11. [United States, Maine and Rhode Island, 1956] (9:56:44)

Date:
1956
Main contributors:
Dorson, Richard M. (Richard Mercer), 1916-1981
Summary:
The information presented here about each recording in this collection comes from original documentation by the collector. This collection of historical material may contain material that will be offensive to some listeners. Patrons should contact atmusic@indiana.edu for assistance in getting further access to these recordings.

12. [Hungary, Budapest, 2007 - 2009] (29:51:47)

Date:
2009
Main contributors:
Dov-ber Kerler and Jeff Veidlinger
Summary:
The collection consists of linguistic and oral history interviews conducted in Yiddish in Budapest in 2006-2009 as part of the Archive of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memory (AHEYM) Project.

14. [United States, Indiana, Bloomington, 1979] (1:32:39)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
Euba, Akin, 1935-2020
Summary:
Two lectures given by Nigerian composer and ethnomusicologist Akin Euba on traditional and modern Nigerian music. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note that collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

15. [United States, Indiana, Bloomington, 2002] (1:02:31)

Date:
2002
Main contributors:
Haas, Colleen M., 1961-
Summary:
Performances of traditional music derived from the cultural traditions of the Akan and Ga people within various regions in Ghana. Includes a Kete song that is a traditional part of the regalia of Akan royalty, and an example of an Otofo puberty song, Sa yo le, of the Ga-Adagme of Ghana. Songs in the latter style are often heard at graduation ceremonies, including those at boarding schools. Song presentations were based on Haas's work with her Ghanaian teacher, Sowah Mensah.

16. [United States, Middle Atlantic States, 1938] (19:17:51)

Date:
1938
Main contributors:
Halpert, Herbert.
Summary:
A large collection of Anglo-American songs including ballads, Child ballads, children's game songs, play-party songs, bawdy songs, sea shanties, sailor's songs, local songs, historical songs, Civil and Revolutionary war songs, raftman's songs, lumbering and hauling songs, railroad songs, wainwright's songs, and white spirituals. The information presented here about each recording in this collection comes from original documentation by the collector/depositor, Herbert Halpert. Additions by archival staff for clarity are framed in brackets [ ]. The Archives of Traditional Music makes these recordings available for historical and cultural research and users should be aware that any archival collection may contain material that they find offensive.

18. [Hungary, Hadju-Bihar, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Debrecen, Vaja; Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Hungarians... (9:37:54)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include family anecdotes, religious education, Hasidic songs, prewar life in Rohod, non-Jewish Yiddish speakers, Passover celebrations, food customs, Purim spiels, life during World War II, forced labor, imprisonment in Mauthausen, Jewish weddings, birth customs, cultural terminology, gefilte fish, Hungarian songs, memorialization, relations with non-Jews, tour of the former Jewish neighborhood in Debrecen, liberation by the Brtitish Army, tour of the Nyíregyháza synagogue, prewar religious life at the Debrecen synagogue, blessings and prayers, contemporary religious life. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

19. [Hungary, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Vaja; Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Hungarians; Interviews, 2006, 2008] (2:50:41)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include childood memories, including memories of family members and family life, yeshiva education, daily study routine, prewar religious life in Vaja, life in Vaja after graduation, prewar praying customs, purim celebrations, Passover celebrations, traditional weddings, cooking, Rosh Hashanah, healing customs, and prewar Sukkot celebrations; experiences as a forced laborer during World War II, Jewish life after the war, life today, regional geography, and a visit to Auschwitz. Includes responses to questions about cultural terminology, singing of Yiddish songs, chanted prayers, recitation of the beginning of the Four Questions, and Purim shpiels. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

20. [Moldova, Bălți; Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Moldovans; Interviews, 2005] (9:16:27)

Date:
2005
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include prewar Jewish life in Pervomaiscoe, family anecdotes, childhood memories, life during World War II, poetry translation, holiday celebrations, linguistic and dialectological discussion of the Yiddish language, relations with non-Jews, life in the Soviet period, Jewish occupations, childhood games, evacuation during World War II, food customs, Yiddish theater, Yiddish songs, folk remedies, postwar Jewish life, prewar antisemitism, koshering meat, Purim celebrations, tour of the former Jewish neighborhood in Bălți, imprisonment in the Vertiujeni concentration camp, cultural terminology, Jewish weddings, non-Jewish Yiddish speakers, Yiddish sayings. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.