Don Yoder collection of tape and disc recordings (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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Series 2: Sound Recordings (continued)

Sound recording, circa 1953-1964 (continued)

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.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR169

Sound recording, April 28, 1979

Rack number: RYN 3005

Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:44:33, Side B: 00:44:14) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track

"Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979. Recorded at session C, parts 3 and 4. See notes for SR078, Side A.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR170

Sound recording, April 28, 1979

Rack number: RYN 3004

Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:42:47, Side B: 00:07:09) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track

"Symposium on Rural Hymnody," hosted by Berea College, April 27-29, 1979. Recorded at session C, parts 5 and 6. See notes for SR078, Side A.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR171

Sound recording, undated

Rack number: RYN 3010

Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:23:27, Side B: 00:22:13) : analog

A compilation of religious and secular songs. Most of the songs on Side 2 seem to be Girl Scout songs sung by girls and women.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR172

Sound recording, 1971

Rack number: RYN 3003

Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:31:20, Side B: 00:26:10) : analog

Unidentified people discuss the evil eye, luck, and other topics, sometimes unrelated to the collection.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR173

Sound recording, undated

Rack number: RYN 3006

Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:37:37, Side B: 00:30:03) : analog

Interview of a man born in Russia in 1910. Subjects include discussion of health, the evil eye, Jewish customs, etc. The interview subjects speaks some Yiddish.

Side B includes the beginning of the interview. Towards the end of Side B there is some talk-back This seems to have been corrected on Side A, which picks up a few seconds after the beginning of the interview. The tape may have been dubbed from a source recording. See notes for SR033.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR174

Sound recording, undated

Rack number: RYN 3009

Extent: 1 sound cassette (Side A: 00:11:52, Side B: 00:36:52) : analog

Side A
A man recites the Lord's Prayer, then sings "Just a Little Talk with Jesus," "You Gotta Move," "You Can't Hide," "He Didn't Have to Do It, But He Did," and "I Had to Run to the City of Rapture."
The first song is performed a cappella, and all others accompanied by a drum.
Side B
African American gospel singing, with a man leading a choir. Songs performed include "You Better Run," "One Morning Soon," "There's a Dark Cloud Rising," "The Storm is Passing Over," and several more songs. Unrelated music can be heard faintly at times, which may be print-through from another track.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR175

Sound recording, July 13, 1972

Rack number: RXI 0229

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:37:44, Side B: 00:15:00) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.

Interview of Henry Cronister by Don Yoder, in Dubois, Pennsylvania. An unidentified woman's voice can be heard, speaking from the background.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR176

Sound recording, May 6, 1973

Rack number: RXI 0230

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:45:45) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.

Zion Reed's Karrich: Deitscher Goddesdinscht

Pennsylvania Dutch church service. The tape box says Zion Reed's Karrich: Deitscher Goddesdinscht. This may be Zion and St. John's (Reed's) Lutheran Church, in Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR177

Sound recording, no later than 1951

Rack number: RXI 0231

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:45:00) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.

Pennsylvania German songs sung by Mrs. Mary Paul, 90 years old, and Mrs. Valeria Gable, both of Hegins. The recordings were made for Don Yoder's Folklife Studies 550 class.

Probably a dubbed recording, copied from another source.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR178

Sound recording, circa July 13, 1962

Rack number: RXI 0232

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:13:35, Side B: 00:14:17) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.

Selections read from the Bhagavad Gita, in Sanskrit (?) and English.

Side A
About 00:09:07 an unrelated segment begins, featuring Don Yoder, an unidentified woman, and Roger (a young boy) speaking.
Side B
A man sings, with some input from Roger. Also, an unidentified woman speaks. Around 12:05 the woman announces the date as circa July 13, 1962.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR179

Sound recording, 1961

Rack number: RXI 0233

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:07:33, Side B: 00:05:33) : analog, 7 1/5 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.

"Dial-a-prayer; how Christian Science heals," presented by Barbara Agre Call Rineberg.

Includes phone recordings of prayers and three people discussing the efficacy of prayer.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR180

Sound recording, May 30, 1999

Rack number: RYQ 3060

Extent: 1 sound cassette (00:24:58) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 channels, Type II, stereo

Kristine Zakarison (speaker): sermon remembering Grandpa Yoder (Fred R. Yoder; died May 16, 1995). The sermon ends with the announcement of hymn #569, "Touch the Earth Lightly." The recording ends with the introduction to the hymn, played on an organ.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR181

Sound recording, undated

Rack number: RAA 65427

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:11:05) : analog, 10 in.

