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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
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
Side A
From the start to 00:07:43, two men speak about an election, a union, affiliation, etc. From 00:07:47, Don Yoder speaks about Centre Valley Quakerism to an unidentified audience. Continued on Side B.
Side B
Conclusion of the lecture begun on Side A, ending at 00:37:50. Side B ends with unrelated print-through at a very low volume.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR233 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3211
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:45:56, Side B: 00:29:16) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture at Universitat Mainz, in Mainz, Germany.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR234 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3212
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:48:29) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture on Quaker and Pennsylvania German genealogical research and finding ancestor's in Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley, to an audience in New Jersey.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR235 Sound recording, January 31, 1974
Rack number: RYQ 3213
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:52, Side B: 00:47:16) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
John Witthoft's lecture on "American Indian Folk Medicine," tape 1.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR236 Sound recording, January 31, 1974
Rack number: RYQ 3214
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:18:43) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
John Witthoft's lecture on "American Indian Folk Medicine," tape 2.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR237 Sound recording, March 21, 1975
Rack number: RYQ 3215
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:45:37, Side B: 00:43:52) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Lecture by Baba Ram Dass, at the University of Pennsylvania Museum auditorium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Side A: relevant content begins at 00:02:04. Recording levels begin exceptionally low, and increase only slightly over the course of both tape sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR238 Sound recording, June 17, 1980
Rack number: RYQ 3216
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:13, Side B: 00:43:43) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
This tape appears to be a compilation from various sources.
From the documentation: "L'Equipe de bon Vieux Temps" (Yvonne L. Lagasse). Lowell, Massachusetts. Copy of a sound reel.
Side A
A woman sings a cappella in French. This ends at 00:16:12. At 00:16:13, a group sings in French, with piano accompaniment, followed by a man who sings in French, also with piano accompaniment, etc.
Side B
Continued from Side A: songs in French, with piano accompaniment. At 00:30:45 a man interviews a woman; this part of the recording begins with the interview already in progress. The woman speaks in English and sings in French. The recording cuts off abruptly.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR239 Sound recording, October 17, 1981
Rack number: RYQ 3217
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:58, Side B: 00:33:59) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Recorded at the Pennsylvania Historical Association's 50th annual meeting. The recording includes Donald B. Kelley's lecture on "Quaker Ecology"
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR240 Sound recording, April 22, 1982
Rack number: RYQ 3218
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:46:02) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Two presentations in Don Yoder's Folklore 622 class: one by Peter Lowry and one by Glenn Hinson. Includes recorded samples of songs, as part of the presentations.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR241 Sound recording, October 19, 1982
Rack number: RYQ 3219
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:49, Side B: 00:28:52) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Scott Swank's lecture on "Pennsylvania German Architecture and Furniture," for the Chester County Historical Society. From 00:19:00 to the end on Side B, there is content unrelated to the collection.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR242 Sound recording, March 18, 1991
Rack number: RYQ 3220
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:34:10, Side B: 00:14:13) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Richard Druckenbrod: "Kurzweil unn [sic] Zeitverdreib." This appears to be a sermon, in Pennsylvania German.
Archivist's note: "Kurzweil und Zeitverdreib" means "entertainment and pastime."
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR243 Sound recording, August 17, 2005
Rack number: RYQ 3221
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:24:55, Side B: 00:28:09) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
From the documentation, this should be "Conversations with Dot Fry." However, both tape sides contain instrumental and vocal music, without an apparent relationship to the collection.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR244 Sound recording, August 17, 2005
Rack number: RYQ 3222
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:30:15, Side B: 00:30:14) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Dialogues with Dot Fry, in Pennsylvania German.
Archivist's note: Dot Fry was a Pennsylvania German storyteller and teacher. This interview may have been conducted by C. Richard Beam, who interviewed her at length and co-edited the interviews, which were published in 2014.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR245 Sound recording, October 24 and 31
Rack number: RYQ 3223
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:55:03, Side B: 00:43:14) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
A recording of Don Yoder's Folklife 550 class.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR246 Sound recording, circa 1986
Rack number: RYQ 3224
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:45:59, Side B: 00:46:04) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture on Pennsylvania German history and genealogy research, given in North Carolina as part of the FCGS German Workshop 2. This is tape 1; the lecture continues on SR247.
Engineer's note: fluctuating channel imbalance and high frequency loss throughout both sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR247 Sound recording, circa 1986
Rack number: RYQ 3225
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:34, Side B: 00:46:57) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
FCGS German Workshop 2, tape 2. Continued from SR246; continued on SR248.
Engineer's note: channel imbalance throughout both sides. Flutter and wow found on Side B.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR248 Sound recording, circa 1986
Rack number: RYQ 3226
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:01, Side B: 00:19:22) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
FCGS German Workshop 2, tape 3. Conclusion of Yoder's lecture and a question-and-answer period. The event continues from SR247; continued on SR249.
Engineer's note: fluctuating channel imbalance throughout Side A, steady imbalance throughout Side B.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR249 Sound recording, circa 1986
Rack number: RYQ 3227
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