Davis, Carol Beery

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-22-16

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Indian Songs of Alaska (Southeast), 1922. Indian Songs of Alaska is a collection of Tlingit music written down by Carol Beery Davis. Rev. Andrew P. Kashevaroff collected the English and Tlingit lyrics. The notebook containing the songs is dated 1922.

Descriptive Booklet Alaska Historical Museum, published by the Alaska Historical Association, undated, was inscribed by Father Kashevaroff to Mrs. Trevor (Carol Beery) Davis in thanks for her work on this project.

Dates

1922

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Biographical

Carol Beery Davis was a Juneau musician and composer who listened to and wrote the music for the music of the Tlingit Indians. A more complete biography is found in Ms 182, the Carol Beery Davis Family Collection.

Extent

2 Volumes : 1st volume (10 leaves)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The manuscript was received in the Alaska State Library pre-accession register. It was probably donated by Andrew Kashevaroff who wrote the words to the music. Descriptive Booklet Alaska Historical Museum, with inscription from Father Kashevaroff to Mrs. Davis, was donated by the Friends of the Juneau Public Library. Accession number: 2023-006.

Processing Information

The manuscript was added to the manuscript collections.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Carol Beery Davis Collection
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Gladi Kulp January 2000 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston June 2019, updated by Freya Anderson
Date: 2023 July
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin
Language of description note: English