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American Dialect Society Collection

AFC 1984/011


Compiled by Stephanie A. Hall, Rachel I. Howard, Francesca McLean,
John Vallier, and Ross Gersten
Revised by Marcia K. Segal

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American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

January 2002

Encoded by Judy Ng, June 2006

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af006002

Latest revision: November 2004


Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Scope and Content

Administrative History

Subjects

Locations

Interviewers

Recordists

Administrative Information

Access

Acquisition

Preferred Citation

Collection Concordance by Format

Container List

Series I: Manuscripts

Administrative Files
Project Correspondence
Phonetic Transcriptions
Original Disc Sleeves
Photocopies of Disc Sleeves
Narrative Transcriptions
Subject Cards
Index Cards
Tape Contents, Publications, and Reports
Presentation Events

Series II: Sound Recordings

Series III: Graphic Images

Series IV: Electronic Media

Appendix A: Audio Disc Recordings By Format

Appendix B: Locations

Appendix C: Informant Names

Appendix D: Glossary of Abbreviations, Selected Names, and Terms Found in the Collection

Appendix E: Selected Bibliography


Collection Summary

Collection Number: AFC 1984/011
Title: American Dialect Society Collection (a.k.a. The Hanley Collection; The Hanley Discs)
Inclusive Dates: 1931-1937
Repository: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Extent (original): 28 boxes; 24 linear feet; 2,660 items (includes 892 recordings, 1,766 pages of manuscript materials, 2 graphic images, and 1 zip disk)
Creator: American Dialect Society
Languages: English dialects, French, Hebrew, Hidatsa (Native American), Passamaquoddy (Native American), Sea Island Creole dialect, and Zulu
Abstract: The American Dialect Society Collection contains field recordings of samples of regional American speech intended for the Linguistic Atlas of New England (LANE) and the Dictonary of American Regional English (DARE), as well as related materials. The recordings were used for teaching linguistics and for linguistic research.

Subjects

See Appendix B and Appendix C for a full listing of locations and informant names. An asterisk indicates that the name is not in the LC Name Authority File.

Agriculture
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Amusements
Decorative arts
English language--Dialects
English language--Provincialisms
Economic conditions
Education
Emigration and immigration
Entertaining
Farm life
Folklore
Folk songs
Foodways
Games
Genealogies
History
Holidays
Industries
Legends
Manners and customs
Material culture
Occupations
Personal narratives
Political customs and rites
Popular culture
Recipes
Religious life and customs
Rites and ceremonies
Rural conditions
Seafaring life
Slavery
Social conditions
Social life and customs
Songs and music
Storytelling
Tales
Weather

Locations

Atlantic Coast (North America)
Canada, Eastern
East (U.S.)
New England

Interviewers

Bloch, Bernard, 1907-1965.
Chapallaz, Marguerite
Daddow, Jane E.
Hanley, Miles L.
Hill, Archibald A.
Lowman, Guy Sumner, 1909-1941

Recordists

Caffee
Chapallaz, Marguerite
Garwick, Walter C.
Hunt, F. V.
Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948
Stone, Robert L.
Turner, Lorenzo Dow

Administrative Information

Access

Listening and viewing access to the collection is unrestricted. While the American Folklife Center is the custodial division for this collection, the original sound recordings are stored in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (hereafter M/B/RS), Library of Congress. Reference copies of sound recordings are available in analog and digitized forms (WAV and mp3 formats) through the Folklife Reading Room. Consult a reference librarian in the Folklife Reading Room for specific information.

Information about the collection materials (compiled by Clare O'Leary and Katherine Langdon) that was in the Folklife Center's AskSam database was migrated into an Access database by Rachel I. Howard. The Access database contains entries for those sound recordings and manuscripts that were digitized as part of the Save Our Sounds project. This database includes a short log for each recording, information incised on discs, interpolations of notes on disc sleeves, and background information on some of the recordings. John Vallier corrected mistakes that were originally entered into AskSam and updated the Access database with transcription information. This updated database is now available in the Folklife Reading Room.

