| Year Received | Year Collected | Collector | Donor | Creator | Region and Culture | Object Type | # of Items | Accession # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | Gertrude Rodriguez (Orator), Gertrude Lovarez (Orator) | United States: California (Northern Paiute) | Recording of Northern Paiute songs | 1 | Unspecified | |||
| Unspecified | William R. Bascom | Cameroon | Cameroon music collected in West Africa | 1 | Unspecified | |||
| Unspecified | 1903 | Salt Lake Pete (Orator) | United States: California (Tachi Yokuts) | Recording of Tachi Yokuts songs by Salt Lake Pete duplicated from originals collected in 1903 | 1 | Unspecified | ||
| ca. 1940 | 1940 | Margorie Whited Cummings | Chris Brown (Orator) | United States: California (Southern Sierra Miwok) | Sierra Miwok Songs sung by Chris Brown (Southern Sierra Miwok) | 1 | Unspecified | |
| ca. 1940, 1957 | ca. 1940, 1957 | James Hatch, J. Von Werlhof, Marjorie Whited Cummins | Jim Brunell (Orator), Clarence Atwell (Orator), Josie Atwell (Orator), Belle Nuñoz (Orator), Bessie Brunell (Orator) | United States: California (Tachi Yokuts) | Tachi Yokuts songs and narratives by various individuals | 1 | Unspecified | |
| 1945 | 1949 | Esther L. Matteson | Peru: (Piru) | Flute solo songs or flute pieces (Piru) recorded in Peru | 44 | 1049 | ||
| Unspecified | ca. 1945-1955 | Frank Quinn | various | United States: California (Pomo, Tolowa, Hupa, Karuk, Owens Valley Paiute) | Songs and spoken narratives of various California groups recorded at the American Indian Friendship House, Oakland, California | 1 | Unspecified | |
| 1948 | 1948 | Chris Brown (Orator) | United States: California (Sierra Miwok) | Sierra Miwok songs by Chris Brown (Chief Leme) recorded at Yosemite National Park | 1 | Unspecified | ||
| 1949 | 1949 | Peter Abraham | Stephen Parrish (Orator) | United States: California (Eastern Pomo) | Pomo songs | 1 | Unspecified | |
| 1949 | 1949 | Peter Abraham | Bill Graves (Orator), Oscar McDaniel (Orator) | United States: California (Pomo, Patwin) | Pomo and Patwin songs sung by Bill Graves (Pomo) and Oscar McDaniel (Patwin) | 1 | Unspecified | |
| 1949 | 1949 | Francis A. Riddell | Bill Graves (Orator), Joe Augustine (Orator) | United States: California (Pomo) | Pomo songs | 2 | Unspecified | |
| 1949-1952 | 1949-1952 | Francis A. Riddell, Stanley Freed | United States: California (Pit River / Paiute, Concow Maidu); Great Basin: (Washoe, Shoshone / Paiute) | Indian songs and narratives of northeastern California and Great Basin tribes collected in Susanville, California and Dresslerville, Nevada | 2 | Unspecified | ||
| Unspecified | 1950s? | Frank Quinn | Leland Fullwider (Orator), Grover Sanderson (Commentator) | United States: California (Northern Pomo, Wintun) | Pomo and Wintun songs sung by Leland Fullwider (Northern Pomo) with comments by Grover Sanderson (Karuk) | 1 | ||
| 1950, 1958 | 1950, 1958 | Francis A. Riddell | Alvis Brown (Orator), Gertrude Rodriguez (Orator), Bill Graves (Orator) | United States: California (Miwok, Paiute, Pomo) | Recordings of Alvis Brown (Miwok), Gertrude Rodriguez (Paiute), and Bill Graves (Pomo) | 2 | 3867 | |
| Unspecified | 1951? | William R. Bascom | Nigeria: (Yoruba) | Yoruba drumming and vocal music recorded in Nigeria | 1 | Unspecified | ||
| 1954, 1964 | 1954, 1964 | Richard Gould | Sam Lopez (Orator), Amelia Brown (Orator) | United States: California (Tolowa) | Tolowa songs by Sam Lopez and Amelia Brown collected at Smith River and Crescent City, California | 1 | 1935 | |
