Collection Number:
20222
Collection Title: John D. Gillespie Recordings of Cherokee Music at the Qualla Boundary (N.C.), 1989
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Size |
3 items |
Abstract |
The 1989 field recordings made at the Qualla Boundary in western North Carolina contain
Cherokee music. The Qualla Boundary is land held in trust for the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians. Also included in the collection is a letter from the collection
donor John D. Gillespie to Dan Patterson, English and Folklore professor at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.
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Creator |
Gillespie, John D. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- [Identification of item], in the John D. Gillespie Recordings of Cherokee Music at
the Qualla Boundary (N.C.) #20222, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections
Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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This summary description was created in November 2018 to provide information about
unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
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John D. Gillespie wrote "Some Eastern Cherokee Dances Today" in 1961 for the journal
. In 1962, he donated the Miscellaneous Collection on the American Indian to the American
Philosophical Society to honor anthropologist Frank G. Speck. In 1989, Gillespie sent
the two cassette tapes in this collection to Dan Patterson, English and Folklore professor
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. No additional information about
Gillespie was provided with the recording.
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