Archives West Finding Aid

2001-2.1-72: Set of 33 5" reels containing field recordings (originally numbered 1-33) (reel 22 unplayable, not copied to cd); 3 5" fieldnote reels; and 8 5" unnumbered reels.

Field notebooks copied include 1 small yellow/orange notebook containing original 1967 tape notes and 1 large notebook containing "Field Notes 1967-1968 - Tape Listings and Transcriptions" for tapes 1-33 (typed documentation).

Collection consists of: 33 numbered reels (2001-2.1-53); 3 fieldnote reels (2001-2.54-60); 8 unnumbered reels (2001-2.61-72)

All recordings are half-track mono, 5" reels, 3 3/4 ips unless otherwise noted

For a description of contents see photocopies of original tape box and notes as well as notebooks with detailed contents written by Dr. Keyes

The following summary of tapes in the Keyes collection lists them by the archives numbers assigned to compact disc copies of the original reels (content information in quotation marks was taken from original tape boxes or inserts):

2001-2.1 EC- Keyes field recording 1, 29:38 (side a: 16:23; side b: 13:15); "Northern Thai Lessons"

2001-2.2 EC- Keyes field recording 2, 74:02 (side a: 10:02; side b: 63:47), last 10-15 seconds of side b not recorded due to full CD; "Buddhist Services (sermon)"

2001-2.3 EC- Keyes field recording 3, side A beg., 27:23, original speed 15/16 re-recorded to 3 3/4 to facilitate playback on our equipment (only this segment was re-recorded due to battery problem in original reel); "Ceremony"

2001-2.4 EC- Keyes field recording 3, side A cont., 67:24, 1 7/8, break in-between segments due to battery problem in original recording; "Ceremony"

2001-2.5 EC- Keyes field recording 3, side A conclusion, 24:39, end of side A contains more material then listed on the sheet included in tape box 3, speed gets quicker as tape continues, material unknown; "Ceremony"

2001-2.6 EC- Keyes field recording 3, side B, 63:41, tape fluctuates in sounds, tape ends abruptly, notes indicate nothing should be on side B so this material is unknown; "Ceremony"

2001-2.7 EC- Keyes field recording 4, side A, original speed 15/16 re-recorded to 3 3/4, 60:33, volume fluctuates greatly, from extreme high to extreme low; "Ceremony"

2001-2.8 EC- Keyes field recording 4, side B, 65:23, at 1:20 the speed changed abruptly so transition is not smooth on digital copy; "Ceremony"

2001-2.9 EC- Keyes field recording 5, side A beg., original speed 15/16 re-recorded to 3 3/4, 71:27; "Morning Chant"

2001-2.10 EC- Keyes field recording 5, side A cont., original speed 15/16 re-recorded to 3 3/4, speed varies throughout the recording, perhaps due to poor battery,nothing we can do to fix this issue at this time, fluctuation of tape speed can be heard throughout digital recording, 67:31; "Morning Chant"

2001-2.11 EC- Keyes field recording 5, side A conclusion, original speed 15/16 re-recorded to 3 3/4, 31:49, fluctuations in speed; "Morning Chant"

2001-2.12 EC- Keyes field recording 6, 7 1/2, 50:00 (side a: 35:14; side b: 14:30); "Ceremony"

2001-2.13 EC- Keyes field recording 7, 3 3/4 and 7 1/2, 65:16 (side a: 39:26; side b: 25:30); "Performance at BNT"

2001-2.14 EC- Keyes field recording 8, 7 1/2, 21:00 (side a: 16:40; side b: 4:05); "Kathin Ceremony"

2001-2.15 EC- Keyes field recording 9, 3 3/4 and 7 1/2, 37:40, changes speed at 4:59 on reel, output levels very low at beginning of both sides 1 and 2; "Burmese music and chants"

2001-2.16 EC- Keyes field recording 10, side A, 1 7/8, 57:18; "(MS) Northern Vocal collected on 1/12/67 from (Samain) (?)"

2001-2.17 EC - Keyes field recording 11, side A, 62:50; "Spirit possession of woman, recording of the possessed woman's pronouncements, Northern music"

2001-2.18 EC- Keyes field recording 11, side B, 48:41; "Spirit Possession"

2001-2.19 EC- Keyes field recording 12, side A, 52:46; "Burmese music recorded Dec. 1,1967"

2001-2.20 EC- Keyes field recording 12, side B, 13:23; "Burmese Music"

2001-2.21 EC- Keyes field recording 13, side A, 59:25; "Interview with girls"

2001-2.22 EC- Keyes field recording 13, side B, 73:54; "Interview with girls", speaker finishes at 66:32, even metallic tapping continues until the end of the reel

2001-2.23 EC- Keyes field recording 14, side A beg., 1 7/8 and 3 3/4, 73:14; "Ceremony"

2001-2.24 EC- Keyes field recording 14, side A cont., 1 7/8 and 3 3/4, 34:14, notes indicated a switch from 1 7/8 to 3 3/4 but no switch ever happened on actual reel, speed throughout was 1 7/8; "Ceremony"

2001-2.25 EC- Keyes field recording 14, side B, 67:06; "Ceremony"

2001-2.26 EC- Keyes field recording 15, side A, 61:57; "Ban Dong trip"

2001-2.27 EC- Keyes field recording 16, side A, 31:59; "Interview"

2001-2.28 EC- Keyes field recording 16, side B, 28:56; "Interview"

2001-2.29 EC- Keyes field recording 17, side A, 1 7/8, 54:50; "Interview with CKA 18/3/68"

