The Library of Congress >  Researchers >  Search Finding Aids  >  Don Yoder collection of tape and disc recordings

Don Yoder collection of tape and disc recordings

Contact UsHelpSearch All Finding Aids
« Previous Page | Next Page »Series 2: Sound RecordingsNavigate Contents List
ContainerContents
Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR095 Sound recording, October 9, 1968
Rack number: RXF 7453
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:33:57, Side B: 00:05:07) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 5 in.
Recorded the night John A. Hostetler and Don Yoder stayed at Peachey's farmhouse, RR #1, Belleville, Big Valley (Kishacoquillas Valley), Pennsylvania. See SR009.
Further notes appear on accompanying documentation.
Side A
Time Summary
00:00:02 We're going home to glory (English song; he wants to have notations made for it)
00:01:42 Introductory words before performing Ein vermahnungs Lied
00:02:26 Ein vermahnungs Lied (Ausbund, p. 793); verses 1 and 4 (slow tune)
00:05:21 Hostetler explains that Hirtz used to repeated much of that chapter almost every Sunday he preached, on the duty of unity, harmony, and humility. Hostetler speaks at length in Pennsylvania German. Scripture readings and devotional exercises in the morning held at the Peachey home.
00:17:47 Examples of the fast songs (with introductions): Wedding hymn ("Dinne Buch," p. 204, or in Yoder, p. 456), In der Stillen Einsamkeit (#59 in Yoder), Wo ist Jesus Mein Verlangen (#62 in Yoder), Nun Gott Lob es ist Vollbracht (#173 in "Binne Buch"). The program ends about 00:33:30
Side B
Time Summary
00:00:01 Table Hymn ("Funf Tausend Menschen speisest Du"), sung by Samuel, his wife Julia, and daughter Sara Peachey
0:00:51 Song for morning family worship (sung by Samuel, his wife Julia, and daughter Sara Peachey)
00:03:17 When Love Shines In (English song), sung by Samuel, his wife Julia, and daughter Sara Peachey
00:04:41 Audio ends
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR096 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXF 7454
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:22:53, Side B: 00:32:26) : analog ; 5 in.
Side A
Singing of Indiana Amish, recorded by John A. Hostetler. The recording includes the 42nd Psalm, Luterbach [?], with yodeling; "Oh Where Is [sic] My Little Dog Gone," with yodeling, and other songs with yodeling. There are several gaps in the program; the longest gap is from about 00:07:21 to about 00:18:01, from the source recording, and followed by testing.
Side B
An elderly woman (maiden name: Elizabeth Swartz) is interviewed and also sings. There are other speakers and singers. About 00:23:41 there is yodeling. About 00:02:45, a train or truck with a horn can be heard passing by. There are some gaps between cuts (seemingly long pauses between sections of the recording).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR097 Sound recording, 1971 or before
Rack number: RXF 7455
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:07:25, Side B: 00:39:27) : analog ; 5 in.
Reminiscences of Foster Piper, the son of a Methodist preacher, in the Dutch County (Millheim, Centre County).
Millheim, Centre County, was all Pennsylvania Dutch then, and as a boy he tried to learn Pennsylvania German. Foster became a distinguished Methodist preacher, in the East New York Conference.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR098 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXF 7456
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:30:45) : analog ; 5 in.
A compilation of various groups singing different types of American hymnody, probably dubbed from commercial sound discs. According to accompanying documentation, this is a tape of American Folk Hymnody, compiled by John D. Boyd. "Joe" Boyd was from Texas, and an editor of the Farm Journal. He studied with Don Yoder.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR099 Sound recording, circa 1967
Rack number: RXF 7457
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:34:14) : analog ; 5 in.
A compilation of various groups singing different types of American hymnody, possibly from both commercial and non-commercial sources. Includes sacred harp singing. According to accompanying documentation, this tape was made for American Folk Hymnody by Archie Green. Archie Green was a member of Don Yoder's first class of "Folk Studies" at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR100 Sound recording, circa 1961
Rack number: RXF 7458
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:13:32, Side B: 00:19:13) : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 5 in.
Side A
Emma Yoder singing. She was Don Yoder's aunt; the older sister of Yoder's father. Songs include "Dutch choruses" (revival songs).
Side B
Clarence Wagner (1873-1961), of Annville, Pennsylvania, singing religious songs in Pennsylvania German. About 00:17:29 a woman can be heard singing; it is probably Emma Yoder.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR101 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXF 7459
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:41:20) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track ; 5 in.
Recording of Johnny Brendle and Willy Brown, entirely in Pennsylvania German. From the accompanying notes: Johnny Brendel had a Dutch radio program. According to Don Yoder, Willy Brown of Mahantongo (Mahantongo Valley) was the most prolific Dutch singer he recorded.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR102 Sound recording, December 10, 1977
Rack number: RXH 0745
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:29:03) : analog ; 7 in.
