MSS.Rec.31 Ahtna Songs and Texts Recorded at Copper Center, Alaska

MSS.Rec.31 Ahtna Songs and Texts Recorded at Copper Center, Alaska

Credit: 
American Philosophical Society

General Physical Description: 8 sound tape reels (7 hr., 31 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track,
mono ; 7 in.

Abstract: Ahtna songs and stories recorded in Copper Center, Alaska by Frederica de Laguna in 1958. Includes numerous interviews
on autobiographical topics, explanations of Ahtna songs, sleep doctors, and traditional narratives. Also includes vocabulary
related to kinship terms. Songs include potlatch songs, love songs, drinking songs, and songs of Tlingit origin.