Restrictions may apply concerning the use, duplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Folklife Reading Room for specific information. To order audio reproductions, please refer to http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/folkrec.html.

A selection of audio recordings from the American Dialect Society Collection is incorporated into the American Memory online presentation, "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories" at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml/vfshome.html.

Acquisition

The American Dialect Society Collection (also referred to as the ADS Collection), includes disc recordings, typed transcriptions, and other documentation related to research for the Linguistic Atlas of New England, was donated to the Library of Congress on December 28, 1984, by the American Dialect Society. The collection originally included a number of duplicate discs, which were subsequently given to the Linguistic Archives at the University of Georgia, Athens. In cases where the original discs were missing from those donated to the Library, duplicated copies of those discs have been retained. In 1989 a tape comprising copies of some of the discs made by Frederic Cassidy, including seventeen recordings missing from the collection, were located among a separate collection of recordings loaned to the Library for duplication by the former president of the American Dialect Society, Raven I. McDavid. This tape has been added to the collection.

After the collection was donated to the Library in 1984, AFC reference librarian Gerald E. Parsons worked with linguists Katherine Langdon and Clare O'Leary to listen to each of the discs, provide a quality review, and prepare a database describing the content of each recording. In addition, the collection was arranged, described, and prepared for preservation duplication by Ross Gersten, Stephanie A. Hall, Francesca McLean, and John Vallier. In 2003-2004, Marcia K. Segal directed digitization work on the sound recordings, and finalized the collection guide. On July 7, 2000, the Save America's Treasures program jointly awarded the American Folklife Center (Library of Congress) and the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (Smithsonian Institution) a $750,000 grant to save sound recordings and related materials (in other formats) in danger of being lost through physical deterioration. This program funded the Save Our Sounds project. The American Folklife Center selected several of its own collections for inclusion in the Save Our Sounds Project, including the American Dialect Society Collection. The digitization process was not exhaustive, due to the small quantity of materials in the collection. Only the audio disc recordings were digitized, because it was determined that ADS Collection recordings on the 10-inch preservation tape, formerly believed to be unique in the collection, existed in disc form (and thus an earlier generation) in the collection.

Preferred Citation

American Dialect Society Collection, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content

The recordings in the American Dialect Society Collection consist of 891 audio discs (both originals and duplicates made from originals, which replaced absent originals). 466 duplicate discs were subsequently delivered to the Linguistic Archives at the University of Georgia, Athens; AFC retained the original discs from which these were recordings were made. The 891 discs kept by AFC include aluminum-based acetate discs, plastic discs, and 12 shellac pressings made from the original recordings. In some cases the original disc no longer exists and so the copy is the only source for the recording. In addition there is one tape copy of eighteen discs duplicated in 1972 by Frederic Cassidy at the University of Wisconsin.

Notes found on the disc sleeves were written by various individuals at different times. For example, they were written by interviewers and recordists when the recordings were made, shortly afterwards by researchers for the Linguistic Atlas of New England (LANE) project, and by researchers for the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE). Some of these notes are marked with initials and dates; others are not. The card indexes, disc inventories, and transcripts were made by students under the direction of Miles Hanley, at the University of Wisconsin, during the 1940s. Because of Hanley's involvement, the collection is sometimes referred to as the "Hanley collection" or "the Hanley discs." Manuscript materials include documents produced during acquisition of the collection for demonstrations and presentation events (when the collection was formally given to the American Folklife Center), as well as material produced during the processing of the collection, and theses and articles related to the collection.

The American Dialect Society recordings were made between 1931 and 1937. In the early 1930s the Society began a long-term project to document the regional variation of American speech: The Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada. The first published result of the project, the Linguistic Atlas of New England (LANE), was published in three volumes between 1939 and 1944. Fieldworkers for the LANE project interviewed people in New England, and documented their speech with written phonetic transcriptions. Hans Kurath, director of the project and editor of LANE, suggested that fieldworkers make audio recordings of informants, in addition to the written transcriptions. Miles L. Hanley, associate director for LANE, developed a system for recording sound on aluminum discs, which used several automobile batteries as a power source. With this disc-cutting machine in the back of his car, he traveled through New England, making recordings of many LANE informants. Later, other fieldworkers followed Hanley's practice and used recording equipment to gather information from informants from various regions as well as New England.

