"American Speech" Recordings

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

Audio recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers must contact the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], "American Speech" Recordings, A&M 4586, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet 1 folder (1/4 in.)
Creator:
Linguaphone Institute
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], "American Speech" Recordings, A&M 4586, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Three 78 rpm sound recordings on disc of "American Speech" created by Professor Cabell Greet and others for the Linguaphone Institute. Recordings include numbers 65, 74, and 75, which touch on Appalachian accents from Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and Leicester, North Carolina, as well as others outside of Appalachia. Additional material on the full set may be found at William Cabell Greet page of the Discography of Historical Recordings website.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Hazen, Kirk, 2015 August 31.
Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
English language -- Dialects