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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)
Sound recording, undated (continued)
The volume begins at a low level.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR142 Sound recording, October 18, 1960
Rack number: RXH 0780
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:05) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Pennsylvania Dutch prayer meeting, United Christian home, in Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Tape #2 (second half of service).
The recording begins abruptly, with the service in progress.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR143 Sound recording, 1947
Rack number: RXF 6776
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:34:01) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
About 00:04:04: Don Yoder's aunts, Hegins, Pennsylvania, 1947, talking and singing, mostly in Pennsylvania German.
About 00:11:09: Prof. J. Raymond Hepler sings and speaks. He is from Durham, NH (also the location for the interview), and formerly of Pitman, Pennsylvania (a native of Mahantongo). This part of the recording is undated.
This tape was submitted by a student for an assignment in Don Yoder's Folklife 550 class.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR144 Sound recording, May 16, 1961
Rack number: RXF 6775
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:21:16, Side B: 00:21:27) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
Interview with Rose B. Green, Mother Ursula; witness of St. Frances Cabrini. The recording was made for Don Yoder's History of Religion in America class. See SR148.
Side B
Content unrelated to the collection: the senior student concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Eugene Ormandy. The recording is undated.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR145 Sound recording, circa 1960s
Rack number: RXH 0784
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:23:37) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Includes part of the radio show "Gospel Time," with Louise Williams (host) and part of a broadcast on WHAT radio (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) with host Mary Mason. This recording was submitted with the Kagan paper for Don Yoder's course "Negro Gospel"
Kagan was probably one of Yoder's students. Rev. Louise Williams Bishop had a gospel radio show for over 49 years, on WDAS radio (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR146 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0782
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:36:23) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
According to the introduction on the recording, this is a "discussion of Hebrew literature and philosophy written since the Bible," recorded by Fran Abrahamer and Barney Guttman, and submitted by a student for one of Don Yoder's classes. The recording was made during a Sunday school class at a synagogue or temple (named but not transcribed).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR147 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0783
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:27:59, Side B: 00:06:28) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Church service, including spoken word and song. Side B is a continuation of Side A.
According to documentation on the tape box, Luther speaks: 1) It's a Negro Way Up to Heaven 2) went on air at 9:00 3) sermon at 9:10. Recorded by Burton L. Belsky, a student in Don Yoder's Religious Thought 522 class.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR148 Sound recording, May 15, 1961
Rack number: RXH 0781
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:17:08, Side B: 00:07:37) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
A recording unrelated to the collection is at the beginning of the recording. Relevant content begins at 00:00:43: an introduction to the subject of the evil eye, then a witness statement in Italian given by a woman who had experienced the effects of the evil eye. This may be the interview with Mrs. Rose B. Green (Mother Ursula); witness of St. Frances Cabrini. The recording was made for Don Yoder's History of Religion in America class. See SR144, Side A.
Side B
Symphonic music, unrelated to the collection. This is the end of the performance by the senior student concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Eugene Ormandy. See SR144, Side B.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR149 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0785
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:31:58, Side B: 00:32:15) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
Interview with Rev. Mary Martin of the Chapel of Truth, The House of Healing. The recording was made by Barbara Agre and Gail Rineberg for one of Don Yoder's classes.
Side B
Dial-a-prayer: examples of faith healing available in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The recordings include Rev. Sarah Jones, pastor of the Philadelphia Evangelistic Center, and an interview on faith healing. The recording level throughout various from very low to higher than normal.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR150 Sound recording, 1969 or before
Rack number: RXH 0786
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:36:08) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Discussion with Mr. Daniel D. Wirt [sic], a member of the Mennonite church, on the background of Amish and Mennonite life. The tape was made by Peter F. Edelman and Alan Solar for Yoder's Religious Theology 523 class. See SR012 for another recording made by them.
Archivist's note: Rev. Daniel D. Wert died in 1969.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR151 Sound recording, February 21, 1960
Rack number: RXH 0787
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:59:01) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Holy Ghost rally. Recorded at the Met by Ronald Cohen and Kenneth Baer, possibly on behalf of Susan Rosbrow, for Don Yoder's Religious Thought 523 class.
Side A
Gospel songs and remarks by Luther Carroll. Pat Adams, and Louis Casebolt
Side B
Sermon by evangelist Louis Casebolt: "Twentieth Century Fanatics"
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR152 Sound recording, 1965 or before
Rack number: RXH 0788
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:49:08) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
"Father Divine" as the subject of a paper or talk.
Recorded by Sidney M. Shenkan and Alan C. Marks, for Don Yoder's Religious Thought 522 [?] class. Reel #2.