Don Yoder gives a lecture, primarily in Pennsylvania German, ending about 00:27:07. The musical piece that follows the lecture seems unrelated, and may indicate the lecture was taped over another recording. The lecture was recorded in Bern, Switzerland.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR103 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0746
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:24:03) : analog ; 7 in.
An unidentified man interviews Irving Russell, who came to the U.S. from Minsk when he was 12. The recording begins in Pennsylvania German or German, then begins again in English. The interview moves back and forth between languages. Recorded at Bennett Hall, University of Pennsylvania.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR104 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0747
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:41:00, Side B: 00:31:03) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
Don Yoder lecture, followed by a discussion, in Pennsylvania German and English.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR105 Sound recording, October 28, 1967
Rack number: RXH 0748
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:30:18, Side B: 00:04:26) : analog ; 7 in.
Don Yoder interviews Mabel Snyder, at her home at Temple, Berks County, Pennsylvania, both in Pennsylvania German and English. The sound drops out from about 00:09:40 to 00:12:43, then is very low for a brief time, before returning to normal levels.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR106 Sound recording, January 24, 1972
Rack number: RXH 0749
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:01:00, Side B: 01:29:00) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track ; 7 in.
Phares Hurst, speaking in Pennsylvania German. He is Old Order Mennonite, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Tape 1, side 1 [sic].
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR107 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0750
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:04:40, Side B: 01:04:16) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track ; 7 in.
William Weaver and Phares Hurst speaking in Pennsylvania German. Significant background sounds, as if they were walking in the woods. Continued on SR108. Tape 1, side 2 [sic]
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR108 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0751
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:56:30) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track ; 7 in.
Continuation from SR107. Phares Hurst speaks about agriculture, in Pennsylvania German. About 00:54:30 there seems to be part of William Weaver's interview of Carl Weaver; see SR189, Side A. Tape 2.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR109 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0752
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:04:07, Side B: 00:21:30) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track ; 7 in.
Continuation of SR107 and part of SR108.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR110 Sound recording, November 9, 1958
Rack number: RXH 0753
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:05:07) : analog ; 7 in.
Pennsylvania Dutch church service, held at the New Bethel Zion and the Corner Church. Both pastors Merrill Q. Ressler and Clarence R. Rahn were present, and took part.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR111 Sound recording, March 30, 1961
Rack number: RXH 0754
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:06:06) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
James E. Miller and Harry M. Mentzer singing a few songs in Pennsylvania German. Miller had a "semi-service store" at Valley VIew, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and Mentzer was an Evangelical United Brethren member in Valley View.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR112 Sound recording, July 6, 1963
Rack number: RXH 0755
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:15:42) : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Bush meeting hymns, sung in Pennsylvania German by John Moyer and William Yeakel. This is followed by another song partly in English, sung by one of the men ("I've a home in the woods, in the dark green woods"). Moyer speaks in English about an incident that happened during the time when he was preaching, and regarding the sixth and seventh books of Moses. Then he recites a poem in Pennsylvania German he saw in a feed store at Palm Station (?). This was followed by a talk about a church that had an old-fashioned revival. In the documentation Moyer and Yeakel are mentioned as "good singers of Dutch choruses."
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR113 Sound recording, July 6, 1963
Rack number: RXH 0756
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:31:47) : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Recorded at the Third Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival. Carrie Bonser Weaver, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, the so-called last of the Pennsylvania Dutch ballad singers, sings a ballad about Susannah Cox, in Pennsylvania German. The moderator introduced radio host Florence Baver, who discovered Mrs. Weaver. He interviews Mrs. Weaver about learning the song, who then sings a few verses. He introduces Florence Baver, of Easton, Pennsylvania, a columnist and radio host. Mrs. Baver speaks about how she came to discover Mrs. Weaver. This is followed by Pennsylvania German bush meeting songs.
This seems to be a compilation recording, with the performance occuring twice, the first time at the festival, and the second time quiet enough to perhaps be indoors, or at least under quieter circumstances. Both Alfred L. Shoemaker and Don Yoder speak. See SR118 and SR194 for similar recordings.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR114 Sound recording, July 6, 1961
Rack number: RXH 0757
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:00:53) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
Recorded at the Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Don Yoder gives a lecture on three forms of hymnody in Pennsylvania Dutch country, with examples in song. The program ends with Emma Yoder reciting a peddlar's sale pitch for salve in Pennsylvania German, which she has revised over the years (00:58:10 to the end). See SR195, Side B, for the same program.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR115 Sound recording, March 16, 1961
Rack number: RXF 7099
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:25:33) : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
Emma Yoder sings songs in Pennsylvania German. Don Yoder's voice can be heard in the background, in conversation with her. About 00:16:25 she describes camp meetings: the farewell service, when camp broke up, the preachers who were present, transportation, food, meetings that lasted into the night, the duration of camp meetings, how well attended, no tents but cottages, and related subjects.
