Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
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encoded as: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
topic: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
subject: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
has part: Biographical History for: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
topic: Series I: Manuscripts
subject: Series I: Manuscripts
topic: Collection Guide for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
subject: Collection Guide for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
topic: Administrative Information for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
subject: Administrative Information for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
topic: Original Catalog Recording Log
subject: Original Catalog Recording Log
topic: Original Expanded Content Recording Log
subject: Original Expanded Content Recording Log
topic: Duplication Project Recording Specifications
subject: Duplication Project Recording Specifications
topic: Series II: Sound Recordings
subject: Series II: Sound Recordings
topic: Reference CDs 001-029
subject: Reference CDs 001-029
topic: Reference CDs 030-058
subject: Reference CDs 030-058
topic: Reference CDs 059-087
subject: Reference CDs 059-087
topic: Reference CDs 088-114
subject: Reference CDs 088-114
topic: Reference CDs 115-137
subject: Reference CDs 115-137
topic: Reference CDs 138-164
subject: Reference CDs 138-164
topic: Reference CDs 165-183
subject: Reference CDs 165-183
topic: Series III: Electronic Media
subject: Series III: Electronic Media
topic: Zip Disk
subject: Zip Disk

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Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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provides access to: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
provides access to: Series I: Manuscripts
provides access to: Collection Guide for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
provides access to: Administrative Information for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
provides access to: Original Catalog Recording Log
provides access to: Original Expanded Content Recording Log
provides access to: Duplication Project Recording Specifications
provides access to: Series II: Sound Recordings
provides access to: Reference CDs 001-029
provides access to: Reference CDs 030-058
provides access to: Reference CDs 059-087
provides access to: Reference CDs 088-114
provides access to: Reference CDs 115-137
provides access to: Reference CDs 138-164
provides access to: Reference CDs 165-183
provides access to: Series III: Electronic Media
provides access to: Zip Disk

Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
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Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
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Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
type: ArchivalResource
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: collection
identifier: AFC 2001/007
extent: 8 containers
extent: 733 items (450 manuscripts, 99 preservation and 183 reference sound recordings, and 1 zip disc)
language: eng
language: phi
origination: Conklin, Harold C.
has biographical history: Biographical History for: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
scopecontent: Scope and Content There are approximately 140,000 Ifugao living in scattered districts over some 170 square miles in northern Luzon. They are agrarian farmers who have perfected a system of sustainable rice terracing uniquely suited to the heavy rainstorms and rugged terrain of northern Luzon, Philippines. In their tribal society, rice is more than a basic sustenance; it also serves as a medium of exchange and a signifier of status. Rituals, ceremonies, and events are tightly interwoven into the Ifugao people's daily lives. The characteristic richness and diversity of the Ifugao agriculture, religion, and music is strongly evident in The Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection, which includes what arguably is one of the largest, most comprehensive set of audio recordings on the Ifugao in existence. It documents continuity and change in some of the most important features of Ifugao culture over the course of forty years. The recordings chronicle a wide range of Ifugao ceremonies, events, rituals, and sub-rituals, with much of the collection divided between strictly oral, strictly instrumental, and combined oral/instrumental field recordings. Field recordings document, for example, mythical or genealogical recitations, women's rituals, chants, invocations, rice harvesting, storytelling, children's games, language exercises, voice letters, interviews, and discussions. While a handful of the recordings are in the languages of Buhid, Hanunóo, Ilongot, Kallāhan, or English, the majority are recorded in the Ifugao Baynīnan dialect, one of the twenty-three dialects spoken by the Ifugao. With regard to geographical coverage, the documentation comes from twenty-seven of approximately one hundred and fifty agricultural districts, thereby providing a respectable sampling of the Ifugao. Therefore, due to its topical, geographical, and temporal scope, the recordings not only capture the exact details of ritualized Ifugao ceremonies, they situate them within the larger cultural co…
other finding aids: http://lccn.loc.gov/2003682277
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has part: Series I: Manuscripts
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has part: Series II: Sound Recordings
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has part: Series III: Electronic Media
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8 containers
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label: 733 items (450 manuscripts, 99 preservation and 183 reference sound recordings, and 1 zip disc)

