Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Indians of North America television series collection, NMAI.AC.124; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights
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Scope and Contents
The Narragansett series contains 32 BetaSP videotapes as well as production files related to the Indians of North America television series, circa 1993-1994. The paper materials include production correspondence, take sheets, research, interview planning, notes, draft scripts, shot lists, bibles, and interviewee release forms. The original numbers assigned to the Beta videotapes are red 181-212. The new NMAI videotape numbers are 215-246.
Collection Restrictions
Due to the fragile nature of the materials, this collection is currently closed to researchers until it has been digitized.