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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR261 Sound recording, 1976
Rack number: RYQ 3239
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:20:45, Side B: 00:20:45) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Engineer's notes: extreme channel imbalance throughout both sides, very low level on right channel at end of Side A. Recording stutters throughout Side B.
Side A
Dubs of commercial music, unrelated to the collection.
Side B
Recording made at the Second Pilgrim Baptist Church (location unconfirmed); primarily vocal music, accompanied by organ. See SR290.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR262 Sound recording, 1985
Rack number: RYQ 3240
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 01:00:50, Side B: 00:52:02) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
1985 Hepler reunion. One of Don Yoder's grandmothers was a Hepler family member. This is a recording of activities that took place during the reunion. Don Yoder was a speaker at one of the events.
Engineer's notes: Channel imbalance and tape machine noise throughout both sides. Extreme low level on right channel throughout Side A, inactive on Side B.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR263 Sound recording, 1985
Rack number: RYQ 3241
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 01:01:00, Side B: 00:52:10) : analog, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Hepler reunion (copy). See notes for SR262.
Engineer's note: extreme channel imbalance and tape machine noise throughout both sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR264 Sound recording, August 10-11, 1991
Rack number: RYQ 3242
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:31:46, Side B: 00:07:50) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
1991 Hepler reunion tour.
Engineer's note: channel imbalance throughout both sides. Archivist's note: the volume level becomes very low towards the end of Side B.
Side A (August 10, 1991)
Recording of various events during the reunion: a tour of Lehigh County (led by Don Yoder), a visit to Emmaus Moravian Church, and a visit to Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church (Lower Macungie Township)
Side B (August 10-11, 1991)
A visit to Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church (continued From Side A). Part of the graveside ceremony in Pitman (August 11).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR265 Sound recording, May 11-12, 1993; May 24, 1993
Rack number: RYQ 3243
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:47:03, Side B: 00:33:56) : analog, 2 channels, Type II, stereo
Recording of activities during the Hepler tour 1993, tape 1 (Timothy Shipe, recordist). Don Yoder is a speaker. See notes for SR262.
Engineer's notes: tape machine noise and channel imbalance throughout both sides. Noisy background on both sides.
Side A
Date Summary
May 24 End of trip: last dinner, in Mainz (see SR272 for the first part of the dinner)
May 11 Reichelsheim (only a small fragment was recorded successfully)
May 12 Eberbach
Side B
Date Summary
May 11 Eberbach (continued from Side A)
May 11 Sinsheim
May 11 Schwaigern
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR266 Sound recording, May 12-17, 1993
Rack number: RYQ 3244
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:50, Side B: 00:45:14) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Recording of activities during the Hepler tour, tape 2 (Timothy Shipe, recordist). Don Yoder is a speaker. See notes for SR262.
Engineer's notes: tape machine noise and channel imbalance throughout both sides. Speed fluctuation across both sides.
Side A
Date Summary
May 12 Schwaigern (continued)
May 13 Besigheim
Side B
Date Summary
May 13 Besigheim (continued); Gross-Bottwar; Steinham; Murr; Benningen; Marbach; Stuttgart
May 16 Vaihingen; Sersheim; Horrsheim
May 17 Vaihingen
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR267 Sound recording, May 16-17, 1993
Rack number: RYQ 3245
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:08, Side B: 00:47:08) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type II, stereo
Recording of activities during the Hepler tour, tape 3 (Timothy Shipe, recordist). Don Yoder is a speaker. See notes for SR262.
Engineer's notes: channel imbalance and tape machine noise throughout both sides. Heavy distortion across Side B.
Side A
Date Summary
May 16 Vaihingen; Sersheim; Horheim [sic]
Side B
Date Summary
May 16 Bietigheim-Bissingen
May 17 Vaihingen; Lomersheim; Maulbronn; Bietigheim-Bissingen (lecture in the hotel - beginning
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR268 Sound recording, May 17, 1993
Rack number: RYQ 3246
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:58, Side B: 00:46:58) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Recording of activities during the Hepler tour, tape 4 (Timothy Shipe, recordist). Don Yoder is a speaker. See notes for SR262.
Engineer's notes: tape machine noise throughout both sides. Channel imbalance throughout Side A, gradual imbalance throughout Side B.
Side A
Vaihingen (continued); Lomersheim; Maulbronn; Bietigheim-Bissingen (lecture in the hotel)
Side B
Lecture in the hotel (continued)
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR269 Sound recording, May 17-20, 1993
Rack number: RYQ 3247
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:42, Side B: 00:47:13) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type II, stereo
Recording of activities during the Hepler tour, tape 5 (Timothy Shipe, recordist). Don Yoder is a speaker. See notes for SR262.
Engineer's notes: channel imbalance and tape machine noise throughout both sides. Heavy distortion on Side B.
Side A
Date Summary
May 17 Lecture in the hotel (conclusion)
May 19 Nöttingen
Side B
Date Summary
May 19 Ellmendingen
May 20 Palatinate; London; Anweiler; Aschbach; Kaiserslautern (Roland Paul's lecture at the Institute; conclusion on SR270)
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR270 Sound recording, May 20-21, 1993
Rack number: RYQ 3248
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:47:02, Side B: 00:47:01) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type II, stereo
Recording of activities during the Hepler tour, tape 6 (Timothy Shipe, recordist). Don Yoder is a speaker. See notes for SR262.
