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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR206 Sound recording, December 3, 1973
Rack number: RYQ 3076
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:20:38, Side B: 00:14:57) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Tape 5 of 5. Conclusion of the interview with Miriam "Maltza" Dobris.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR207 Sound recording, April 1981
Rack number: RYQ 3077
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:17:27, Side B: 00:15:09) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo.
Susan Anderson interviews John Ruth (a Mennonite historian) about the history and meaning of plain clothing in the Mennonite tradition. Another man ("Joe") can also be heard on part of the recording.
Anderson says she is writing on plain dress in the last 30-40 years.
Engineer's notes: tape machine noise throughout both sides. Channel imbalance throughout Side A, fluctuating imbalance throughout Side B. Flutter at tail end of both sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR208 Sound recording, May 1981
Rack number: RYQ 3078
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:14:17, Side B: 00:30:13) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Susan Anderson interviews John E. Lapp (a bishop). Another man's voice can be heard on the recording.
According to the documentation: "John E. Lapp: A Bishop Talks About Plain Clothing" ("plain clothing in the Franconia conference," the oldest Mennonite body in the United States). This interview was part of Anderson's research for a paper; see note for SR207.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR209 Sound recording, circa 1981
Rack number: RYQ 3079
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:31:31, Side B: 00:29:56) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Susan Anderson interviews Clarence Kulp on the topic of plain dress. A man named Joe can also be heard on the recording.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR210 Sound recording, May 11, 1983
Rack number: RYQ 3080
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:24:34, Side B: 00:09:42) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Interview with Ruth Dreamdigger (R. Raham, interviewer?).
Side A ends abruptly.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR211 Sound recording, July 2, 1985
Rack number: RYQ 3189
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:30:36, Side B: 00:30:44) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Jenny [Jennie] Kopp Kehr (born 1892), interviewed by H. Griebel. Topics include Kehr's grandfather Leonard Kopp (a potter), and Pennsylvania German song and rhyme.
Another woman is present, and participates in the interview. Side A ends abruptly. Sides A and B were misidentified before digitization, so the file identified as Side B is actually Side A, and vice versa.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR212 Sound recording, July 24, 1985
Rack number: RYQ 3190
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:20:48, Side B: 00:15:17) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
J. Norman Utz (age 82; born 1903, Newmarket, Frederick County, Maryland), interviewed by H. Griebel.
Side A
Interview on his creativity: making violins, painting, writing hymns and poems; his childhood in Frederick County, Maryland.
Side B
Discusses his music, especially religious music; plays accordion and two violins he built.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR213 Sound recording, April 19, 1987
Rack number: RYQ 3191
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:21, Side B: 00:46:27) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Anna (Kerecz) Trescak, Theresa (Kerecz) Algeo, interviewed by Matthew W. Algeo on the subject of "Windisch Catholic Folk Practices in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania." Music unrelated to the interview and collection from 00:35:57 to the end of the recording.
Noted on the documentation (possibly from Algeo): "the quality of this duplication leaves much to be desired."
Engineer's notes: Right channel inactive on Side A, temporarily inactive on Side B. Content volume dips and becomes hard to hear throughout Side A and most of Side B.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR214 Sound recording, February 25, 1992
Rack number: RYQ 3192
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:27:59) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Art Christman's interview of his mother, Sylvia Christman. Subjects include people who were healers, people who believed in healing, the evil eye, and Jewish beliefs.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR215 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3193
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:29:24) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Henry Schwartz family (Geneva, Indiana): English, German, Swiss songs.
Content on SR215 and SR216 is effectively the same.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR216 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3194
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:29:00) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Henry Schwartz family (Geneva, Indiana): English, German, Swiss songs.
See note for SR215.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR217 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3195
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:19:32) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Ora Watson: quilting, tape 2. Tape 1 is SR289.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR218 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3196
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:29:32, Side B: 00:29:22) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Side A
From 00:03:00: Interview with Mrs. L.A. Swanson, of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, on folk medicine. From 00:09:23: the retired Rev. Keeler, of St. John's Lutheran Church, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on faith healing. Continued on Side B.