Although the recordings the fieldworkers made were originally intended as supporting data for the Linguistic Atlas of New England, they were never used in this way. The recordings were used for teaching linguistics and for linguistic research. In the 1970s they provided material for the Dictionary of American Regional English, the first volume of which was published in 1985.

Persons recorded include informants, fieldworkers, and staff members for the LANE project. Many other individuals volunteered to have their speech documented by the dialectologists. Since the scholars were interested in a comprehensive dialect study of all of North America, they recorded speakers from all regions as opportunities arose. They recorded a few foreign-born speakers as well.

The recordings are predominantly interviews with native New Englanders, most of whom were elderly. As Margaret Waterman (see Appendix C ) has pointed out, these interviews provide a record of the speech, attitudes, and lives of people born in the 1840s and 50s. Other speakers include scholars and those whose dialect or language proved interesting to the collectors. The collectors also recorded their own voices, as they felt their dialects might influence the collection and analysis of the dialects of others. Among the famous persons recorded are actor/author Alistair Cooke, romance philologist Charles H. Grandgent, folklorists John Lomax and Alan Lomax, linguist Edward Sapir, and psychologist B.F. Skinner. Languages other than English on the recordings include French, German, Hebrew, Hidatsa, Passamaquoddy, and Zulu. The Gullah dialect is documented as well. Of particular interest are the fifteen interviews with former slaves, and the fifty-five recordings of storyteller Joshua Alley of Jonesport, Maine. Most of the recordings are spoken-word narratives or interviews, although there are a few recordings of songs. Informants were asked about their ancestry, so a good deal of genealogical information is preserved on the recordings. People also talked about their daily lives and their childhood memories, gave recipes, and described work and play activities. In addition, informants also shared personal-experience stories, legends, and traditional tales.

Five fieldworkers made sound recordings in connection with Linguistic Atlas of New England: Bernard Bloch, Marguerite Chapallaz, Miles L. Hanley, Archibald A. Hill, and Guy S. Lowman Jr. Other collectors contributed recordings, disc copies, and/or assisted LANE collectors in making recordings in their regions: For example, Walter C. Garwick contributed the recordings made at Berea College, John Lomax contributed two discs of black work songs, and Lorenzo Turner assisted in the making of the recordings of Gullah dialect.

Some discs were not marked with the collectors' initials, or the collectors' information on the discs is incomplete. For this reason, other LANE staff members who made recordings or participated in interviews did not receive credit on the discs or disc sleeves. Hans Kurath, in particular, almost certainly participated in many of the recording sessions. Many of the unsigned notes in or on the disc sleeves are thought to be his. Notes on discs and disc sleeves show that "J. D." made recordings with Marguerite Chapallaz. This was Jane E. Daddow, a student of Hans Kurath. Contributing to the confusion as to the identity of the collectors is that the recordist and the interviewer were not always the same person. In addition to the researchers already mentioned, Robert L. Stone served as recordist for many interviews. Notes on the discs and disc jackets attribute some recordings to "Caffee" and "A. R. M.," who were probably recordists. The full names of these individuals are not given in the collection materials. See Appendix D for a detailed list of these and other abbreviations in the collection

The Selected Bibliography (see Appendix E ) includes articles and other publications regarding the genesis and work of the American Dialect Society, including DARE and LANE.

Administrative History

The American Dialect Society was founded in 1889 for the study of the English language in North America, and other languages and their dialects of other languages as they relate to North American English. The Society produces the journal American Speech, and related monographs, holds annual and regional meetings, and sponsors the Dictionary of American Regional English. From 1889-1939, it published the journal Dialect Notes. The Society's web site is located at http://www.americandialect.org. Individual interviewers and recordists are listed in Appendix C.

