Sound recordings
Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Rankin, Robert Louis, 1939-
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- Robert Rankin papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. Digitization and preparation of sound recordings for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
- Extent
- 2.54 Linear feet
- Date
- 1963-1987, undated
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.2014-16, Series 9
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Robert Rankin papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement
- Arranged in alphabetical order.
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- The sound recordings, dated 1963-1987, undated, consist of cassettes, sound tape reels, and CDs that did not easily fit within other series in this collection. The 121 sound recordings include material related to various other American Indian languages and tribes outside of Quapaw and Kaw (Kansa, Kanza), including the Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), Ioway, Otoe, Kiowa, Omaha, Ponca, and Skagit. There are also materials relating to European and Eastern European languages. Some of the items may be produced or otherwise copyrighted language tapes that Rankin copied and used in classes or for his own personal studies. The contents of the majority of these sound recordings has not been verified.
- Collection Restrictions
- The Robert Rankin papers are open for research. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Computer disks are currently restricted due to preservation concerns. Access to the Robert Rankin papers requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510308966-1503510309060-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0