Engineer's notes: channel imbalance and tape machine noise throughout both sides. Speed fluctuation ends Side B.
Side A
Date Summary
May 20 Kaiserslautern (continued from SR269; conclusion of Roland Paul's lecture at the Institute); Steinwenden; Kaffeetrinken (afternoon coffee).
Side B
Date Summary
May 20 Steinwenden (conclusion); Kaiserslautern (lecture and reading at the hotel)
May 21 Beginning of trip to Speyer and Freinsheim
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR271 Sound recording, May 21-22, 1993
Rack number: RYQ 3249
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:51, Side B: 00:47:05) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type II, stereo
Hepler tour, tape 7 (Timothy Shipe, recordist). Don Yoder is a speaker. See notes for SR262.
Side A (May 21)
Speyer; Freinsheim.
Side B (May 22)
Western Pfalz; Farm; Schloss Lichtenberg; Grumbach.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR272 Sound recording, May 22-24, 1993
Rack number: RYQ 3250
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:45:31, Side B: 00:46:43) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type II, stereo
Hepler tour, tape 8 (Timothy Shipe, recordist). Don Yoder is a speaker. See notes for SR262.
Engineer's notes: tape machine noise throughout both sides. Channel imbalance throughout Side A, fluctuating imbalance throughout Side B.
Side A
Date Summary
May 22 Herren-Sulzbach; Tiefentaler Mühle; Unter-Jeckenbach (Pfälzer Abend)
Side B
Date Summary
May 22 Unter-Jeckenbach (Pfälzer Abend, continued)
May 24 Mainz - final dinner (conclusion is at the beginning of tape 1)
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR273 Sound recording, April 15, 1976
Rack number: RYQ 3251
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:29:59, Side B: 00:29:59) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Engineer's notes: channel imbalance throughout Side A. Speed fluctuation opens Side B. Sharp volume dip through to end of Side B.
Side A
Bucks County Grass [bluegrass band, recorded live], tape 1, set 1
Side B
From the start to 00:06:06: Bucks County Grass [bluegrass band, recorded live]. From 00:06:16 to the end of the recording: a woman can be heard speaking about embroidery (?), and instructs another woman on using a loom..
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR274 Sound recording, April 15, 1976
Rack number: RYQ 3252
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:12, Side B: 00:41:55) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Bucks County Grass [bluegrass band, recorded live], tape 2, sets 3 and 4
Engineer's note: fluctuating channel imbalance throughout both sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR275 Sound recording, April 16, 1986
Rack number: RYQ 3253
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:33:42, Side B: 00:33:44) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Daniel Womack in concert at the International House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Archivist's note: Side B ends abruptly.
Engineer's note: channel imbalance throughout Side B.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR276 Sound recording, April 6, 1980
Rack number: RYQ 3254
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:47:13, Side B: 00:27:31) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Música de la capilla de la Milagrosa (Easter): songs sung in Spanish during a religious service.
Engineer's notes: channel imbalance throughout both sides. Speed fluctuation during middle of Side B drops left channel through to end.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR277 Sound recording, December 1981
Rack number: RYQ 3255
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:15:55, Side B: 00:14:25) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Tunes from "Hill Country Tunes" - Maggie Holtzberg
Archivist's note: according to Maggie Holtzberg this is probably her own recordings of these fiddle tunes, which include "The Road to Boston" and "Soldier's Joy." She was a student on one of Yoder's classes, which included a study of Pennsylvania traditions. She may have submitted a paper on Samuel Bayard.
Engineer's notes: speed fluctuation at beginning of Side A and end of Side B. Fluctuating channel imbalance throughout both sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR278 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3256
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:12, Side B: 00:47:59) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Don Yoder's lecture on Quaker genealogical research. Before the lecture begins he calls it "lecture number 4." Side B ends at 00:36:43.
Engineer's notes: tape machine noise throughout both sides. Volume on left channel briefly dips. Left channel drops out at end of Side B.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR279 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3257
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:47:21, Side B: 00:12:59) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Vanessa Merlis interviews several people on the subject of amulets.
Engineer's notes: fluctuating channel imbalance, machine noise, and vocal distortion/robotic vocal sounds throughout both sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR280 Sound recording, February 11, 1989
Rack number: RYQ 3258
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:47:37, Side B: 00:47:46) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Interview of an unidentified Quaker woman (born circa 1910), conducted by Anna Morris. The woman was at Woodbrooke Study Center, a Quaker college in Birmingham, England, in the 1930s. The recording on Side B ends abruptly.
Engineer's note: extreme channel imbalance throughout both sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR281 Sound recording, March 9, 2000
Rack number: RYQ 3259
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:46:38, Side B: 00:09:03) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
Em Sterling Zimmerman Zi Leweslauf (Sterling Zimmerman's life story as told by himself). Recited in English.
Engineer's note: channel imbalance and high frequency loss throughout both sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR282 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RYQ 3260
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:28:14) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type I, stereo
An unidentified man asks questions about butchering, ham as a traditional dish at Easter, etc. Interview subjects are Irwin Yoder (Sam Yoder's father), George Yoder (Irwin's brother), and Mr. Reppert. In Pennsylvania German and English. Recorded at Sam Yoder's "place" (probably a farm), in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. From the documentation: Butchering (Yoder-Schlegel-Worley).
Engineer's notes: fluctuating channel imbalance throughout Side A. Side B is blank.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR283 Sound recording, undated
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