<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/229794">A&amp;M 4586</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>"American Speech" Recordings.  <num>A&amp;M 4586</num></titleproper><author>Devon Lewars</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2024/04/04</date></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-08-30 08:16:19 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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      <persname authfilenumber="https://lccn.loc.gov/no94010528" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Linguaphone Institute</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.02 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 folder (1/4 in.)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1927/1928" type="inclusive">1927-1928</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_b07c1efa1150edc7c6710c98cd725b56">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/</physloc>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>Audio recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers must contact the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Hazen, Kirk, 2015 August 31.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], "American Speech" Recordings, A&amp;M 4586, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>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 <a href="https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/101997/Greet_William_Cabell" target="_blank">William Cabell Greet</a> page of the Discography of Historical Recordings website.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright" target="_blank">Permissions and Copyright page</a> on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043501" source="lcsh">English language -- Dialects</subject>
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