Digitization note: The recording includes instances of a high-pitched mechanical squeal, from the source tape.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR116 Sound recording, December 14, 1950
Rack number: RXH 0758
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:57:09) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
Religious songs in Pennsylvania German and English. Part of the recording was made in Annville, Pennsylvania, at the home of Charles and [?]. The tape box indicates the recording is "Fasnacht - Martin, Kelly, Longenecker." This tape is either a compilation or used to record on different dates. The audio quality is variable at best, with the volume dipping and rising in several instances.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR117 Sound recording, July 5, 1961
Rack number: RXH 0759
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:05:18, Side B: 00:32:56) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
Side A
Yoder's lecture on the use of various types of Pennsylvania German in preaching; also, about Mose Dissinger stories. A group sings Dutch choruses (in Pennsylvania German), beginning at 00:46:53. The recording cuts off abruptly.
Side B
Dutch choruses continue from SR117, Side A. At 00:32:11 Don Yoder closes the program, and thanks the singers, especially Harry Tobias, Arthur Miller, and the Lykens Valley group.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR118 Sound recording, July 8, 1964
Rack number: RXF 6778
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:31:38) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Recorded at the Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Carrie Bonser Weaver performs the German version of the ballad "Susanna Cox." See SR113 and SR194 for similar recordings.
Unrelated singing in Pennsylvania German begins at 00:24:29; possibly dubbed from another recording.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR119 Sound recording, July 8, 1964
Rack number: RXH 0760
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:31:50, Side B: 00:09:18) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
Recorded at the Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Songs in Pennsylvania German, including bush meeting songs. Performance by Clarence Kulp and Rein Gottshall, followed by songs sung by Harry Tobias (Evangelical United Bretheren preacher at Mannheim, in Lancaster County), John Moyer, and Bill (William) Yeakel. At 00:26:26, Don Yoder introduces Mabel Snyder and Paul Brumbach for their presentation on Pennsylvania Dutch funeral customs. At 00:26:43 there is a glitch in the audio; it may be a splice point in the source tape.
Side B
Religious songs performed in English and Pennsylvania German by an unidentified group (possibly the Lykens Valley group on other recordings).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR120 Sound recording, July 1, 1970
Rack number: RXH 0761
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A, part 1: 01:04:29, Side A, part 2: 01:04:29, Side B, part 1: 01:04:31, Side B, part 2: 01:04:30) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Recorded at the 21st Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
Digitization note: the files for each side were divided into two parts, due to their length.
Side A, part 1
Don Yoder introduces the first program: an introduction to plain Dutch costume. About 00:29:37 an unidentified man (the potter) talks about what can be seen around the festival. Other tradespeople have a chance to speak: a candle maker (named George), a blacksmith, and decorated boxes (Mrs. Mabel Wells). Mrs Rohrbacher speaks about decorated tin art (continued on Side A, part 2).
Side A, part 2
Mrs Rohrbacher speaks about the sources of inspiration for Pennsylvania Dutch folk art and speaks about symbolism (continued from Side A; ends 00:26:46). At 00:30:47 Yoder introduces the seminar on powwowing (folk medicine), and members of the seminar panel: Richard (Dick) Sheiner, Clarence Reitnauer, Don Roan. The program cuts off abruptly at the end, and continues on Side B, part 1.
Side B, part 1
The program on powwowing continues from Side B, part 1. At 00:06:41 Yoder introduces the next program, emceed by Robert Bucher, on the customs of the year with the Pennsylvania Dutch. At 00:29:20 Mr. Brumbach, Mrs. Nora Betner, and Mrs. Mabel Snyder made a presentation on funeral lore. At 01:01:48, Don Yoder introduces the program on food and farm life and talks about the team Mennonites of Canada. The recording cuts off abruptly at the end.
Side B, part 2
Presentation on food begins abruptly (cut off at the beginning). At 00:14:26 the speaker and Clarence Kulp sing a song in Pennsylvania German, to the tune of "My Bonnie." At 00:16:32 the speaker talks about the culture of Pennsylvania Dutch culture. At 00:39:13 Dr. Phares H. Hertzog (90 years old) gave a presentation on Pennsylvania Dutch snake lore and sings songs in Pennsylvania German. Recording cuts of abruptly, and is continued on SR 121, Side A.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR121 Sound recording, July 1, 1970
Rack number: RXH 0762
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:04:10, Side B: 00:27:01) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
21st annual Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania: program in the seminar tent.
Side A
Continued from SR120, Side B, part 2 (presentation on snake lore). At 00:18:38 the presentation begins on Pennsylvania Dutch music and humor, emceed by Ken Brooks. The presentation includes vocal and instrumental performances. The recording cuts off abruptly.
Side B
Continued from SR121, Side A (presentation on music and humor).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR122 Sound recording, July 1, 1970
Rack number: RXH 0763
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:14:55) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
21st annual Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania: program in the seminar tent. Continued from SR121, Side B (presentation on music and humor).
Ken Brooks introduces the performers: Mrs. Angus George, organ; singers Carrie Lambert, Rita Grimm, Regina Kistler, and himself. They perform religious songs, in English. This is a copy of the original recording.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR123 Sound recording, July 5, 1968
Rack number: RXH 0764
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:25:53) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Next Page »

Contents List