Father Divine died in 1965.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR153 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0789
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:28:53) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
An Introduction to Jewish Holidays. Recording prepared by Francine Pelly for Don Yoder. Songs performed variously in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English, compiled from various sources, including cantorial and secular traditions. Holidays mentioned include Rosh Hashanah, Purim, and Passover (Pesach).
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR154 Sound recording, Fall 1971
Rack number: RXH 0790
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A, part 1: 02:01:16, Side A, part 2: 01:57:30, Side B, part 1: 01:59:11, Side B, part 2: 02:00:22) : analog ; 7 in.
Don Yoder's folklife studies lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, tape 1 of 2.
Digitization note: two files were created for each tape side, probably due to the file size limitations at the time they were digitized. The recording for Side B, part 2, begins to speed up around the one-hour mark, suggesting that the recordist changed recording speed during the original capture process. This lasts for about six minutes. The recording begins again about 01:10:18.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR155 Sound recording, Fall 1971
Rack number: RXH 0793
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A, part 1: 01:58:36, Side A, part 2: 01:40:22, Side B: 00:44:08) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Don Yoder's folklife studies lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, tape 2 of 2.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR156 Sound recording, January 31, 1974
Rack number: RXH 0791
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:52:34) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Lecture on American Indian religion and healing given by John Witthoft to Don Yoder's class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Notes on the tape box state Witthoft was a professor of anthropology at West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania. In fact, it was his wife Bonita who taught there. Witthoft taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1966-1986.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR157 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0794
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:15:12) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Interview with G. Gilbert Snyder
George Gilbert Snyder called himself "Die Wunnerhaus," and had a Pennsylvania German radio show on WEEU, Reading, Pennsylvania.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR158 Sound recording, circa 1970
Rack number: RXH 0795
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:24:36, Side B: 01:07:26) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
A compilation of recordings of Doukhobors singing, recorded by Mark Mealing, in British Columbia.
Doukhobors are a Christian religious group of Russian origin. Mark Mealing did his Ph.D. dissertation on Doukhobor hymnody and folklife at the University of Pennsylvania, under Don Yoder's direction. See SR159.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR159 Sound recording, circa 1970
Rack number: RXH 0792
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:33:05, Side B: 00:23:54) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Side A
Doukhobor choral music, recorded by Mark Mealing, until 00:12:22. See notes for SR158. At 00:12:29 Sacred Harp singing begins. This is followed by other forms of Christian song, including African American gospel.
Side B
A compilation of Christian songs from various sources and traditions.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR160 Sound recording, 1981 or before
Rack number: RXF 7462
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:08:51, Side B: 00:08:45) : analog, mono ; 3 in.
Demonstration tape of Ulster dialects, presented by Brendan Adams, dialect archivist at the Ulster Folk Museum (Northern Ireland). Brendan Adams created the tape for Yoder to use in his classes at the University of Pennsylvania.
Archivist's note: Adams died in 1981.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR161 Sound recording, circa 1961
Rack number: RXH 0796
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:40:08) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Pennsylvania German camp (bush) meeting songs, recorded at the Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Don Yoder is the moderator.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR162 Sound recording, undated
Rack number: RXH 0797
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:20:12) : analog, mono ; 7 in.
Pennsylvania German camp (bush) meeting songs, recorded at the Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Don Yoder is the moderator. Performers include Mr. Birkenbusch [spelling unconfirmed], Clarence Kulp, John Moyer, and William Yeakel.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR163 Sound recording, circa 1953-1964
Rack number: RXH 0798
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:00:39, Side B: 01:02:25) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
A Christian radio program, recorded from a broadcast. On Side A, the program was taped over secular popular music, which still can be heard in the last minute of the recording.
Notes on the tape box list secular popular music songs.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR164 Sound recording, 1970
Rack number: RXH 0799
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:27:56, Side B: 00:08:30) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 3 in.
Examples of Doukhobor hymnody, recorded by Mark Mealing.
See SR158 and SR159.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR165 Sound recording, April 27, 1979
Rack number: RYN 3008
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:29:39, Side B: 00:30:07) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track
"Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979. Recorded at session A, parts 1 and 2. See notes for SR078, Side A.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR166 Sound recording, April 27, 1979
Rack number: RYN 3007
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:30:11, Side B: 00:29:03) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track
"Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979. Recorded at session A, parts 3 and 4. See notes for SR078, Side A.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR167 Sound recording, April 27, 1979
Rack number: RYN 3001
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:30:09, Side B: 00:30:24) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track
"Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979. Recorded at session A, parts 5 and 6. See notes for SR078, Side A.
ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR168 Sound recording, April 28, 1979
Rack number: RYN 3002
Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:30:14, Side B: 00:29:53) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track
"Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979. Recorded at session C, parts 1 and 2. See notes for SR078, Side A.
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