Box 1

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Includes the following transcripts, notes and ephemera: - Tape sleeve, 'Songs and Stories of Tokelau' - Pamphlet, 'Music dance and games of Tokelau' - South Pacific Festival 1983 group rehearsals - Hutt Valley Dancing Group rehearsal for the Tokelau Cultural Gathering in Porirua, 1992 - Hymns Nukunonu, 1986 - Fatele recordings in Nukunonu 1986, Feast Day, by Jennifer Shennan and Allan Thomas - 1982 Tournament at Walter Nash Stadium, Lower Hutt - Amelika Sunday rehearsal 1986

Scope and Contents Manuscript of 'Report on Survey of Traditional Music of Tokelau' by Allan Thomas, an interim report of the survey conducted by Thomas in 1986 as part of a 'Territorial Survey of Oceanic Music' funded jointly by UNESCO, The Institute of Polynesian Studies (Hawai'i) and the University of Auckland. The report is intended to describe the project and present a preliminary outline of the findings. Includes an introduction, history and scope of research, description of various Tokelau music and...

Scope and Contents Manuscript of 'Introduction to the Tape Documentation of Survey of the Music of Futuna, Vanuatu. July-September 1990' by Takaroga Kuautoga and Allan Thomas, as part of a survey conducted to record examples of each kind of music in Futuna for archiving and study purposes. Includes survey aims, details, index to tape documentation and recordings, and item details including transcripts and some translations.File also includes: - Manuscript, 'Hgoro Futuna: A Survey of the Music of...