Collection Concordance by Format

Quantity Physical Extent (original) Location Item Numbers
Manuscript Materials
219foldersAFCMS001-218
Sound Recordings
(See also Appendix A )
891audio discs (originals and copies)M/B/R/SAFS 24468-26016
110-inch reel tape (preservation)M/B/RSAFS 28438 (RWC 5793-94), AFS 25441 (RWC 5794)
110-inch reel tape (original)M/B/RSRWA 8547
7810-inch reel tapes (preservation)M/B/RSAFS 24468-25767
747-inch reel tapes (reference)AFCAFS 24468-25767
1audiocassetteAFCSR01; Box 28
Electronic Media
1zip diskAFCBox 1

Container List

CONTAINERCONTENTS

Series I: Manuscripts

Administrative Files
BOX 1
FOLDER 1Collection Guide, 2004.
FOLDER 2Administrative, 1983-1993.
Deed of Gift and related manuscripts.
FOLDER 3Administrative, 1979-1990, n.d.
Correspondence.
FOLDER 4Contract Information.
Empty. See case file for related manuscripts.
FOLDER 5Preliminary Inventory, 1983, n.d.
Field inventory and related manuscripts.
FOLDER 6Research Aids, ca. 1987.
Related finding aids.
FOLDER 7Reference Queries/Replies, 1985-1991.
After review by reference staff, the contents of this file, comprising correspondence to and from American Folklife Center reference staff, have been removed.
FOLDER 8Contract Linguist's Lists, 1987, n.d.
Research manuscripts from Claire O'Leary.
FOLDER 9Disc List, 1933, 1988, n.d.
Inventories of ADS Collection discs used by contract linguists. Includes lists of missing ADS Collection numbers (representing discs).
FOLDER 10Inventory of Discs, n.d.
Original inventory of ADS Collection discs.
FOLDER 11Log of Lists with AFS Numbers and Total Discs, ca. 1988.
Handwritten log of lists for groups of ADS Collection discs, and ADS Collection/AFS concordance.
FOLDER 12Tape Logs, n.d.
Logs of audiotapes copied from ADS Collection discs.
FOLDER 13Photographic Items, n.d.
Two photographs and one photocopy. See Series III (Graphic Images) for a description of the items.
FOLDER 14Correspondence between Library of Congress and Fred G. Cassidy, 1984-1986.
FOLDER 15Correspondence: McDavid-Library of Congress, 1978-1984.
Correspondence from Raven McDavid to American Folklife Center staff; the majority of items date from 1984.
FOLDER 16Correspondence: Metcalf-Library of Congress, 1983-1985.
Correspondence from Allan Metcalf to American Folklife Center staff.
FOLDER 17Correspondence: Toombs-Library of Congress, 1983-1984.
Correspondence between Kenneth Toombs (University of South Carolina) and Joseph C. Hickerson.
FOLDER 18Correspondence: Linguistic Atlas Project, 1990.
Correspondence between Ellen Johnson of the University of Georgia and Joseph C. Hickerson.
FOLDER 19Correspondence: Informant Mailing, 1989.
Photocopies of undeliverable/returned envelopes sent to ADS Collection informants.
Project Correspondence
Informants are anonymous in the following set of folders, but are identified with recording locations in the sections on phonetic transcriptions and narrative transcriptions. For Folders 20 through 35, see Appendix B for communities.
