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Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

UGANDA COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE

Compiled by: Reinhardt Schuhmann, Kenneth Schweitzer, 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 11,327: Dunstan K. Nsubuga Singing Native Songs of Uganda
One 10-inch tape of native songs of Uganda sung by Reverend and Mrs. Dunstan K. Nsubuga. Recorded at the Library of Congress ca. 1950s. The collection includes a log. (LWO 2653)

AFS 11,883: Henry Serukenya / African Songs Recorded in Kampala
One 7-inch tape of Ugandan choral songs recorded by Henry Serunkenya, in Kampala, Uganda. Choral songs, called "Serunambi," composed by Serukenya. The collection includes a log with song titles and descriptions. (LWO 3259)

AFS 14,109: Caldwell Smith / Uganda Tribal Music
One 10-inch tape of Ugandan tribal music recorded in Uganda by Caldwell P. Smith, 1954. The collection includes a log with descriptions of each song. (1 hour; LWO 2186 pres dupe: LWO 2186)

AFC 1973/028: Laura Boulton Collection
One thousand one hundred sixty-six 10 inch discs, 18 14-inch discs, one 3-inch tape, 2 5- inch tapes, and 344 7 inch tapes of music recorded in Angola, The Bahamas, Canada, The Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Japan, Martinique, Mexico, Native American Music, Nyasaland, Peru Polynesia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and the USA by Laura Boulton, Walter Garwick, George Hibbit, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and Charles F. Lummis, ca. 1904-1961. The collection includes 12 linear inches of logs, correspondence, and notes.

AFS 16,845-16,957: Laura Boulton Collection Part 14: Miscellaneous speech samples and narratives. Many discs were 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).

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