Records in the Oberlin College Archives:
Densmore, Frances Theresa. Record Group 30/156. Box 1. O. C. A.
Johnston, Adelia A. Record Group 30/19. O. C. A.
Lord, Elizabeth R. Oberlin File RG 21, II. Letters, A. By Oberlin Students, O. C. A.
Pencil Sketches and Concert Programs. Record Group 30/156. O. C. A.
Sturges Hall (1884-1963) Illustrated Building Guide, 24. O. C. A.
Tappan Hall. Illustrated Building Guide, 10. O. C. A.
Wattles Family Papers 1860-1953. Record Group 30/273. O. C. A.
Primary Sources:
Densmore, Frances. A Missionary Journey in Minnesota in 1893, related by Miss Pauline Colby to Frances Densmore. Frances Densmore papers, Minnesota Historical Society.
Densmore, Frances. Chippewa Stories and Industries, Radio talk No. 3, 9 March 1932. Frances Densmore papers, Minnesota Historical Society.
Densmore, Frances. Indian Action Songs; a Collection of Descriptive Songs Of the Chippewa Indians, with Directions for Pantomimic Representation in Schools and Community Assemblies (Boston, MA: Birchard, 1921).
Densmore, Frances. Prelude to the Study of Indian Music in Minnesota. Frances Densmore papers, Minnesota Historical Society.
Hofmann, Charles, and Frances Densmore. Frances Densmore and American Indian Music: a Memorial Volume. Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, v. 23 (New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1968).
General Catalogue of Oberlin College 1833-1908 (Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1909).
Secondary Sources:
“1884 Cleveland v. Blaine,” Harp Week: Explore History, Web address, accessed 7 May 2015.
“Densmore, Frances Theresa.” Sicherman, Barbara and Carol Hurd Green, eds. in Notable American Women: The Modern Period (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980).
Lasser, Carol and Stacey Robertson, Antebellum Women: Private, Public, Partisan (New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012).
Jensen, Joan M., and Michelle Wick Patterson, eds. Travels with Frances Densmore: Her Life, Work, and Legacy in Native American Studies. (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2015).
Keeler, Harriet Louise. The Life of Adelia A. Field Johnston Who Served Oberlin College for Thirty-Seven Years … (Cleveland, OH: Britton Printing Company, 1912).
Minnesota Public Radio. “Densmore’s Attitude Towards Indians,” Web address, accessed 5 August 2015. Original citation: Densmore: The Music of the American Indians, typescript for lecture before the Anthropological Society of Washington, 26 April 1909, Densmore Papers, National Anthropological Archives.
Pratt, Waldo Selden and Charles N. Boyd, eds., Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians Vol. 6 (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920).
Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll. Disorderly Conduct: Visions of Gender in Victorian America. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986).
Photo Sources:
Fig 1: Map of Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minn. … Drawn by W. P. Campbell. (A.T. Andreas, Lakeside Building, Chicago, 1874. Chas. Shober & Co. Proprietors of Chicago Lith. Co.)
Fig 2: Portrait of Frances Densmore at age 18, 1885. Densmore, Frances (1867-1957). Minnesota Historical Society. Web address, accessed 10 August 2015.
Fig 3: Columbia Gramophone (Type AT) used by Densmore to record Native American music onto cylinder records, used around 1897. Densmore, Frances (1867-1957), Minnesota Historical Society. Web address, accessed 10 August 2015.
Fig 4: “Edison gold moulded.” Web address, accessed 10 August 2015.
Fig 5: Tappan Hall (1863-1885). Illustrated Building Guide, 10. Tappan Hall, O. C. A.
Fig 6: Sturges Hall (1884-1963) Illustrated Building Guide, 24. Sturges Hall, O. C. A.
Fig 7: A Blaine & Logan 1884 Election pin. “Election of 1884,” American Political Buttons. Web address, accessed 7 May 2015.
Fig 8: “Dr. Fenelon B. Rice, in his harmony class.” Pencil Sketches and Concert Programs, Record Group 30/156, O. C. A.
Fig 9: An example of Densmore’s pencil sketches, titled in 1953, “Warner hall, chapel organ, and piano.” It was originally made in 1886.
Fig 10: Keeler, Harriet Louise. The Life of Adelia A. Field Johnston Who Served Oberlin College for Thirty-Seven Years … (Cleveland: Britton Printing Company, 1912)., 183.
Fig 11: Sketch of Bertie Miner. Pencil Sketches and Concert Programs. Record Group 30/156, O. C. A.
Fig 12: Densmore’s Sketch of Mrs. Wattles’ Home. Pencil Sketches and Concert Programs. Record Group 30/156, O. C. A.
Fig 13: Miss Lucretia Celestia Wattles, A. M., Instructor in Piano and Harmony, 18 Elm St. 4 Photographs. Wattles Family Papers, c. 1860-1880, n.d., Box 1, RG 30/273. O. C. A.
Fig 14: Oberlin Conservatory concert program, front. Frances Theresa Densmore Papers 1886-1904. Record Group 30/156. O. C. A.
Fig 15: Oberlin conservatory concert program, back. Frances Theresa Densmore Papers 1886-1904. Record Group 30/156. O. C. A.
Fig 16: Frances Densmore’s notebook. Frances Theresa Densmore Papers 1886-1904. Record Group 30/156. O. C. A.
Fig 17: “Sandro Botticelli – La nascita di Venere.” Web address, accessed 10 August 2015.
Fig 18: “Campanile Giotto-01.” Web address, accessed 10 August 2015.
Fig 19: Ricardo André Frantz. “Florenca 146.” Web address, 10 August 2015.
Websites:
“Mrs. Elizabeth R. Lord and Lord Cottage,” Oberlin Art Library, Web address, accessed 7 May 2015.
“Presidential Election of 1884: A Resource Guide,” The Library of Congress, Web address, accessed 7 May 2015.
Public Broadcasting Service, “Events of the West 1870-1880,” The West Film Project, 2001, Web address, accessed 7 August 2015.
“Song Catcher Frances Densmore,” Minnesota Public Radio. Web address, Accessed 7 May 2015.
Websites Consulted:
Special thanks to Professor Matthew Bahar of Oberlin College for his help on this project.