BOX 2
FOLDER 20Delaware Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 21District of Columbia Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 22Florida Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 23Georgia Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 24Kentucky Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 25Maryland Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 26New Jersey Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 27New York Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 28North Carolina Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 29Ohio Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 30Ontario, Canada, Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 31Pennsylvania Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 32South Carolina Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 33Virginia Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 34West Virginia Informants: Biographies and Community Information.
FOLDER 35Southern or Mid-Atlantic Informants: Community Information.
Phonetic Transcriptions
Locations listed below are the recording locations. See Boxes 18-23, Folders 69-199 for narrative transcriptions.
BOX 3
FOLDER 36Hayes Transcription (Hiram H. Hayes; Granby, CT).
(AFS 24490, 24492)
FOLDER 37Palmer Transcription (Benjamin F. Palmer; Greenwich, CT).
(AFS 24705, 24708, 24711)
FOLDER 38French Transcription (Battersen French; Walcott, CT).
(AFS 24751)
FOLDER 39Bostwick Transcription (Leonard Bostwick; New Haven, CT).
(AFS 25073, 25074, 25077)
FOLDER 40Fletcher Transcription (Lucy Rebecca Fletcher; Amherst, NH).
(AFS 25169, 25171, 25173)
FOLDER 41Alley Transcription (Joshua Alden Alley; Jonesport, ME).
(AFS 25224, 25226, 25228, and 25230)
FOLDER 42Gibbs Transcription (James H. Gibbs; Nantucket, MA).
(AFS 25555, 25557)
FOLDER 43Dowse Transcription (Charles H. Dowse; Sherborn, MA).
(AFS 25597, 25599)
FOLDER 44Pronunciations: ADS Collection Disc #1265.
Manuscripts of vowels and consonants spoken by Bernard Bloch, as written with unmodified symbols in the alphabet for the Linguistic Atlas of New England.
FOLDER 45ADS Collection Disc #1075.
1 sheet of notes and a fragment of a whaling song text, sung by B.H. Gibbs
FOLDER 46ADS Collection Disc #880.
Empty.
FOLDER 47ADS Collection Disc #1040.
Notes.
FOLDER 48ADS Collection Disc #14.
1 sheet of notes, and 4 sheets of a partial transcription
FOLDER 49ADS Collection Discs #56 - 58 (George Green; Hartford, CT).
(AFS 24516-24518)
FOLDER 50ADS Collection Discs #61 - 63 (C.T. Scott; Boston, MA).
(AFS 24520 - 24522)
FOLDER 51ADS Collection Discs #65 - 67 (Annie Woodfin; Marblehead, MA).
(AFS 24526 - 24528)
FOLDER 52ADS Collection Disc #70 (Jack Hanson; Marblehead, MA).
(AFS 24531)
FOLDER 53ADS Collection Discs #74 - 75 (Eddie Bates; Cohasset, MA).
(AFS 24537, 24539)
FOLDER 54ADS Collection Disc #79 (Mrs. Warren; Weston, MA).
(AFS 24543)
