The Collection

A. AUDIOMATERIAL
B. VIDEOMATERIAL
C. PHOTOGRAPHS
D. ARCHIVE RECORDS

The collection now preserved in the Saami Culture Archive was originally founded for the practical needs for teaching Saami language and culture in the early 1970s, when teaching of Saami language began at the University of Oulu. That period marked also the beginning of extensive fieldwork that covered practically all Saami languages and living areas. Besides fieldwork, the birth of the modern Saami media, particularly the first years of the Saami radio (produced by the Finnish Broadcasting Company) was documented. In contrast to other sound archives in Finland, which have mainly material that describe the traditional life of the Saami, the Giellagas collection is unique because it contains also data from the 1970s, when modern Saami society was forming.

The collection of the Saami Culture Archive consists of notable amount of sound, video and photograph material as well as digitalised documents of the Saami traditional culture and various Saami cultural activities.

It is also possible to access Saami material found in other Finnish archives, such as Finnish Literature Society and the Institute for the Languages of Finland, the University of Turku. The Saami Culture Archive contains digital copies of the main Saami collections, and in the future this co-operation will be enhanced, as the researchers will be able to work more efficiently on this vast material.
Vanha mustavalkokuva Inarista, jossa näkyy järveä, metsää, taloja ja tuntureita.

A. AUDIOMATERIAL

A1. Interviews

A1.1. Personal interviews

A1.2. Thematic interviews

A2. YLE Sámi Radio collection (The Finnish Broadcasting Company)

A2.1. Radio programs of the YLE Sámi Radio 1973–1979

A2.2. Skolt Saami radio programs 1973–1979

A3. The Teaching of Saami languages and Saami Culture

A3.1. Classroom recordings

A3.2. Educational material

A4. Saami culture events, conferences, seminars

A5. Copy material of other Finnish sound archives

A5.1. The Archive of Folklore and Comparative Religion at the University of Turku (TKU)

A5.2. The Collection of the Inariopisto

A5.3. The Saami collection of the Institute for the Languages of Finland

A6. The Giellagas collection

A7. The Collection of religious recordings

A8. Music

A9. Linguistic research material

B. VIDEOMATERIAL

B1. The Giellagas collection

B2. The Collection of the Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter

B3. Movies and documentaries

B4. Saami culture events, conferences, seminars

B5. Interviews

C. PHOTOGRAPHS

C1. Documentary collection

C2. The Giellagas collection

C2.1. Dissertations

C2.2. Conferences and seminars

C2.3. Teaching

C2.4. Excursions

C3. Saami culture events

D. ARCHIVE RECORDS

D1. Agreements of the Saami Culture Archive

D2. Manuscripts and research material

D3. Litterations of interviews

D4. The Giellagas collection

D5. Saami culture events

D6. Newspapers

D7. Reference library

E. Esineet

Aineistojen käyttö

Contact

The Saami Culture Archive of University of Oulu

Giellagas Institute, Department of Saami Studies

P.O. Box 1000

FI-90014 University of Oulu

Finland

Street address:

Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 1, 90570 OULU

(University of Oulu, Linnanmaa, Faculty of Humanities, 3rd floor, room: HUM335)

For more information, see: Visiting the University

The Archive Researcher:

Ph.D. Marko Jouste, University of Oulu, Giellagas Institute

Email: marko.jouste (at) oulu.fi & ska (at) oulu.fi

Tel: +3582 94 483 491 / +3584 14 363 964 (Marko Jouste)

University of Oulu, Central Archive:

Development Manager Katariina Alha