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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
Sound recording, undated (continued)
According to the tape box, the tape contents focus on American folk hymnody, and is a "demonstration tape (Archie Green)."
Side A
Compilation of songs that were (probably) prerecorded. An unidentified man sings "Wash in that Beautiful Pool" and "The Cowboy's Dream" [?] (to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean").
Side B
Compilation of prerecorded songs (some are sacred harp songs). Program includes "Come, Come Ye Saints" (Mormon song), "Hick's Farewell" (performed by Doc Watson), and "Shall We Gather at the River."
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR052 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46886
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:08:27) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Samuel Meyers is interviewed by his granddaughter on Jewish beliefs and practices. Instances of low audio and audio dropout; the audio cuts off abruptly at the end of the recording.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR053 Sound recording, 1961
Rack number: RAA 46887
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:00:53) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
Interview on Jewish beliefs and practices. First part of audio is absent (a problem from the source recording). Much of the audio volume is low. The interview subject may be Mr. Weiss (from Elizabeth, New Jersey).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR054 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46888
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:32:18, Side B: 00:32:22) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
A compilation of country songs, performed live. Instruments include banjo, guitar, and accordion; some vocals can be heard. Audio cuts off abruptly at the end of the recording on both tape sides.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR055 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46889
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:31:13) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
A compilation of songs, including Harry R. Gwire (?).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR056 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46890
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:34) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
A church service (?), conducted in Pennsylvania German, with songs and spoken- word passages. The audio is sometimes very low, and cuts off abruptly at the end of the recording.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR057 Sound recording, 1961
Rack number: RAA 46891
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:30:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Religious songs in Pennsylvania German. Don Yoder [?] may be heard speaking at intervals. At 00:08:24 Mrs. Allan Baylor [?] sings a table grace. The audio cuts off abruptly at the end of the recording. According to notes accompanying the tape box, John Moyer, Mrs. Gottshall, and Clayton Bixler are on the recording.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR058 Sound recording, July 1951
Rack number: RAA 46892
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:28:01, Side B: 00:28:51) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
2nd Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania; telecast by WEEU radio. Don Yoder gives religious history (including Methodist) of the area; see SR006, Side B. A long screech occurs towards end of recording.
Side B
2nd Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania; telecast by WEEU radio. This seems to be the same recording as SR058, Side A, except with a final announcement.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR059 Sound recording, March 12, 1961
Rack number: RAA 46893
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:33:07) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Clarence Wagner (born January 2, 1879) sings spirituals in Pennsylvania German; there are other voices heard as well. Recorded by Don Yoder in Annville, Pennsylvania. This tape is a copy of the original recording. The audio cuts off abruptly at the end of the recording.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR060 Sound recording, March 10, 1961
Rack number: RAA 46894
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:30:52) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Clarence Wagner (born January 2, 1879) sings revival songs in Pennsylvania German. Don Yoder can be heard in background.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR061 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46895
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:30:13, Side B: 00:27:32) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
Side A
A series of interviews on healing. Steve Diamond (a student at the University of Pennsylvania) interviews several people. An unidentified man is interviewed in person, followed by another unidentified man, Mrs. White, Rev. Best, and Sister Lilah [?]. All but the first person were interviewed by phone. The audio speed seems slow at times.
Side B
A series of interviews on healing. Steve Diamond (a student at the University of Pennsylvania) may have conducted the interviews. Included are Raymond Charles Barker (possibly dubbed from another recording), and a phone interview with an unidentified man.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR062 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46896
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:48:42, Side B: 00:27:59) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
One interview or more on healing; see SR061. Part of this recording may have been dubbed from another recording. Steve Diamond (a student at the University of Pennsylvania) may have conducted the interviews. Included is a phone interview with Bishop Moody. Traffic noise can be heard during the interview. Audio cuts off abruptly at the end of the recordings.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR063 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46897
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:33:13, Side B: 00:26:33) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
Side A
A church service, plus interviews on healing. This recording may have been made over another recording: during very quiet portions a woman can be heard speaking. Steve Diamond (a student at the University of Pennsylvania) conducted the interview of an unidentified man. At 00:27:29 Steve Diamond interviews an unidentified man. 00:30:13-00:32:29 is a silent portion of audio. The recording cuts off abruptly at the end.