2001-2.30 EC- Keyes field recording 18, side A, 74:00; "Ordination ceremony of novices"

2001-2.31 EC- Keyes field recording 18, side B, 72:00; "Ordination ceremony of novices"

2001-2.32 EC- Keyes field recording 19, side A, 45:15; "Ordination ceremony"

2001-2.33 EC- Keyes field recording 20, side A, 67:06; "Ordination of novices at Wat Ommara 23/3/68, self sick, not attend, recorded on CKA tape recorder, not previous recorded" [note in box]

2001-2.34 EC- Keyes field recording 20, side B, 22:21; "Ordination ceremony"

2001-2.35 EC- Keyes field recording 21, side A beg., 1 7/8, 74:02; "Ceremony"

2001-2.36 EC- Keyes field recording 21, side A cont., 1 7/8, 27:05; "Ceremony"

Keyes field recording 22 recorded at a speed too slow for our equipment, this reel not transferred to digital.

2001-2.37 EC- Keyes field recording 23, 7 1/2 and 1 1/4, 37:32; "Side A - BNT Nov. 1967, Mr. Nguo reading list of artifacts I took with me Nov. 1967; Side B: BNT 4/5/68, Mr. Nguo telling story of bandits" [note in box]

2001-2.38 EC- Keyes field recording 24, side A, 74:00 (track 2: 22:00; track 3: 39:00), side A recorded on two tracks due to major gap in recording; "BNT House Blessing Ceremony"

2001-2.39 EC- Keyes field recording 24, side B, 1 7/8, 9:02; "BNT House Blessing Ceremony"

2001-2.40 EC- Keyes field recording 25, side A, 50:19, recording begins late on reel (just static for opening segment), levels change drastically at beginning of reel, very low, un-audible to normal level (low level 1:15-2:15); "Ordination? recorded 10/5/68" [note in box]

2001-2.41 EC- Keyes field recording 25, side B, 58:27, again recording does not begin until very late on the original reel; "Ordination"

2001-2.42 EC- Keyes field recording 26, side A, 7 1/2, 9:17; "Shan music"

2001-2.43 EC- Keyes field recording 27, side A, 7 1/2, 51:15; men talking, singing and chanting

2001-2.44 EC- Keyes field recording 27, side B, 7 1/2, 24:10; instrumental music

2001-2.45 EC- Keyes field recording 28, side A, 71:14, recording level is very low; men talking

2001-2.46 EC- Keyes field recording 29, side A, 1 7/8, 63:48

2001-2.47 EC- Keyes field recording 30, side A, 49:17, recording level extremely low, barely audible on original recording

2001-2.48 EC- Keyes field recording 31, side A, 1 7/8, 47:31

2001-2.49 EC- Keyes field recording 32, side A, 69:22

2001-2.50 EC- Keyes field recording 32, side B beg., 74:02

2001-2.51 EC- Keyes field recording 32, side B cont., 16:22

2001-2.52 EC- Keyes field recording 33, side A, 65:00, begins with strange sounds that continue for approximately 2 minutes, mic sounds and testing of levels?

2001-2.53 EC- Keyes field recording 33, side B, 16:48

2001-2.54 EC- Keyes FIELDNOTES 1, side A beg., 73:08

2001-2.55 EC- Keyes FIELDNOTES 1, side A cont., 1 7/8, 53:30

2001-2.56 EC- Keyes FIELDNOTES 1, side B, 67:06

2001-2.57 EC- Keyes FIELDNOTES 2, side A, 70:23

2001-2.58 EC- Keyes FIELDNOTES 2, side B, 65:27

2001-2.59 EC- Keyes FIELDNOTES 3, side A, 1 7/8, 74:02

2001-2.60 EC- Keyes FIELDNOTES 3, side B, 1 7/8, 64:41

2001-2.61 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 1, 28:32, tape sent to Keyes (see outside of box for details); "Lao Khene", tape sent by Thanom Soong-nart

2001-2.62 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 2, 7 1/2, 60:46; "Mohlam record", voice with khaen, recorded from someone's collection

2001-2.63 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 3, side A, 64:01; "Thai Music, Thai Doem (Thai Classical music), Thai Khlong Yau (long drum)", copy of a tape from someone's collection

2001-2.64 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 3, side B, 67:12; "Thai Music"

2001-2.65 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 4, 7 1/2, 5:24; fieldnotes, 1968

2001-2.66 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 5, 20:00

2001-2.67 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 6, full track mono, stereo, 47:05; notes on box do not match material on reel, reel is recorded full-track and notes indicate it should be half-track mono and recorded on both sides. Do these notes belong to another reel or was this recorded from another source on to this reel and notes belong to original source tape? This tape is suspected to be a copy of another tape, paper notes identify each item.

2001-2.68 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 7, 41:54; "Northeastern Thai Songs"

2001-2.69 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 8, side A beg., 74:02; "Lao Music; Mohlam"

2001-2.70 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 8, side A cont., 25:20; "Lao Music; Mohlam"

2001-2.71 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 8, side B beg., 74:02; "Lao Music; Mohlam"

2001-2.72 EC- Keyes unnumbered reel 8, side B cont., 26:45; "Lao Music; Mohlam"

See related collection 2002-8 (A1 Southeast Asia) - Keyes field recordings from 1972-1991 (in Southeast Asia and China).

For a guide to the Charles and Jane Keyes Collection (papers and photographs) in the UW Libraries, go to https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/3137

Documentation: Copies of original tape reel boxes and inserts