A compilation of vocal and instrumental recordings, some possibly dubbed from commercial recordings.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR182

Sound recording, November 20, 1971

Rack number: RXJ 4972

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:24) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.

Jenny C. Trein is interviewed by Don Yoder, and also recites several poems she has written. At the end of the recording, Trein sings a few verses of "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") in German. She was a folk artist, well-known for making Moravian "putzes" (three-dimensional representations of Jesus's birth). Recorded in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR183

Sound recording, July 15, 1966

Rack number: RXJ 4973

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:02:00) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.

Brief recording of Ora Cronister Yoder (Don Yoder's mother), who reads a newspaper inquiry aloud, then says she wrote to Peg Garrison about the Japanese beetles on the raspberry bushes. Recorded in Devon, Pennsylvania.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR184

Sound recording, undated

Rack number: RXJ 4974

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (01:01:00) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, full track, mono ; 5 in.

Don Yoder and William Woys Weaver interview Mary Thomas about the plain life and related matters. She was an elderly Orthodox Quaker.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR185

Sound recording, December 16, 1970

Rack number: RXJ 4975

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:31:45) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.

Two interviews regarding the evil eye, told by Rose Volta and Julie Martino to Gregg Chapman. Recorded for Don Yoder's Religious Thought 523 class.

Time	Summary
00:00:07	Interview with Mrs. Rose Volta, a practitioner who can remove the maloik (evil eye).
00:25:34	Interview with Mrs. Julie Martino Carlin, about having the maloik (evil eye).

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR186

Sound recording, June 3, 1968

Rack number: RXJ 4976

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:04:16, Side B: 00:59:00) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.

Archivist's note: the family tree and relationships may not be represented accurately in the interview.

Side A
Digitization notes: Side A has dropout from 00:29:49 to 00:30:20, with some shrill sounds. Recording continues on Side B.

Time

Summary

00:00:24

Don Yoder interviews his uncle Will (William F. Yoder), who describes dampfknudel, a type of steamed or otherwise cooked dumpling. He also spoke about schnitzengnipf (?) (another type of dumpling), apple dumplings, bread-making, the oven used, pie-making, the yeast used, sourdough instead of yeast, rye bread, what he ate for breakfast as a boy, how corn was cooked, how corn mush was eaten, when pie was eaten, shoo-fly pie, ribbelkuche (like a sugar pie), schnitz (apple) pie and other kinds of fruit pie, tzivelkuche (onion pie), kasekuche (something like a custard pie), sauerumble pie (something like rhubarb pie), mince pie, apple butter pie, how and where vinegar is made, how cider is made, making other types of wine, elderberries, sweeteners, butchering and the products, scrapple making, difference between scrapple and pawnhals (?), summer sausage and other types of sausage, time of year for butchering, and who did the work.

00:30:23

The interviewee talks about his great-grandmother, who lived with her son-in law George Hepler and her daughter Mary Yoder, his grandfather's sister, in Elder Township; the time Grandfather Yoder borrowed money from George Hepler, story about Peter Mowrer (?), story about Father Stein (?), the Suevians, Nelson and Johnny Stein (grandsons of Father Stein), his grandfather William Yoder, whose son Nathan (1841-1914) was the interviewee's father), the badalia (battalia?), the books his grandfather had, a poem his grandmother recited from a magazine, his grandfather's skills as a handyman, his father's educational history, vocations of other relatives, his grandmother Mary Yoder and her family, her husband Jacob Hepler, the school system in those days, practical jokes in school, punishments meted out to students, a visit from one of his mother's school mates, and singing geography.

Side B
Digitization notes: Recording continues from Side A. Shrill sound at the beginning of the recording. The interviewee speaks both in English and Pennsylvania German. The high-pitched tone occurs again at 00:13:10-00:13:15.

