Ethnomusicology

David Park McAllester was professor of Anthropology and Music at Wesleyan University from 1947 to 1986. He studied and wrote about the rites and ceremonies of the Navajo Indians and was a co-founder of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

This collection contains drafts of published and unpublished writings, extensive correspondence, field notes and one nineteenth century family photograph album.

The Harold S. Powers papers include manuscripts, research and pedagogical materials, and audio materials related to Powers’s musicological, ethnomusicological, and theoretical work in the musics of India, Java, the Middle East, Japan, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

Papers of Andy Toth, Wes alum (’70), ethnomusicologist, specialized in music of Indonesia, specifically Bali.