| 1955 | 1955 | NBC Radio Network Productions, James Pomeroy Howe | James Pomeroy Howe (Discussant) | United States / China | Radio broadcast on homing pigeons with Chinese pigeon flutes including commentary by James Pomeroy Howe, recorded at Walnut Creek, California, by NBC Radio Network Productions | 1 | 2640 | |
| 1955, 1957 | 1955, 1957 | Frank Quinn | Stephen Knight (Orator) | United States: California (Pomo) | Pomo songs and narratives, information on Pomo animal names and food preparation techniques, story of the Bloody Island Massacre at Clear Lake, information on hunting and fishing, by Stephen Knight (Ukiah Pomo) | 5 | Unspecified | |
| 1956 | 1956 | Catherine Callaghan | Jimmy Knight (Orator) | United States: California (Lake Miwok) | Recordings of Lake Miwok songs by Jimmy Knight (Perdita) | 2 | 1252 | |
| 1956 | 1956 | Frank Quinn | United States: California (Hupa, Yurok, Tolowa); Southwest Region and Culture; Plains Region and Culture | Hupa and Yurok songs, and Plains and Southwest Area Indian songs recorded by Frank Quinn | 2 | Unspecified | ||
| 1957 | 1957 | James Hatch, A. Barr Productions | Leon Manuel (Orator), Josie Atwil (Orator), C. Barrias (Orator) | United States: California (Tachi Yokuts) | Recording of Tachi Yokuts songs | 7 | Unspecified | |
| 1957 | 1957 | Michael J. Harner | Ecuador: Upper Amazon (Jivaro) [Shuar] | Jivaro (Shuar) music recorded in the Upper Amazon, Ecuador | 3 | 1962 | ||
| 1957 | 1957 | Frank Quinn, Grover Sanderson | Bill Graves (Orator), Stephen Knight (Orator), Leland Fullwider (Orator) | United States: California (Eastern Pomo) | Pomo songs | 1 | Unspecified | |
| 1957 | 1957 | Robert L. Oswalt | Essie Parrish (Performer), Sidney Parrish (Performer) | United States: California (Kashaya Pomo) | Kashaya Pomo songs recorded in the round house and doctoring songs collected by R. Oswalt. Performers are Essie Parrish (Kashaya Pomo) with Sidney Parrish and others. | 3 | Unspecified | |
| 1957 | 1957 | James Hatch | Various performers | United States: California (Sierra Miwok, Tachi Yokuts, Mono) | Songs of the Miwok, Yokuts, and Mono Indians recorded at Yosemite National Park and other locales | 1 | Unspecified | |
| 1958 | 1958 | Cecelia Ross | Iraq: Baghdad (Kurds) | Kurdish folk songs recorded in Baghdad, Iraq | 1 | 1386 | ||
| 1959, 1960 | 1959, 1960 | Robert F. Murphy | Nigeria: (Southeastern Tuareg); Niger: (Southeastern Tuareg) | Music of the Southeastern Tuareg collected in Nigeria and Niger | 3 | 1759 | ||
| 1961 | 1961 | Leonard Plotnicov | Various orators | Nigeria: Jos (Birom, Efik, Calabar, Western Igbo, Kagoro, Hausa, Katab); Gboko (Tiv); Bukuru (Igigwe); Unspecified (Ibibio; Ijaw) | Music recordings from various groups in Nigeria | 12 | 1717 | |
| 1961 | 1961 | Mrs. John Marvin | United States: California (Yokuts, Western Mono) | 29 Yokuts and Western Mono songs collected at Auberry, California, Fresno County | 1 | 2144 | ||
| 1961 | 1961 | Helen Marvin | Maggie Marvin (Orator), Sam Sample (Orator), May Sample (Orator), Emma Cheepo (Orator) | United States: California (Western Mono) | Western Mono songs (Round Dance, Basket Dance, Handgame), recorded at Auberry, California | 2 | 3482 | |
| 1962 | 1962 | Sandra Merrihue | Mexico: Chihuahua (Tarahumara) | Tarahumara fiddle music recorded in Chihuahua | 1 | 1634 | ||