Time	Summary
00:00:13	Possibly reading from a history of families in the northeastern part of Higgins Township.
00:04:13	Story of a Lutheran minister, Daniel Sommer.
00:05:51	A story about a man who froze to death on the way home.
00:08:10	The Church's opinion of drinking.
00:09:14	Story about three men drinking at a barn-raising.
00:10:36	When a minister said Jesus made grape juice.
00:11:59	The preacher dealing with an intemperate man.
00:13:29	Stories about the evangelicals at Higgins: the story about the testimony meeting
00:14:50	Camp meetings.
00:17:25	Memories of William Hepler.
00:17:48	Stories about the Lutherans and the Reformed at Frieden's Church; how they got along.
00:20:33	Bar room fight over a church matter.
00:23:08	Story of Sal Groh (?), a girl who was a member of the community having children out of wedlock.
00:25:03	Story of land owned by Reading Coal and Iron Company, and the improvements it required (a possession house).
00:26:44	Story about Kessler, an old man who made a comment about the name "Frieden's Kierke."
00:27:36	Story about Daniel Sommer (?).
00:28:14	Story about Michael Wolfgang (?), a gunsmith.
00:29:14	Hermits and eccentric people.
00:29:47	Tobacco chewing in church.
00:30:19	Uncle Will's grandmother (Brigitta) was Lutheran; her religious life and activities.
00:31:17	His grandmother spinning, knitting, dyeing wool..
00:32:20	The girls spinning; husking bees, Sunday school picnics, camp meetings, etc., and other activities for young people, often leading to marriage.
00:33:56	Santa Claus; the person who acted as Santa Claus, the costume, etc.; Christmas gifts, Christmas trees, the Pennsylvania Dutch custom of two Christmas Days (the day of and the day after); games on second Christmas Day, shooting on New Year's Day, other New Year's traditions.
00:38:12	Pinkschte [sic] (Pentacost) not celebrated in Uncle Will's home; Ascension Day, fishing on Ascension Day; St. Patrick's Day was not celebrated, hanging horseshoes.
00:40:10	Special days for planting, using the almanac,
00:40:58	Appropriate time for shingling a roof; heavens ruling the earth, unseen spirits.
00:41:44	Angels, the devil; the fate of a person who died who was not of the faithful.
00:43:07	The phrase "the devil take you," expressions for cursing, etc.
00:46:05	The time Uncle Will played Euchre (a card game) in college, and said a curse in Pennsylvania German; when a religious man later rebuked him for using a certain curse.
00:48:49	Story about an intellectually diminished man who "got religion" and was asked to confess to his sins in public. The public confession of another man.
00:53:25	When Oliver Kirshner (who was the Lutheran minister at Higgins) wanted to wear a robe when in the pulpit.
00:54:43	Story about a family who lived in one of the "possession houses."
00:56:12	Story about a boy he knew when he was at Westchester Normal School, who was one of the "plain clothes" people, regarding baptism.
00:56:51	Story about how the Reformed Mennonites got started.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR187

Sound recording, November 9, 1966

Rack number: RXJ 4977

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:06:46) : analog ; 5 in.

Recorded by (?) Zenzinger.

Time	Summary
00:00:04	A woman sings in Pennsylvania German, with piano accompaniment, before an audience. The beginning of the song is cut off.
00:02:05	The woman speaks with a man, in Pennsylvania German.
00:02:21	A woman sings another song in Pennsylvania German, with piano accompaniment.
00:04:27	A man (a moderator, possibly Don Yoder) speaks in English, and invites questions from the audience. One man asks a question, and the singer responds. The moderator names a book that will be for sale.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR188

Sound recording, undated

Rack number: RXJ 4978

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:15:15) : analog ; 5 in.

Milton Kuhns speaks in Pennsylvania German (possibly reading from a text), and also sings songs in Pennsylvania German, with piano accompaniment.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR189

Sound recording, May 12, 1978

Rack number: RXJ 4979

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 01:35:22, Side B: 00:06:30) : analog ; 5 in.

The date is announced on Side B, and may be the same date for Side A.

Side A
Don Yoder provides guidance for William Woys Weaver, who interviews H. Carl Weaver speaking about barn-building, especially particular dialect words, as he is make a dictionary. Weaver also talks about other farm-related topics, school, etc. Yoder also participates in the interview process. Recording made at H. Carl Weaver's house, RD 1, Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
Side B
William Weaver interviews Mary Larkin Thomas at her home in Westchester, Pennsylvania, on various topics.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR190

Sound recording, undated

Rack number: RXJ 4980

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side A: 00:02:39, Side B: 00:02:39) : analog ; 5 in.

On both tape sides, an unidentified man delivers a sermon (?) in Pennsylvania German, with some English. Both tape sides end abruptly.

ITEM-ID AFC 2003/051: SR191

Sound recording, January 20, 1978

Rack number: RXJ 4981

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:16:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 5 in.

Don Yoder collection of tape and disc recordings

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