Lao Village Orchestra: A peoplre of Burma making a voyage in a pirogue--Laotian love song--Song about the work of the people of Burma--Music for walking in the garden--Two canals--Lao fishing song--Lao flute--Story of a Lao playing a flute to obtain some precious jewels--Unidentified Lao song; Khene music: Lying down on a seat--Song for receiving guests--Archaic story about laughter--Song of Luang Prabang--Song of the bird--Song about the King of Laos--Song played a young man for his sweetheart--Three bamboo poles--Goddbye Sweetheart (Auld lang syne)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-1792
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Laos, July 18, 1957.
General:
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Ralph Redford was a Foreign Service officer who travelled extensively in Asia during and after World War II. Locations include Burma, Yemen and Afghanistan.
Local Numbers:
FSA A2015.11
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form:
Slides (photographs)
Identifier:
FSA.A2015.11
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
1 Film reel (27 minutes, black-and-white silent; 717 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Silent films
Place:
Asia
India
Burma
Malaysia
Vietnam
Japan
Date:
1938-1939
Scope and Contents:
Edited film of a trip to Asia to view a variety of pottery techniques. The film concentrates on Indian pottery making, primarily in the Delhi Pottery Works and Puri, but also includes brief sequences of pottery making in Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Japan. Film was shot in 1938-1939 by Adelaide Pearson, founder of Rowantree Pottery in Blue Hill, Maine.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Local Numbers:
HSFA 1991.2.1
Provenance:
Received from David Weiss, Northeast Historic Film, in 1991.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
The collection consists primarily of photographic slides taken by McCloskey while aboard commerical fishing vessels. The photographs were taken in bodies of water spanning the globe, including those off the coasts of Japan, New Zealand, Alaska, New England, Canada, Norway, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Burma, Chile, Peru, the Caribbean, Portugal and numerous other places. In addition, there are photographs taken aboard fishing boats on rivers, including those in China and in Brazil. Also included in the collection are field notebooks kept by McCloskey, articles and other printed materials, and papers relating to two of McCloskey's books on fishing.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into three series.
Series 1: Photographs
Series 2: Field notebooks
Series 3: Printed materials
Biographical / Historical:
Author, photographer, and authority on commerical fishing, fisheries and fishing boats.
Provenance:
Donated to the Archives Center by William B. McCloskey in 2010.
Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