| 1962 | 1962 | Lawrence E. Dawson | Ivan Hansen (Orator) | United States: California (Panamint Shoshone) | Panamint Shoshone songs sung by Ivan Hansen and recorded at Bishop, California | 1 | 1673 | |
| 1962 | 1962 | Michael J. Harner, Frank A. Norick | John Taxac (Orator) | United States: Alaska, King Island (Eskimo) | Interview with John Taxac (King Island Eskimo) collected at UC Berkeley | 1 | 1750 | |
| 1962 | 1962 | George Bryan (Orator) | United States: Plains Region and Culture (Sioux), Great Lakes Region and Culture (Ojibwa) | Sioux and Ojibwa songs sung by George Bryan | 1 | Unspecified | ||
| 1963 | 1963 | Lawrence E. Dawson | Jim Brown (Orator) | United States: California (Pomo, Wintun) | Pomo and Wintun songs sung by Jim Brown (Pomo of Sulphur Bank) recorded in Oakland, California | 1 | 1693 | |
| 1963 | 1963 | Joan Nagel | Alice Tyndall (Orator), various discussants | United States: Plains Region and Culture (Omaha); Various sites (Native American groups) | The Shining One (an Omaha myth) as told by Alice Tyndall (Omaha Indian), discussion on contemporary Indian life in the San Francisco Bay Area, recorded in Oakland, California | 2 | 1909 | |
| 1964 | 1964 | Leanne Hinton | United States: Arizona (Supai, others) | Songs of the Supai and other southwestern Indians recorded at the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona | 4 | 2016 | ||
| 1964 | 1964 | Charles Brown (Orator) | United States: Alaska (Tlingit) | Descriptive comments concerning museum specimens by Charles Brown (Tlingit) recorded at the Lowie (Hearst) Museum | 3 | Unspecified | ||
| 1964 | 1964 | Bruce D. Lawes | B. D. Lawes? | New Guinea: Maprik and Sepik areas | Field information on specimens collected in New Guinea | 2 | 1915 | |
| 1965 | 1963 | Samuel A. Barrett | American Indians Film Project | United States: California (Cahuilla) | Sound tapes of the American Indian Film Project, "Fire Eating by Lopez", Cahuilla, at Banning, California, 4 rolls | 4 | 1994 | |
| 1965 | 1965 | Jose Maria Arguedas | Peru: Andes Region and Culture | Peruvian Indian folk music recorded in the Peruvian Andes | 1 | 2050 | ||
| 1966 | 1966 | Margaret G. Hindes (Mrs. Barrett G. Hindes) | Amos Bearshield (Orator) | United States: Plains Region and Culture (Sioux) | Fifteen Sioux songs sung by Amos Bearshield recorded in Oakland, California | 1 | 2135 | |
| 1966 | 1966 | Miguel Fernandes | Alice Caro (Orator) and others | Ecuador: (Quechua / Spanish) | Recording of modern popular songs in Quechua and Spanish collected in Ecuador | 1 | 2588 | |
| 1966 | 1966 | Richard Lando | United States: California (Cahuilla) | Cahuilla Peon Game Songs and Bird Songs collected at Banning, California | 4 | 2598 | ||
| 1967 | L. E. M. Cosmey, Monterey California Elementary School | United States: California, Monterey County (Carmel Indians) | Musical notation entitled "Carmel Indian Song" (not a tape recording) | 1 | 2274 | |||
| 1967 | 1967 | Geoffrey C. Brown | New Hebrides: Various locations | Music from New Hebrides collected at Ambryn, Pentacost, and Tongoa | 1 | 2490 | ||
| 1968 | 1968 | Alan Popas | Alice Lopez (Orator) | United States: California (Cahuilla) | Spoken narrative on Cahuilla culture (in Cahuilla) by Alice Lopez (wife of Salvador Lopez, the last Cahuilla Fire Eater) collected at Morongo Reservation, California | 1 | 3923 | |
