Idaho Folklore Conference, 1971
Two 10-inch tapes of the evening program from the College of Idaho Folklore Conference August 4th, 1971, in Caldwell, Idaho. Participants include Barre Toelken, Joe Hickerson, Linda Danielson, Dave Frisbee, Jim York, Cheryl Wanzer, Loyd Wanzer, Rue Frisbee, Vivian Skeans, and Louie W. Attebery. (LWO 7486; LWO 7910)

AFC 1974/005: College of Idaho Folklore Archive Collection
Seven 10-inch tapes of folklore and music, oral history of Idaho. Includes ballads, songs, recitations, narrative beliefs games. Directed by Louis Attebery.

AFS 16,999A-16,999B1: One tape containing music performed by John Craft (fiddle) and Michael Stanger (banjo and guitar), with conversation. Recorded in Nampa, Idaho, by Michael Stanger, summer 1970.

AFS 16,99B2-17,000B1: Two tapes containing songs performed by an unidentified person. Recorded in New Plymouth, Idaho, by Charles C. Anderson, summer 1969.

AFS 17,000B2-17,001A1: One tape containing Basque music and narratives performed by Joe Eiguran and Japanese music and narratives performed by Midori Koyama. Recorded in Meridian and Nampa, Idaho, respectively, by Wendell Klein, summer 1970.

AFS 17,001A2-17,001B1: One tape containing songs performed by Mrs. John Ferguson, Cambridge 6th Grade, and Lynn Heiner. Recorded in Cambridge, Idaho, by Lynn Heiner, spring 1971.

AFS 17,001B2-17,002B3: One tape containing narratives spoken by Glenn D. Horning and dubs from ca. 1905 Challenge Records, Columbia Records, and Harmony Disc Records. Recorded in Midvale, Idaho, by Glenn D. and Marjorie Horning, spring 1971.

AFS 17,002A1: One tape containing 12 songs sung by Marjorie Horning. Recorded in Midvale, Idaho, by Majorie Horning, spring 1971.

AFS 17002A2-17002B1: One tape containing Finnish songs performed by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jarvie. Recorded by Midred Fisk, spring 1971.

AFS 17,002B2: One tape containing songs performed on organ by Velma Coriell. Recorded in Indian Valley, Idaho, by William M. Watson, summer 1971.

AFS 17,607-17,608: Three tapes containing Chicano music, nursery rhymes, hand games, jokes, superstitions, folk medicine, children's songs, narratives, ballads, and other folk songs recorded in Caldwell, Homedale, Kuna, McCall, Nampa, Idaho, 1971-1973.

AFC 1974/021: Faith Petric Recording Project
One 10-inch tape of Faith Craig Petric from Idaho and California recorded at the Library of Congress July 9, 1974 by Joseph C. Hickerson and Ed Tittel. Includes experiences with the migratory labor camps and the San Francisco Folk Music Club. (LWO 7971) (includes AFS 17,105)

AFS 14,737-14,754: Peabody Museum Cylinders [Preservation copies]
Fifteen 10-inch tapes and three 7-inch tapes of copies of wax cylinders from the Peabody Museum cylinders collection. Includes cylinders recorded by Herbert Joseph Spinden and Jesse Walter Fewkes.

AFS 14,739: One tape containing Nez Perce spoken word, shamans' songs, and songs from the War and Guardian Spirit dances. Recorded on the Nez Perce reservation, Idaho, by Herbert Joseph Spinden, summer 1907. Accompanying materials for this collection are located at the Peabody Museum.

AFS 20,308-20,326: Alice Fletcher Plains Indian Music on Cylinders
Nineteen 10-inch tapes of North American Plains Indian music originally recorded on cylinders in the Midwest and Washington, D.C., by Alice Cunningham Fletcher, 1896-1905. Transferred from the National Archives, 1948.

AFS 20,309 cuts 12-14: One tape containing Nez Perce war dance songs, song of chief's daughters, a war and death song, and a triumph song, performed by Chief Joseph, Harry Hayes, Levi Jonas, and Stephen "Rubin" [probably Reuben or Reubens]. Recorded in Washington, D.C., by Alice Fletcher, April 20-28, 1897 and April 6, 1900.

AFC 1990/030: Sam Morris Nez Perce Cylinder Collection
Six 10-inch tapes, copied from 69 cylinders, of Nez Perce music, originally recorded 1909-1912. Cylinders are from the Washington State University Libraries. Contents include war dances, social dances, women's dances, smoke songs, hymns, etc. (LWO 24,954)

AFC 2004/029: Oinkari Basque Dancers Concert Collection
Homegrown 2004 concert in Madison Hall. Collection consists of sound and video recordings of a performance by the Oinkari Basque Dancers from Boise, Idaho, a group founded in the 1960s by Basque Americans who traveled to the Basque province of Gipuzkoa in Spain to learn the dances. Manuscripts in the collection include a program flyer and additional information about the dances, dance group members, Basque settlement in Idaho, and some history of the Basques in Europe. Opening remarks made by Peggy Bulger, Director of the American Folklife Center. Deanna Marcum, Associate Director for Library Services, introduced Idaho Senator Mike Crapo who discusses Idaho’s Basque settlements. Later in the concert, Idaho Senator Larry Craig spoke about cultural diversity in the United States. [view catalog record]

AFC 2004/044: Basque Culture in the Western United States, Lecture by Maria-Carmen RA. Gambliel
Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture July 16, 2004. Maria-Carmen RA. Gambliel, Director of the Folk and Traditional Arts Program, Idaho Commission on the Arts, lectures on the history of Basque pioneers in Idaho, Basque identity in the United States, the Basque Museum and Cultural Center in Boise, Idaho, and Basque traditions including music, dances, and language. [view catalog record]

Thesis Collection

Historical Background and Musical Analysis of Thirty Selected Nez Perce Songs by Melda Ann Williams. University of Idaho, May 1967.