Finding Aid for the Jacqueline C. DjeDje papers, 1939-2004 LSC.2315
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Online finding aid last updated 9 August 2017.
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Title: Jacqueline C. DjeDje papers
Creator:
DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2315
Physical Description:
2.2 linear feet
(4 document boxes, 1 half box, and 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1939-2004
Date (bulk): 1980-2004
Abstract: Jacqueline C. DjeDje joined the UCLA faculty in 1979. She was Chair of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology and Director
of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. DjeDje specialized in African and African American music, West African fiddle music,
gospel music, and music historiography. The collection consists of professional and teaching materials, musical event materials,
and sheet music.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and
possible digitization for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the
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Conditions Governing Use and Reproduction
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant
permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted
in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on
behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jacqueline C. DjeDje, 2014.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9981682633606533
[Identification of item], Jacqueline C. DjeDje Papers (Collection 2315). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje is Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology (2005-2010) as
well as former Director of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive (2000-2007). She was born in Jesup, Georgia on November 4, 1948.
She received her BA in music from Fisk University in 1970, her MA in ethnomusicology from UCLA in 1972, and PhD in ethnomusicology
from UCLA in 1978. Her graduate work focused on African and African-American music. Before joining UCLA's faculty in 1979,
she taught at Tuskegee University from 1975-79.
DjeDje taught theoretical area courses in African and African-American music and was director of an African-American vocal
ensemble. Much of DjeDje's research focused on performance practices as they relate to the one-string fiddle tradition in
West Africa. She is author and editor of several books:
Black Music Research Journal special issue, "Music of Black Los Angeles" (Spring 2011);
Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures (2008);
Turn Up the Volume! A Celebration of African Music (1999);
California Soul: Music of African Americans in the West (co-edited with Eddie S. Meadows, 1998);
African Musicology: Current Trends, Vol. 1 (co-edited with William Carter, 1989);
African Musicology: Current Trends, Vol. 2 (1992);
Distribution of the One String Fiddle in West Africa (1980);
Black Religious Music from Southeast Georgia (1979); and
American Black Spiritual and Gospel Songs from Southeast Georgia: A Comparative Study (1978).
The Jacqueling C. DjeDje papers span from 1939 to 2004 with the bulk of the materials from 1979 to 2004. The collection consists
of UCLA Department of Music faculty meeting minutes and correspondence; Ethnomusicology Archive correspondence, meeting agendas,
events, and other materials; UCLA events featuring Dje Dje flyers and programs; UCLA Gospel Choir correspondence, programs,
flyers, and photographs; Los Angeles and international music event flyers and programs; DjeDje's course syllabi and student
work; and sheet music.
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: UCLA files, 1978-2004
- Series 2: Teaching materials, circa 1980-2003
- Series 3: Sheet music, 1939-1999
Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell -- Archives
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Ethnomusicology--Faculty -- Archives
box 1, folder 1-14, box 2, folder 1-8
Series 1: UCLA files. 1978-2004
Box 1-2: UCLA files are organized alphabetically by name, project, publication, event or subject. Materials include correspondence;
conference agendas and notes; UCLA Department of Music faculty meeting minutes; Ethnomusicology Archive correspondence, meeting
agendas, events, and other materials; UCLA events featuring Dje Dje flyers and programs; UCLA Gospel Choir correspondence,
programs, flyers, and photographs; Los Angeles music event flyers and programs; international music event flyers and programs;
music catalogs; and world music band, Nipa's album on compacts discs and Professor Ian Hall's musical direction on audio cassettes.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
SERIES CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
box 2, folder 9-19, box 4, folder 1, box 3, folder 1-9
Series 2: Teaching materials. circa 1980-2003
box 6, folder 1-4, box 5, folder 1-4, box 4, folder 2-10