Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Mary Lee Stearns and Eileen Stearns fonds
General material designation
- moving images
- sound recording
- multiple media
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.
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Fonds
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Edition area
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1971-1977 (Creation)
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1971-1977 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
16 film reels, ca. 35 audio reels, 2 videocassettes
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Archival description area
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of film printing elements, sound tracks and prints of the ethnographic documentary "Those Born at Masset: A Haida Stonemoving and Feast", as well as audio recordings related the film and the background ethnographic research.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Dr. Mary Lee Stearns and Eileen [Stearns] Smith, 1988; Eileen Stearns, 1995 & 2004.
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Restrictions on access
No access restrictions apply.
Original film and audio materials may be in cold or cool storage and not readily accessible.
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General note
Accession number(s): F1988:15; F1995:01; 92-4845; F2004:03; T4412
General note
The making of the film, and the feast depicted in it, are discussed in Mary Lee Stearns, "Haida Culture in Custody: The Masset Band" (Seattle: University of Washington Press / Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1981), pp. 271-278.