Mary Frances Dunham papers, 1964-2002
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1704
- Bib ID:
- 10666979 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Dunham, Mary Frances
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 11.5 linear feet (16 document boxes; 7 cassette boxes; 1 oversize folder in mapcase)
- Language(s):
- English , Bengali .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
The reaserach files of Mary Frances Dunham include musical examples with notations, audio cassettes, notes, maps, charts, slides, photographs, and printed material.
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Series II: Documentation of Twelve Selected Jarigan Songs
(Music, Text Transcriptions, Analyses)
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Series IV: Mary Frances Dunham Field Notes, Art, Photographs and Slides, 1995-1996
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Series VI: Materials About Indian Theater, Indian Folk Music, Jarigan, Marsiya, Muharram
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 6 series.
- Series I: Diaries
- Series II: Documentation of Twelve Selected Jarigan Songs
- Series III: Mary Frances Dunham Jarigan Related Research
- Series IV: Mary Frances Dunham Field Notes, Art, Photographs and Slides, 1995-1996
- Series V: Music Recordings Relevant to Jarigan
- Series VI: Materials About Indian Theater, Indian Folk Music, Jarigan, Marsiya, Muharram
- Series VII: Printed
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Frances Dunham Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
Transfer from Music Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/3/2013. Accession number--2013-2014-M152.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers Processed PTL 3/2014.
Revision Description
2014-03-11 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
Mary Frances Dunham worked as an ethnomusicologist at Columbia University. She studied music composition in New York and Paris. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Teaching Classical Languages from Harvard University and one in Indic Studies from Columbia University. Dunham wrote articles and co-edited works specializing in the music of South Asia. During the 1960s, Dunham was introduced to jarigan songs when Jasimuddin, an eminent Bangladeshi poet and collector of folk song texts, asked her to make musical notations of songs he was gathering for his book, Jarigan (1968). She received a grant from the Ford Foundation for further field work and research in order to prepare material for her book on Jarigan.
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