Side B
Interview on healing. This recording may have been made over another recording: during very quiet portions a woman can be heard speaking. Steve Diamond (a student at the University of Pennsylvania) conducted the interview with an unidentified woman associated with St. Stephen's (church).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR064 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46898
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:30:03, Side B: 00:30:33) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
Steve Diamond (student, University of Pennsylvania) interviews at least three people about healing and Christian Science. Audio cuts off at the end of the interview.
Side B
Steve Diamond interviews two or more people about faith and healing. The first man is a minister of the Triumph, The Church of the New Age. The second is Dr. Elizabeth Hoff. Following the interviews is a dubbed recording of a church service (probably a radio broadcast).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR065 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46899
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:31:40, Side B: 00:04:25) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
Includes a radio broadcast of a church service, with Rev. Ike. Audio distortion may be a result of the audio levels being too high during the original recording. The audio cuts off before the end of the recording.
Side B
Includes a radio broadcast of a church service.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR066 Sound recording, undated
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: the tape is entirely blank tape (no content). No information available on what the content may have been
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR067 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46901
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:30:21, Side B: 00:20:46) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
Probably a dub of prerecorded music. Problems with the quality of the audio develop towards the end of the recording.
Side B
Probably a dub of prerecorded music. The audio volume is low for approximately the last ten minutes of the recording.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR068 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46902
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:04:25) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Singing, with at least one song is in Pennsylvania German. One song begins "I'm an honest Irish lad." A dub of a wire recording begins at 00:31:33.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR069 Sound recording, July 5-6, 1952
Rack number: RAA 46903
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:29:55, Side B: 00:29:56) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
A program, possibly at a festival. Square dance music, and a man speaking in Pennsylvania German. The recording continues on SR069, Side B. The source recording is cut off at the beginning.
Side B
A man gives a sermon and a prayer in Pennsylvania German. At 00:02:27 Don Yoder introduces part of program on witchcraft (black magic) and powwowing (white magic). At 00:03:34 Aunt Sophia Bailer speaks. The recording continues from SR069, Side A.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR070 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46904
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:23:22) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
A compilation of selections from recorded interviews, possibly by Steve Diamond, with added introductions.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR071 Sound recording, 1979 or before
Rack number: RAA 46905
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:16:54) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 5 in.
African American church service; dubbed from the master recording of the Chapman Family Gospel Record. This copy came from the Center for Southern Folklore, Memphis, Tennessee.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR072 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46906
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:16:31) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 5 in.
An unidentified African American woman recounts religious experiences. The recording includes singing. This tape was dubbed from the master recording of the Chapman Family Gospel Record. This copy came from the Center for Southern Folklore, Memphis, Tennessee.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR073 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46907
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A, part 1: 00:26:23, Side A, part 2: 0:01:14, Side B: 00:20:35) : analog, 3 3/4 ips (Side A, part 1 and Side B) and 7 1/2 ips (Side A, part 2), half track, mono ; 5 in.
Digitization note: six splice points wore out during the transfer. The points were reattached and the transfer was completed.
Side A, part 1
Interview of Rabbi Isaac Forman (originally from Poland; d. 1960), on Jewish beliefs and practices. Following a long audio silence, the recording continues with unrelated content: an unidentified woman sings a section from the song "Getting to Know You," from the musical "The King and I." The same woman (or possibly another) sings; the tape speed slows down considerably.
Side A, part 2
An unidentified woman sings a section from the song "Getting to Know You," from the musical, "The King and I." The playback or the original recording was made at the wrong speed (too fast). This recording overlaps from sr073a_pt1. The same woman (or possibly another) sings the song "Laura."
Side B
Oral memoirs of a [?], Philadelphia; Jewish history.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR074 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46908
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:11:03, Side B: 00:04:30) : analog, 7 1/2 ips (Side A) and 3 3/4 ips (Side B), half track, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
An African American Baptist church service. An unidentified woman announces the slate for the recording. Dub copy of a recording, with distortion from the source tape. The audio cuts off at the end of the recording.
