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UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Marjorie Gellatly recordings (Gellatly Muckleshoot Collection), 1940
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Gellatly, Marjorie
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Marjorie Gellatly recordings (Gellatly Muckleshoot Collection)
- Dates
- 194019401940
- Quantity
- 5 items : WD - 5 CDs (digital, stereo); 7 phonodiscs (4-16" aluminum; 2-16" acetate (33 1/3 rpm); 1-12" acetate (33 1/3 rpm)); Duration: 00:37:18; typed contents list; disc center labels; Archives summary list; thesis excerpt.
- Collection Number
- 2006001
- Summary
- Fourteen songs from the Muckleshoot Reservation (western Washington state) sung by George Young and Betsy Lozier; recorded in the course of research for collector's University of Washington M.A. thesis.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives has been collecting and curating unique ethnographic music recordings for over 50 years. Its holdings of more than 15,000 items include field recordings documenting music traditions of all kinds from most areas of the world, concert recordings of visiting musicians, and films and videos of a variety of musical events, as well as several hundred musical instruments. The Archives serves the students and faculty in the UW Ethnomusicology Program, the broader university community, Pacific Northwest tribes, and an international clientele of musicians, students, and teachers.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Seven phonodiscs assigned UW Ethnomusicology Archives record numbers 583-589; each of the 14 songs appears on more than one disc.
Description of 14 songs - (I-A) Puyallup Game Song - George Young (Puyallup), voice & drum; (I-B) I Am Going Home, Charlie - George Young, voice & drum; (II-A) Puyallup Love Song (Wutsi Wa Wu Ho Whoi) - George Young, voice & drum; (III-A) Lummi religious song (Osh - Osh - Osh Tioushebioux) - George Young, voice & drum; (III-B) Puyallup Medicine Song (Wee - Kaw - Kaw) - George Young, voice & drum; (IV-A) Snoqualmie Medicine Song (Raising Up) - Betsy Lozier (Puyallup and Snoqualmie), voice & rhythmic accompaniment w/ hands; (V-A) Snoqualmie Love Song - Betsy Lozier (Puyallup & Snoqualmie), voice & rhythmic accompaniment; (V-B) Puyallup Love Song - Betsy Lozier, voice & rhythmic accompaniment; (VI-A) Snoqualmie Game Song (Shahal) - Betsy Lozier, voice & rhythmic accompaniment; (VI-B) Snoqualmie Love Song - Betsy Lozier, voice & rhythmic accompaniment; (VII-A) Yakima Religious Song - Betsy Lozier, voice; (VII-B) Yakima Medicine Song - Betsy Lozier, voice; (VIII-A) Puyallup Religious Song - George Young, voice & drum; (VIII-B) Puyallup Medicine Song - George Young, voice.
All phonodiscs digitized by John Gibbs, UW Music Library, 12/2005; audio CDs produced.
Part of Gellatly's collection is included in the Melville Jacobs Collection (UW Libraries) - Tape D-8 (Guide p. 81-82); contains 7A-B, 8A-B, 6A-B.
M.A. Thesis by Marjorie Gail Gellatly - Fourteen Northwest Coast Indian Songs Transcribed into Musical Notation (University of Washington, Music Education, 1940) (UW Libraries M1/Th4202)
(Phonodiscs are stored in rm. 52 (7/2006))
Documentation: Hand-written list of aluminum (original) numbers & corresponding acetate (copy) nos.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
- Lushootseed
- Puyallup
- Songs, Lushootseed
Geographical Names
- Lummi Nation
- North America
- Snoqualmie Tribe, Washington
- United States
- Yakima Nation
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Lozier, Betsy (performer)
- Young, George (performer)
