Major Sam Beck and Lula Beck Interviews

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CNAH-003.4

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Major Sam Beck and Lula Beck Interviews

Date(s)

  • 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987 (Creation)

Extent

10 MP3 files, 10 MP4 files.

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Scope and content

A series of interviews with Major Sam Beck and/or Lula Beck conducted in 1982, 1983, and 1987.

System of arrangement

Arranged in 6 folders in chronological order.

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Conditions governing access

Access to digital copies is restricted to enrolled tribal members of the Catawba Indian Nation. Please contact the Catawba Nation Archives for more information.

Physical access

The original recordings on magnetic audio cassettes are held by the University of South Carolina at Lancaster's (USCL) Native American Studies Center Archives.

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Languages of the material

  • English
  • Siouan Language

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Contains some words in Catawba.

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Custodial history

The oral history interviews were part of Dr. Thomas J. Blumer's personal collection and were donated to the Native American Studies Center at USC-Lancaster by Dr. Blumer.

Immediate source of acquisition

Digital files for the Catawba Nation Archives were made at the Native American Studies Center Archives by request of the Catawba Nation Archives, and were accessioned by the CNA in 2016.

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Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

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Existence and location of originals

Original recordings are located in the Native American Studies Center Archives at USC-Lancaster, as part of the Thomas John Blumer Collection on the Catawba Nation, Series III: Thomas J. Blumer Oral History Interviews 1971 - 2004.

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Archivist's note

Record created by Ensley F. Guffey, 2022 February 03.

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