Conklin, Harold C.
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Biographical History for: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
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body: Biographical History Harold C. Conklin (professor emeritus, Yale University) is a renowned anthropologist, linguist, ethnobiologist, and preeminent authority on the Ifugao and Hanunóo people of the Philippines. Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1926, Conklin developed an early interest in anthropology and the history and culture of Native Americans that was supported and encouraged by his family. By the end of his high school career, Conklin had formed a number of influential friendships with American Indians, worked as the only non-Indian National Youth Association Indian Counselor, and served as a part-time volunteer at the American Museum of Natural History, where he worked under the supervision of curator and department chairperson, Clark Wissler. By 1943, Conklin's interests in high school, particularly in American Indian studies and linguistics, had prepared him for undergraduate study at the University of California, Berkeley. In his first year there, he was introduced to Austronesian languages through a hasher (cook's assistant) job at the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house, where he first began speaking, reading, and writing in Malay. In his second semester, Conklin built upon this introduction to Malay by enrolling in an advanced linguistics course where students were assigned the task of transcribing Australian and American broadcasts for Indonesians living throughout the archipelago, then occupied by the Japanese during World War II. In July of 1944, Conklin was inducted into the U.S. Army and served two years with the 158th Regimental Combat Team in the Philippine Islands, northern Luzon. After arranging to be discharged in the Philippines in 1946, Conklin spent a year and a half conducting serious anthropological research and fieldwork in Manila, Mindoro, and Palawan. During this period, he made his first set of Philippine recordings, and was given locally crafted artifacts, plant leaves, and cuttings in exchange for his freely given store of seed beads, pos…
topic: Conklin, Harold C.
subject: Conklin, Harold C.
is biographical history for: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
is part of: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection

Series I: Manuscripts
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is part of: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
is aggregated by: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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has part: Collection Guide for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
aggregates: Collection Guide for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
has part: Administrative Information for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
aggregates: Administrative Information for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
has part: Original Catalog Recording Log
aggregates: Original Catalog Recording Log
has part: Original Expanded Content Recording Log
aggregates: Original Expanded Content Recording Log
has part: Duplication Project Recording Specifications
aggregates: Duplication Project Recording Specifications

Series II: Sound Recordings
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
is aggregated by: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: series
type: Aggregation
type: Collection
has part: Reference CDs 001-029
aggregates: Reference CDs 001-029
has part: Reference CDs 030-058
aggregates: Reference CDs 030-058
has part: Reference CDs 059-087
aggregates: Reference CDs 059-087
has part: Reference CDs 088-114
aggregates: Reference CDs 088-114
has part: Reference CDs 115-137
aggregates: Reference CDs 115-137
has part: Reference CDs 138-164
aggregates: Reference CDs 138-164
has part: Reference CDs 165-183
aggregates: Reference CDs 165-183

Series III: Electronic Media
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
is aggregated by: Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection 1955-1995 1961-1995
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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Collection Guide for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
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is part of: Series I: Manuscripts
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access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Includes this Collection Guide and the Reference CD Concordance. Also includes list of searchable terms on Access database.

Administrative Information for the Harold C. Conklin Philippine Collection
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series I: Manuscripts
is aggregated by: Series I: Manuscripts
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Includes AFC's correspondence with Harold C. Conklin and the Cutting Corporation (sound engineer and recording laboratory). Also includes acquisition and transferal records, Cutting Corporation's bidding proposal, AFC research on potential recording laboratories, and AFC funding proposals for the Conklin duplication project.

Original Catalog Recording Log
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series I: Manuscripts
is aggregated by: Series I: Manuscripts
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Conklin's Catalog provides indices to the musical instruments, events, locations, languages, recordists and performers that relate to this collection of recordings. Also includes an abbreviation and symbol key, and a brief description of recording data, date, and content of each original recording.

Original Expanded Content Recording Log
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series I: Manuscripts
is aggregated by: Series I: Manuscripts
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
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scopecontent: Conklin's Expanded Content provides further information on the duration of the recording, sound quality, and contents of each original recording.

Duplication Project Recording Specifications
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scopecontent: Information on the stock, size, format, sampling rate, and duplication assignment of the 10-inch reel-to-reels and CDs used by the Cutting Corporation Recording Laboratory.

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Reference CDs 001-029
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is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
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access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Field recordings from 1969-75, 1977, and 1980.

Reference CDs 030-058
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Field recordings from 1980 and 1982-84.

Reference CDs 059-087
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Field recordings from 1984, 1990-91, and 1995.

Reference CDs 088-114
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Field recordings from 1960-61, 1968, and 1995.

Reference CDs 115-137
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Field recordings from 1961 and 1963-66.

Reference CDs 138-164
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Field recordings from 1966, 1968, and 1970.

Reference CDs 165-183
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series II: Sound Recordings
is aggregated by: Series II: Sound Recordings
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: Field recordings from 1955, 1961-62, 1966-68, and 1970.

Zip Disk
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series III: Electronic Media
is aggregated by: Series III: Electronic Media
access provided by: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
level: item
scopecontent: 100 Mb Iomega zip disk; includes a searchable database for this collection, created by the AFC.