FOLDER 55ADS Collection Discs #124 - 125 (Lyman Pearson; Byfield, MA).
(AFS 24584, 24586)
FOLDER 56ADS Collection Discs #164 - 165 (Sam Nickerson; Eastham, MA).
(AFS 24652, 24654)
FOLDER 57ADS Collection Disc #240 (John G. Murphy; Dorchester, MA).
(1 sheet referring to AFS 24759)
FOLDER 58ADS Collection Disc #320
Original Disc Sleeves
BOX 4
ADS Collection Discs #1 - 120.
BOX 5
ADS Collection Discs #121 - 217.
BOX 6
ADS Collection Discs #218 - 327.
BOX 7
ADS Collection Discs #328 - 448.
BOX 8
ADS Collection Discs #449 - 587.
BOX 9
ADS Collection Discs #588 - 768.
BOX 10
ADS Collection Discs #769 - 851.
BOX 11
ADS Collection Discs #852 - 973.
BOX 12
ADS Collection Discs #974 - 1079 (missing: #1080).
BOX 13
ADS Collection Discs #1081 - 1279.
BOX 14
ADS Collection Discs #1280 - 1359.
BOX 15
ADS Collection Discs #1360 - 1412.
Photocopies of Disc Sleeves
BOX 16
FOLDER 59AFS 24468 - 24643 (ADS Collection Discs #1 - 157).
FOLDER 60AFS 24644 - 24806 (ADS Collection Discs #159 - 281).
FOLDER 61AFS 24807 - 24962 (ADS Collection Discs #282 - 448).
FOLDER 62AFS 24963 - 25115 (ADS Collection Discs #449 - 704; no disc or sleeve for 705).
FOLDER 63AFS 25116 - 25271 (ADS Collection Discs #706 - 805).
FOLDER 64AFS 25272 - 25433 (ADS Collection Discs #806 - 931).
FOLDER 65AFS 25434 - 25556 (ADS Collection Discs #932 - 1069).
FOLDER 66AFS 25557 - 25641 (ADS Collection Discs #1070 - 1269).
BOX 17
FOLDER 67AFS 25642 - 25742 (ADS Collection Discs #1270 - 1379).
FOLDER 68AFS 25743 - 26016 (ADS Collection Discs #1380 - 1412; I - XI; sleeves marked with Roman numerals lack ADS Collection original numbers.)
Narrative Transcriptions
The transcriptions are typewritten, with handwritten corrections and notations.
BOX 18
FOLDER 69Alexander, Melvin L.
(Hartford, CT; AFS 24845)
FOLDER 70Alley, Captain [Captain Joshua Alley].
(Jonesport, ME; AFS 25224, 25226, 25228, 25230)
FOLDER 71Alley, J. [Captain Joshua Alley], 1-23.
(Jonesport, ME; AFS 25679-25701)
FOLDER 72Alley, J. [Captain Joshua Alley], 24-44.
(Jonesport, ME; AFS 25702-25721)
FOLDER 73Aydelotte, C. [Charles and Mrs. Charles Aydelotte].
(Truro, MA: AFS 24644, 24648, 24650)
FOLDER 74Baker, B. [Bessie Baker].
(Beverly, MA; AFS 24562, 24564)
FOLDER 75Bedell, L.B. [Lee B. Bedell].
(Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada; AFS 25274, 25276)
FOLDER 76Belknap, L. [Leverett Belknap].
(West Hartford, CT; AFS 24826, 24828, 24830, 24832)
FOLDER 77Bemis, Dr. A.A.
(Spencer, MA; AFS 24797)
FOLDER 78Blanchard, Mr.
(Yarmouth, ME; AFS 25184, 25185)
FOLDER 79Boardman, Mrs. Anna.
(Northfield, VT; AFS 25545, 25547, 25549)
FOLDER 80Carlton, E.B.
(Conway, NH; AFS 25337)
FOLDER 81Carr, Mrs. E. [Emily Carr].
(Newton, MA; AFS 24672)
FOLDER 82Clark, H. [Henry Clark].
(Old Saybrook, CT; AFS 24982)
FOLDER 83Coe, O. [Olive Coe].
(Litchfield, CT; AFS 25025, 25027, 25028, 25029, 25032
FOLDER 84Coffin, Mr.
(Nantucket, MA; AFS 25,578)
FOLDER 85Craw, R.E. [Rebecca Ellen Craw].
(Westport, MA; AFS 24724)
FOLDER 86Crawford, H.B. [Hattie B. Crawford].
