1890 Passamaquoddy Phonograph Recordings

1890 Passamaquoddy Phonograph Recordings

This collection features the original Fewkes/Passamaquoddy phonograph recordings and associated fieldnotes, primary materials, and related journal articles.

These are the recordings made during Jesse Walter Fewkes' research trip to Maine in March of 1890. The trip was undertaken so he could test the Edison Phonograph in field conditions, and bring back sample recordings to various groups and universities in Boston before his trip to the Southwest later that year. These recordings were the first ethnographic phongraph recordings ever made, and were pivotal to further fieldwork with the Edison phonograph. After Fewkes' work with the Passamaquoddy, he went on to publish many journal articles and transcriptions of Passamaquoddy stories, which can also be found in this collection. 

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Items in Collection: 
Community
Passamaquoddy
Category
Dances, Songs
Summary
Trading Dance/Song
Community
Passamaquoddy
Category
Songs
Summary
Polansuwe Susehp Neptan is the Passamaquoddy translation of Chief Francis Joseph Neptune. This was recorded by Jesse Walter Fewkes as an unidentified song, and later a war song, March 17, SR 18
Community
Passamaquoddy
Category
Cultural Life, Historic Events, Songs, Stories
Summary
The song of remembrance is the first song on wax cylinder #17 sung by Peter Selmore and recorded by J. Walter Fewkes on the 16 March 1890 in Calais Maine.
Community
Passamaquoddy
Category
Vocabulary
Summary
Numbers and days of the week spoken by Noel Joseph in 1890 and in 2018 by Dwayne Tomah. SR 08
Community
Passamaquoddy
Category
Cultural Life, Vocabulary
Summary
Speech, vocabulary items spoken by Noel Joseph and translated by Dwayne Tomah SR 09
Community
Passamaquoddy
Category
Cultural Life, Vocabulary, Stories
Summary
Passamaquoddy Words of Spirits and other Beings
Community
Passamaquoddy
Category
Cultural Life, Stories, Songs
Summary
Two versions of the snake dance were recorded by Fewkes. This is SR 05
Community
Passamaquoddy
Category
Cultural Life, Stories, Songs
Summary
Story of the Fisher and the Sable told by Peter Selmore in Calais Maine. SR 14
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Dances, Songs
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR04
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Dances, Songs
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR05
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Dances, Songs
Summary
4251:AFC 1972/003: SR20
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Dances, Songs
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR26
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR31
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR10
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Title given by Fewkes in JAF: Tale of Leux and Hespens; Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR11
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Title given by Fewkes in JAF: Tale of Leux and Hespens; Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR15
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Songs
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR12
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR22
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR13
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR17
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR23
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR25
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Songs
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR27
Community
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category
Stories, Songs
Summary
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR14