David DeCamp collection of Jamaican Creole tape recordings, 1957-1959
Abstract/Contents
- Summary
- Reel #39, Aug. 27, 1958. Jamaica. Farewell party at Bermuda Mount, given for the DeCamps by the people of Irish Town (cont'd on reel # 40)
- Reel #40, 1958. Jamaica. Track 1. Farewell party for the DeCamps, given by the people of Irish Town at Bermuda Mount (songs, speeches, toasts, pocomania, etc.) 2. Interview with info. 56, Kingston, on subject of the Ras Tafari movement, Dec. 16, 1958.
- Reel #41, Aug. 24, 1959. Jamaica. Morant Bay Kumina (Seaga) Drumming and singing by a Kumina band from Morant Bay.
- Reel #43, 1957. Jamaica & British Honduras. Track 1. Songs and stories from Green Island, Port Antonio, and Priory, St. Anns (Jamaica). 2. Song from British Honduras. 3. Mr. Felix speaks about logging in British Honduras. (dubbed in 1957 from recordings made by A.L. Ayuso, R.B. LaPage, and MacEdward Leach.)
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Extent | 4 sound tape reels: analog, 2 track, mono; 7 in. |
| Place | California |
| Publication date | 1957 - 1959 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | DeCamp, David, 1927-1979 |
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Subjects
| Subject | Ayuso, A.L |
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| Subject | Le Page, R. B. (Robert Brock), 1920-2006 |
| Subject | Leach, MacEdward, 1896-1967 |
| Subject | Lingua francas > Belize |
| Subject | Lingua francas > Jamaica |
| Subject | Linguistics |
| Subject | Pidgin languages |
| Subject | Rastafari movement > Jamaica |
| Subject | Creole dialects > Jamaica |
| Subject | Songs, Creole > Jamaica |
| Subject | Jamaica > History |
| Genre | Phonotapes. |
Bibliographic information
| Acquisition | Gift of Keith Walters, 2004. Accession 2004-019. |
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| Biographical/Historical | DeCamp was an American linguist, particularly interested in Pidgins and Creoles. He taught at the University of Texas at Austin from 1959 until his untimely death in 1979. |
| Location |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/hr769hx7963 |
| Location | Dept. of Special Collections Stanford Univ. Libraries |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
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