(Lancaster, NH; AFS 25446, 25448, 25450)
FOLDER 87Crosby, G.
(Bellerica, MA; AFS 24559)
FOLDER 88Curren, Mary Y.
(Calais, ME; AFS 25256)
BOX 19
FOLDER 89Dwinell, J.W.
(Topsfield, MA; AFS 24566, 24468)
FOLDER 90Fiske, A.W. [Arthur W. Fiske].
(Granby, MA; AFS 24892)
FOLDER 91Fitzherbert, Mrs. M. [Martha Lunday Fitzherbert].
(Fort Fairfield, ME; AFS 25284, 25286)
FOLDER 92Gardner, E.
(Hingham, MA; AFS 24532, 24534)
FOLDER 93George, L.E.E. [Lizzie Evelyn E. George].
(Kingston, NH; AFS 25110, 25112)
FOLDER 94Gerow, C.F. [Charles F. Gerow].
(Bethel, CT; AFS 24914, 25050, 25051)
FOLDER 95Gifford, J. [John Gifford].
(South Westport, CT; AFS 24727)
FOLDER 96Giles, R. [Richard Giles].
(Cummington, MA; AFS 24953)
FOLDER 97Gold, C.L. [Charles L. Gold].
(West Cornwall, CT; AFS 25007, 25009, 25011, 25013)
FOLDER 98Goodell, F.H. [Fred H. Goodell].
(South Williamstown, MA; AFS 24961, 24963, 24965, 24967
FOLDER 99Goslee, H.C. [Henry C. Goslee].
(Morris, CT; AFS 25044, 25046)
FOLDER 100Grandgent, C.H.
(Cambridge, MA; AFS 24875, 24877)
FOLDER 101Grant, David A.
(Lyme, NH; AFS 25493, 25495)
FOLDER 102Gregory, J. [John Gregory].
(Winchendon, MA; AFS 24768, 24770)
FOLDER 103Gregory, L. [Leslie Gregory].
(Winchendon, MA; AFS 24772)
FOLDER 104Gregory, R. [Ruth Gregory]; Lindstrom, D. [Dorothea Lindstrom].
(Winchendon, MA; AFS 24774)
FOLDER 105Guptill, L.M. [Lutie Martha Guptill].
(Gouldsboro, ME; AFS 25213)
FOLDER 106Guptill, M. [Marcus Guptill].
(Gouldsboro, ME; AFS 25215, 25217)
FOLDER 107Hagerman, F. [Frank Hagerman].
(Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada; AFS 25278, 25280, 25282)
FOLDER 108Hall, A.K.
(Windsor, VT; AFS 25498)
FOLDER 109Hanners, A.
(Beverly, MA; AFS 24615)
FOLDER 110Harlow, Mrs. A.J. and Harlow, Hiram.
(Shrewsbury, MA; AFS 24808-AFS 24811)
FOLDER 111Hart, B. [Benjamin Hart].
(Sutton, NH; AFS 25154, 25156, 25158)
FOLDER 112Hayward, Mr. [Edward Hayward].
(Keene, NH; AFS 25479)
FOLDER 113Hayward, M.E. [Mary Ellen Hayward].
(Keene, NH; AFS 25473, 25475, 25477)
BOX 20
FOLDER 114Heath, Mrs. E.A. [Emily A. Heath].
(Wilmot Flat, NH; AFS 25145, 25148, 25150, 25152)
FOLDER 115Hersey, F.A. [Frederick A. Hersey].
(Hingham, MA; AFS 24742)
FOLDER 116Hill, Mr.
(West Gouldsboro, ME; AFS 25220, 25222)
FOLDER 117Hill, A. [Allen Hill].
(St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada; AFS 25262)
FOLDER 118Hill, Mrs.
(St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada; AFS 25258, 25260)
FOLDER 119Hinckley, B. [Benjamin Hinckley].
(Northampton, MA; AFS 24903, 24905)
FOLDER 120Hinckley, B. Jr. [Ben Hinckley Jr.].
(Northampton, MA; AFS 24907, 24909)
FOLDER 121Hinckley, W. [Will Hinckley].
(Blue Hill, ME; AFS 25203)
FOLDER 122Hobbs, N.A. [Nellie A. Hobbs].
(Candia Depot, NH; AFS 25129, 25132)
FOLDER 123Hodgdon, Capt.
(Seal Cove, ME; AFS 25210)
FOLDER 124Holland, W.A.
(Boston, MA; AFS 24524)
FOLDER 125Horton, H.J. [Henry J. Horton].
(Rehobeth, MA; AFS 24716, 24718)
FOLDER 126House, E. [Elmore House].