Side B
Possibly music recorded from a radio broadcast. The recording has instances of distortion, and is cut off at the end.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR075 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46909
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:15:19) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
14th annual Pennsylvania Dutch Festival; Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Don Yoder announces the event. An unidentified man and woman speak. At one point the woman speaks about making corn mush. A child recites poetry.
Digitization note: several splices wore out during digitization. Points were reattached and the transfer was completed.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR076 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RAA 46910
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:04:17, Side B: 01:04:10) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Korean shamanic chant.
Side A
Time Summary
00:00:03 Vocal performance by a female singer, with instrument accompaniment (Korean oboe Taepyŏngso, hourglass Korean drum changku)
00:02:31 Performance by a female singer (a shaman). Alternation of vocal narration (chanting) and instrumental performance (small bells pangul, hourglass Korean drum, Korean oboe, cymbal); a part of shaman ritual
00:25:04 Long instrumental introduction (big gong ching, small gongs Kkwaekwari, hourglass drum), alternation of instrumental performance and vocal performance by a female singer (narration in dialect of eastern area and singing: contents—best wish to ancestor for good life)
00:46:35 Alternation of instrumental introduction (hourglass drum, small gongs, and big gong) and vocal ensemble of several female singers
01:00:13 Announcement of a male singer, and singing with hourglass drum and small gongs: songs about what the lights used and means in the harvest festival in the city called Kangwŏn in Korea
Side B
Time Summary
00:00:03 Vocal singing by a female singer, with instruments accompaniment (hourglass drum and big gong)
00:15:55 Vocal chanting by several female singers, with instrument accompaniment (Korean barrel drum puk, big gong)
00:28:54 Buddhist chanting by two male singers in call and response form, accompanied by instruments (wooden idiophone, moktak)
00:50:36 Performance by a female singer: vocal narrative genre (Simchyŏng) with instrumental accompaniment (Korean flute taekŭm, barrel drum)
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR077 Sound recording, April 27, 1979
Rack number: RYJ 4333
Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:13:40) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track, stereo
Recorded at the "Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979. Session A, Part 7 (end of session). Open discussion between symposium participants. Interview with two or three men, possibly including George Carroll, on shape-note singing.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR078 Sound recording, April 28, 1979
Rack number: RYJ 4334
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:28:10, Side B: 00:30:04) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track
Recorded at the "Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979. Symposium recordings continue on SR079-SR081.
Side A
Session B, part 1: "Joshua Leavitt's Christian Lyre and Other Developments of Revival Hymnody in the North," presented by Alan Beuchner. Introduction by William H. Tallmadge. The sound cuts off at the end, and the recording continues on SR078, Side B.
Side B
Session B, part 2 continues from part 1. Conclusion on SR079, Side A.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR079 Sound recording, April 28, 1979
Rack number: RYJ 4335
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:31:00, Side B: 00:30:30) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track
Recorded at the "Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979.
Side A
Session B, part 3. Alan Buechner finishes his talk. The respondent James C. Downey, William Carey College. Problems with the audio set-up occur, after which Dorothy D. Horn gives her paper: "Jackson's White and Negro Spirituals: Thirty-six Years Later." Conclusion on SR79, Side B.
Side B
Session B, part 4. Dorothy D. Horn finishes her presentation. William H. Tallmadge is the respondent. Portia K. Maultsby gives a paper on "Black Spirituals: Black Aesthetic Concept." Ccontinued on SR080, Side A). The audio cuts off at the end.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR080 Sound recording, April 28, 1979
Rack number: RYJ 4336
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:31:11, Side B: 00:30:25) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track
Recorded at the "Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979.
Side A
Session B, part 5: Portia K. Maultsby continues giving her paper, which began on SR079, Side B and concludes on SR080, Side B. The audio cuts off at the end.
Side B
Session B, part 6: Portia K. Maultsby concludes her paper (continued from SR080, Side A). The respondents are Melonee Burnin and Robert Stephens. William Tallmadge presents on "The Black in Jackson's White Spirituals." The audio cuts off at the end.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR081 Sound recording, April 28, 1979
Rack number: RYJ 4337
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