Image: Frances Densmore

Description: Description: Ethnologist Frances Densmore (1867-1957) spent much of her career working in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology and the Library of Congress, as she collected and preserved the music and culture of Native Americans. Densmore's mission was to alter the prevailing misrepresentation of Indian music and the under appreciation of its complexity and beauty, a goal she accomplished through prolific publication and careful research. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Persistent URL: [1] Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives Collection: Science Service Records, 1902-1965 (Record Unit 7091) - Science Service, now the Society for Science & the Public, was a news organization founded in 1921 to promote the dissemination of scientific and technical information. Although initially intended as a news service, Science Service produced an extensive array of news features, radio programs, motion pictures, phonograph records, and demonstration kits and it also engaged in various educational, translation, and research activities. Accession number: SIA2008-0439
Title: Frances Densmore
Credit: Frances Densmore (1867-1957)
Author: Smithsonian Institution from United States
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