| 1969 | 1969 | Raj L. Mutiah | India | South Indian music for important functions (Nadhasvarum) and film music of South India (vocals in Tamil) | 4 | 2586 | ||
| 1969 | 1969 | Elizabeth Brawley | United States: California (Hupa) | Hupa Brush Dance songs (recorded at actual dance) | 1 | 3471 | ||
| 1970 | 1970 | Peggy Molarsky (Mrs. Osmund Molarsky) | Elizabeth Polkenhorn (Orator) | United States: California (Western Mono) | Funeral songs, Dream songs, and other songs of the Western Mono, featuring Elizabeth Polkenhorn and recorded at North Fork, California, Madera County | 4 | 3482 | |
| 1970, 1971 | 1970, 1971 | Nancy M. Williams | Australia: (Aborigine) | Music and narratives of Australian aborigines | 20 | 3078 | ||
| 1970s | 1970s | Lawrence E. Dawson | Mexico, San Cristobal de las Casas | Cassette tapes of Indian music from the Region and Culture of San Cristobal de las Casas purchased by L. Dawson while traveling in the area | 6 | 3031, 3337 | ||
| 1971 | 1971 | Michael Mandelbaum | David Mandelbaum (Orator) | Canada: Plains Region and Culture (Plains Cree) | Interview-discussion on the Plains Cree Sun Dance featuring David Mandelbaum (UC Berkeley professor) and recorded by Michael Mandelbaum (Yale University) | 1 | 3924 | |
| 1972 | 1972 | Viki Tamaradze | Viki Tamaradze | Surinam: (Bush Negro) | 5 tapes of Bush Negros | Unspecified | ||
| 1972 | 1972 | Viki Tamaradze | Surinam (Bush Negros); Surinam (Carib Indians) | Music of Bush Negros, music of Carib Indians collected in Surinam | 6 | 2852 | ||
| 1974 | 1974 | Robert Rathbun | Herb Young (Performer) | United States: California (Maidu, Concow Maidu, Nisenan) | Maidu, Concow, and Nisenan Grass Game songs, Pleasure Song sung by Herb Young, various other Maidu, Concow, and Nisenan songs | 3 | 3079 | |
| 1974 | 1974 | Jim Denton | Kwabena Nketia (Orator) | Africa | Lecture entitled "Understanding African Music," featuring professor Kwabena Nketia (University of Ghana and UCLA), recorded at UC Berkeley | 1 | 3917 | |
| 1975 | 1975 | Center for Cassette Studies | Theodora Kroeber (Interviewee) | United States: California (Yana / Yahi) | Interview entitled "Ishi in Two Worlds" | 2 | 3138 | |
| 1975 | J. Walter Fewkes | United States: Southwestern Region and Culture (Various groups); Arizona and New Mexico (Navajo) | Indian songs of the Navajo and other southwestern tribes originally collected by J. Walter Fewkes and duplicated on loan from the Arizona State Museum | 2 | 3889 | |||
| 1977 | ca. 1900 | George A. Dorsey | United States: Plains Region and Culture (Pawnee) | Cassettes entitled "Pawnee Language Tape" collected originally by George A. Dorsey in the early 1900s and donated by the Field Museum of Natural History | 3 | 3351 | ||
| 1980 | 1980 | Karen Beckwith, Bill Rathburn | United States: California (Maidu, Northern Paiute, Shoshone) | Recordings of Handgame songs and other songs sung at the 1980 Bear Dance at Janesville, California | 11 | 3550 | ||
| 1981 | 1981 | Bernard Saunders | Australia: (Aborigine) | Recording of Australian aboriginal dance troupe on tour of the United States collected in Berkeley, California | 1 | 3652 | ||
| 1990 | 1966? | Peter Adair | University Appropriation | United States: West Virginia (Pentacostal church) | Sound of "The Holy Ghost People", Holiness Church, West Virginia | 4446 | ||
| 1994 | Lawrence E. Dawson | Lawrence E. Dawson | Interviewer: Margaret Matthewson | United States: California (Hearst Museum history) | Oral history of Lawrence Dawson | 4625 |