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Mary A. McDonald performing Gaelic songs from Nova Scotia, Canada, April 11, 1939

Sound recordings: In Scots Gaelic.

Comprises a group of field materials documenting Mary A. McDonald performing unaccompanied Scots Gaelic songs from Nova Scotia, Canada, on April 11, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Berkeley, California.

Recordings:

An am eirich sa mhadainn
Seann Brogan
Na cuperean

Photographs:

Mary A. McDonald portraits

Biographical and historical notes:

Mary A. McDonald was born on November 15, 1848 on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scota. She came to California in a covered wagon in 1875.

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