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Vrba [a poem]

Access: 
By Request
Primary Languages: 
Czech
Languages: 
Czech
Locations: 
Czech Republic
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master is the tape copy sent from Harvard University (on seven-inch reel); wound off onto a hub by JJT on 5/18/82. The original recording was probably done live at Harvard.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

Three songs from the play Těžká Barbora

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Primary Languages: 
Czech
Languages: 
Czech
Locations: 
Czech Republic
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Unnamed performers sing “Holduj tanci, pohybu”, “Konšelská”, and “Tragédie vodníkova”.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master is the tape (on seven-inch reel) sent from Harvard University; wound off onto a hub by JJT, 5/18/82. The Harvard tape was apparently dubbed from an (unidentified) Czech phonograph record.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

A treasury of French Renaissance lyric

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By Request
Subject Languages: 
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Languages: 
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Locations: 
France
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Thirty-two classic poems such as “Chant de mai et de vertu”, “France, mère des arts”, “Comme on voit sur la branche”, “Quand vous serez bien vieille”, “Il faut laisser maisons et vergers”, etc.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master is a dub made from phonograph record(s) in the old Lab in 1962 and wound off onto a hub by JJT on 7/8/74.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

German: a structural approach [first edition?]

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By Request
Subject Languages: 
German
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
German
English
Locations: 
Germany
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Pronunciation; Lessons 1-13
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

Spoken Greek

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Subject Languages: 
Modern Greek (1453-)
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Modern Greek (1453-)
English
Locations: 
Greece
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Units 1-12
Collection Technical Notes: 
Phonograph records were produced by Holt (in 1946) apparently from the originals copyrighted by the Linguistic Society of America in 1945. Note: the names of the authors are not on the discs, but are supplied from the notes of N.A. McQuown. The accompanying texts and other recordings are referenced elsewhere in this catalog.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

Icelandic: Text, paradigms and sentences

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Subject Languages: 
Icelandic
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Icelandic
English
Locations: 
Iceland
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
In a recording made c. 1960 on the U. of C. campus, an unnamed native speaker (male) first reads a text in Icelandic, then supplies verb paradigms and sentences on the prompting of Eric Hamp and Norman McQuown.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master may be either the live recording or a copy. The WAVE file has been converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

Marathi (Peace Corps)

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Subject Languages: 
Marathi
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
Marathi
English
Locations: 
India
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Various native speakers (male and female) voice texts specifically written for the Peace Corps training program given at the University of Chicago in the fall and winter of 1966-67: Dialogs, Pattern Drills, Review Conversations, Rhymes, Songs, Texts and Skits.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tapes are studio recordings done at the Language Laboratory in 1966-67. Dittoed hand-outs made for the course served as the recording scripts, which have been bound into book (q.v.). (Unreviewed) WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

Southern Sierra Miwok: Vocabulary and narrative (Berkeley)

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Subject Languages: 
Southern Sierra Miwok
Languages: 
Southern Sierra Miwok
Locations: 
United States
California
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Sarah Broadbent interviews three (or four?) male native speakers, eiliciting both connected narratives and whole phrases in Southern Sierra Miwok. (No date is given for the original recordings, and no text of the recordings was provided to the LLA.)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Three tapes (No. 2 was never included in the set) are the copies sent from the Language Laboratory of the U. of C., Berkeley. (Gift of Howard Berman to the LLA on 10/9/80). Broadbent’s full name is given in a letter from Berman dated 22 August 1986. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

Coast (Bodega) Miwok: Vocabulary (Berkeley, 1960)

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Subject Languages: 
Lake Miwok
Languages: 
Lake Miwok
Coast Miwok
Locations: 
United States
California
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Catherine Callaghan, speaking English, reads a list of vocabulary to a Mrs. Ballard, who supplies the Miwok equivalents (usually pronounced twice). The dates given on the tape are: 4 June, 8 June and 9 June 1960.)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master is the copy sent from the Language Laboratory of the U. of C., Berkeley. (Gift of Howard Berman to the LLA on 10/9/80). Callaghan’s full name is given in a letter from Berman dated 22 August 1986. WAVE file is converted to an MP3.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]

Northern Sierra Miwok: Vocabulary (Berkeley)

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Subject Languages: 
Northern Sierra Miwok
Languages: 
Northern Sierra Miwok
Locations: 
United States
California
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Callaghan evokes from a native speaker (female) the Miwok equivalents for the English words and phrases. (The original recordings were made in 1960.)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Masters are the copies sent from the Language Laboratory of the U. of C., Berkeley. (Gift of Howard Berman to the LLA on 10/9/80). Callaghan’s full name is given in a letter from Berman dated 22 August 1986. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
[unnamed]