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Barnes collection of East African cylinder recordings [sound recording].

Title: Barnes collection of East African cylinder recordings [sound recording].
Institution: The Library of Congress
Collection Title: Barnes collection of East African cylinder recordings [sound recording].
Creator(s): Barnes, James
Collector(s): ]Barnes collection of East African; Helen Heffron Roberts; Donation; 1937
Description/Scope and Content: Collection of field recordings of Kavirondo, Kikuyu, and Meru tribal musics of Kenya, recorded by someone named Barnes. The recordings may have been made by James Barnes, who traveled through British East Africa and the Belgian Congo in 1913 with photographer Cherry Kearton, a journey described in his book, Through Central Africa from Coast to Coast (New York, 1915). The cylinders were a gift of Helen Heffron Roberts in 1937.
Date: Library of Congress duplication project, 1980s. Originals on 13 sound cylinders, 4 in.; 1 is broken, 12 were duplicated.
Location: American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG31)
Identifier: 2014655364
Language: African languages and English
Extent: 13 sound cylinders ; 4 in.
manuscripts 1 folder.
Collection Type: archival collection
Level of Processing: Mixed Processing
Type of Materials/Format: audio-tapes & cassettes
Related Collections: Types of Materials: other
Copyright: Unknown
Donor Information: Available
Link: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014655364
Usage: Low (permanent storage)