Samoan Studies Institute, American Samoa Community College videorecordings.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of unedited videorecordings of Samoan language, culture, oratory, music, dance, oral histories, political structure, and social life and customs, compiled by the Samoan Studies Institute, American Samoa Community College.
The materials are organised by series based on subject, using titles provided by the Institute. The collection was purchased from the Institute in 2008, along with a number of commercially produced videorecordings of the Institute which were transferred to the Audiovisual Library.
Dates
- 1997 - 2005
Creator
- American Samoa Community College. Samoan Studies Institute (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED. No part of this material may be copied without the permission of the Samoan Studies Institute, American Samoa Community College.
Conditions Governing Use
Partly restricted. The Institute does not permit any borrowing whatsoever of these materials - they may only be consulted in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Extent
1 metres (95 video discs.)
Language of Materials
Samoan
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from the Samoan Studies Institue, American Samoa Community College, 9 May 2008.
- American Samoa -- Social life and customs
- American Samoa Community College
- Arts, Samoan
- Chiefdoms -- Samoa
- Ethnic performing arts -- American Samoa
- Festival of Pacific Arts (8th :) (Nouméa, New Caledonia : 2000 )
- International Samoan Language Conference (2005 : American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago)
- International Tatau Convention (1999 : Apia, Samoa)
- Oral history -- American Samoa
- Samoan language -- Revival -- Congresses
- Samoans -- Medicine
- Samoans -- Rites and ceremonies
- Tattooing -- American Samoa
Source
- American Samoa Community College. Samoan Studies Institute (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the videorecordings of the Samoan Studies Institute, American Samoa Community College, 1997-2005.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stephen Innes
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository
5 Alfred Street
Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand
specialcollections@auckland.ac.nz