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Voices International Archive of Cahuilla Materials
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Title: Voices International Archive of Cahuilla Materials
Dates: 1979-1983
Accession number: A2006.029
Creator:
Frost, Everett
Collector:
Voices International
Collection Size:
6.7 linear feet
Repository:
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Palm Springs, California 92262
Abstract: Audio recordings collected from the Morongo Indian Reservation and Malki Museum (Banning, California) between 1979 and 1983
for use in the production of radio programs describing oral traditions as a means to understanding traditional and contemporary
Cahuilla culture. Included are the Voices International radio productions The Old Ways Are Gone and The Cahuilla Creation
Myth. Supplementary materials include production transcripts, ethnological notes of Arthur Harrington (surrogates) pertaining
to Perfecto Segundo's 1937 recordings of the Cahuilla creation story, materials pertaining to Katherine Siva Saubel's translations
of the Perfecto Segundo recordings, and production/program ephemera. Program consultants and participants included: Katherine
Siva Saubel, Mariano Saubel, Alvino Siva, Robert Levi, Ernest Siva, Marianne Andreas, Lowell John Bean. With additional assistance
from: Harry Lawton, Matt Pablo, Esther Levi, Tom Blackburn, June Siva.
Physical location: Stored off site. Advance notice required for access.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Cahuilla
Collection is open for research.
Publication/Reproduction Rights
Ownership of the physical collection belongs to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum. Other rights, including copyright and cultural
rights, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds these
rights and pursue the rights owner[s] or his or her heir[s] for permission to publish or reproduce content where the Agua
Caliente Cultural Museum does not hold such rights.For research purposes only.
[Identification of item], Voices International Archive of Cahuilla Materials, A2006.029, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
Donation.
Biography / Administrative History
Production Agency: Voices International. Production partner, WDR, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne, Germany. Co-Producers
- Everett Frost and Faith Wilding, Director - Everett Frost, Recording and Production Engineers: Audio Engineering Associates,
Pasadena: Wes Dooley, Sarah Beebe, Pitt Kinsolving. Peter Sutheim, David Rapkin, Stephen Erickson. Major funding for the project
was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional funding from the California Arts Council and the
City of Los Angeles Bicentennial Commission. Distributed 1987 - 1995 by National Public Radio and the Pacifica Program Service.
Broadcast in Germany via WDR as "NachKlang" in 1985. Materials collected between the years 1979-1983.
Scope and Content of Collection
Audio recordings collected from the Morongo Indian Reservation and Malki Museum (Banning, California) between 1979 and 1983
for use in the production of radio programs describing oral traditions as a means to understanding traditional and contemporary
Cahuilla culture. Included are the Voices International radio productions The Old Ways Are Gone and The Cahuilla Creation
Myth. Supplementary materials include production transcripts, ethnological notes of Arthur Harrington (surrogates) pertaining
to Perfecto Segundo's 1937 recordings of the Cahuilla creation story, materials pertaining to Katherine Siva Saubel's translations
of the Perfecto Segundo recordings, and production/program ephemera. Originally recorded on reel-to-reel; all materials have
been transferred to digital format.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Malki Museum
Voices International
National Public Radio
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Banning
Morongo Indian Reservation
Levi, Robert
Siva, Ernest
Frost, Everett
Saubel, Katherine Siva
Andreas, Mary Ann
Bean, Lowell John
Lawton, Harry
Pablo, Matt
Levi, Esther
Blackburn, Thomas C.
Siva, June
Wilding, Faith
Segundo, Perfecto
Harrington, Arthur
Marcus, Lloyd
Creation Story
Cahuilla
Chumash
Peon
Malki Fiesta
Bird Singing
Bird Songs