Side B
Continuation of the interview with Rev. Keeler.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR219 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3197
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:41:46, Side B: 00:25:57) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Interview with Mrs. Walter and Mrs. Elizabeth Janke (pronounced "yon-keez"), of Winburne, Pennsylvania, on folk medicine.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR220 Sound recording, December 1, 1979
Rack number: RYQ 3198
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:44:21, Side B: 00:44:27) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
"Quaker Culture in the Delaware Valley" - a one-day program at Winterthur Museum, Greenville, Delaware. Moderator: Dr. Don Yoder
Side B ends abruptly.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR221 Sound recording, May 10, 1980
Rack number: RYQ 3199
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:30:39, Side B: 00:12:38) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 1 channel, Type I, mono
South Jersey Quaker History Harvest, Mullica Hill, New Jersey. Don Yoder's lecture is followed by a question-and-answer period.
Both sides end abruptly.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR222 Sound recording, April 13, 1981
Rack number: RYQ 3200
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:43:04, Side B: 00:43:05) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture, "Oh, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing: Hymnody in Protestant Faith and Life." This lecture was third in the Spring 1981 Monday evening series at Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Pennsylvania. The series is entitled "Music and Worship: A Variety of Spiritual Experiences.
Side B ends abruptly, during the start of the question-and-answer phase following the lecture. SR223 is a lower-quality copy of this tape.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR223 Sound recording, April 13, 1981
Rack number: RYQ 3201
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:42:45, Side B: 00:42:43) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
See SR222 for the better copy (according to the documentation). SR223 is the "poorer copy - drags" (according to the documentation).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR224 Sound recording, March 8, 1986
Rack number: RYQ 3202
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:44:38) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture to the Pennsylvania Folklore Society, Bucknell, Pennsylvania.
The recording begins abruptly.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR225 Sound recording, March 26, 1988
Rack number: RYQ 3203
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:12:35) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
The recording begins with noise level tests, and about 00:03:00, an unidentified man gives a talk on grave markers in general and ethnic traditions regarding them. The talk is accompanied by sentimental music.
According to the documentation, this should be Don Yoder's lecture on "Pennsylvania German Genealogy" (Seminar I) at LAWGS.
The recording begins with noise level tests.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR226 Sound recording, March 26, 1988
Rack number: RYQ 3204
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:31:18, Side B: 00:15:51) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture on "Pennsylvania German Genealogy." LAWGS Seminar II.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR227 Sound recording, March 26, 1988
Rack number: RYQ 3205
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:45:19, Side B: 00:17:02) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture on "Swiss-German Emigration." LAWGS Seminar III.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR228 Sound recording, April 22, 1995
Rack number: RYQ 3206
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 01:03:40, Side B: 01:03:39) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture on "Methodism and the Pennsylvania Germans."
Audio quality is very low and the speed is variable. The recording of Yoder on Side B ends at 00:03:27. The balance of the recording on that side is unrelated to the collection.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR229 Sound recording, May 5, 2001
Rack number: RYQ 3207
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:23, Side B: 00:46:23) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture on "Quakers in Early Centre County," at the FHA (Friends Historical Association) Spring meeting.
On Side B the lecture is followed by a question-and-answer period.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR230 Sound recording, 2003 or before
Rack number: RYQ 3208
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:45:38, Side B: 00:14:09) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture on "The Reformed Church and Pennsylvania German Culture," at a Pennsylvania college or university. The respondent (on Side B) is Rev. Richard Druckenbrod.
Druckenbrod died in 2003.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR231 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3209
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:59, Side B: 00:16:41) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
An unidentified lecture, given by Don Yoder. Topics include Mennonite meeting houses, Amish clothing, etc. Part of the presentation included a display of images. The lecture is followed by a question-and-answer period. From the documentation: "Don Yoder, #2"
Audio recording levels are very low.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR232 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3210
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:25, Side B: 00:46:14) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
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