(Lincoln, ME; AFS 25296, 25298)
FOLDER 127Howard, Mrs. R. [Howard, Mrs. Ray].
(Foster, RI; AFS 24791, 24793)
FOLDER 128Hubbard, J.T. [John T. Hubbard].
(Litchfield, CT; AFS 25015, 25018, 25021, 25023)
FOLDER 129Hubbard, R.E. [Richard E. Hubbard].
(Shelburne, NH; AFS 25377, 25379, 25381)
FOLDER 130Humphrey, C.W. [Chester W. Humphrey].
(Rochester, MA; AFS 24699, 24701, 24703)
FOLDER 131Jones, D. [Daniel Jones].
(North Bradford (Clintonville), CT; AFS 24879, 24881, 24883
FOLDER 132Ketchum, L. [Louise Ketchum].
(St. John, New Brunswick, Canada; AFS 25264, 25266)
FOLDER 133Kimball, W. [William Kimball].
(Belmont, NH; AFS 25135, 25137, 25139, 25141)
FOLDER 134Lamb, Mrs. A. [Adella Lamb].
(Litchfield, CT; AFS 25052)
FOLDER 135Lane, F.P. [Francis P. "Frank" Lane].
(Red Beach, ME; AFS 25251, 25252)
FOLDER 136Lapham, D. [Dana Lapham].
(West Barnstable, MA; AFS 24680)
FOLDER 137Lapham, H. [Harding Lapham].
(West Barnstable, MA; AFS 24682)
FOLDER 138Lathrop, E. [Elisha Lathrop].
(Franklin, CT; AFS 25096, AFS 25098)
FOLDER 139Laughlin, R.L. [Robina L. Laughlin].
(Barnet, VT; AFS 25414, 25416, 25419, 25420)
FOLDER 140Lindstrom, D.
See Gregory, R.
BOX 21
FOLDER 141McIlvin, M. [Madison Preston McIlvin].
(McIlvin; Antrim, NH; AFS 25160, 25162)
FOLDER 142McIntyre, E.
(Otnabog, New Brunswick, Canada; AFS 25270)
FOLDER 143McLean, J.O.
(Glastonbury, CT; AFS 24841, 24843)
FOLDER 144Mack, W.P. [Wallace Preston Mack].
(Londonderry, NH; AFS 25406, 25407, 25408, 25409, 25410, 25411, 25412
FOLDER 145Maddocks, Mrs. and Miss [Mrs. and Ella Maddocks]
(Owl's Head, ME; AFS 25199, 25201)
FOLDER 146Meserve, Wm. H. [William H. Meserve].
(Steep Falls, ME; AFS 25327)
FOLDER 147Monson, E.H. [H. Edgar Monson].
(Southbury, CT; AFS 25036, 25038)
FOLDER 148Moorehead, M.
See Lamb, A.
FOLDER 149Neptune, J. [Joseph Neptune].
(Pleasant Point, ME; AFS 25245, 25247)
FOLDER 150Noyes, J.
(Stonington, CT; AFS 24859, 24861, 24863)
FOLDER 151Paige, A. [Alva Paige].
(New Salem, MA; AFS 25504)
FOLDER 152Paige, Bert.
(Antrim, NH; AFS 25164, 25166)
FOLDER 153Paine, Mrs. S. [Sarah Paine].
(Pomfret, CT; AFS 24820, 24821, 24824)
FOLDER 154Page, Chas. P. [Charles P. Page].
(Haverhill, NH; AFS 25459, 25461, 25463)
FOLDER 155Palmer, B. [Ben Palmer].
(Old Greenwich, CT; AFS 24705, 24711)
FOLDER 156Partridge, H.W. [Harvey W. Partridge].
(Pittsfield, MA; AFS 24929-24932)
FOLDER 157Pearson, F.D. [Fred D. Pearson].
(Newbury, MA; AFS 24590 - 24592)
FOLDER 158Peck, H.S. and family [Howard S. Peck, Mrs. Peck, grandson].
(Middletown, CT; AFS 25087 - 25089, 25091 - 25092, 25094
FOLDER 159Perkins, K. [Katherine Perkins].
(Conway, NH; AFS 25333)
FOLDER 160Perry, M. [Marion Perry].
(Hardwick, MA; AFS 24885, 24887)
FOLDER 161Philbrook, (family of) [Elizabeth, Grenville, Helen, and Lawrence Philbrook].
(Shelburne, NH; AFS 25385, 25387, 25389, 25391)
FOLDER 162Philbrook, A.E. [Augustus E. Philbrook].
(Shelburne, NH; AFS 25393, 25395, 25397)
FOLDER 163Piage, Burt.
See Paige, Bert
FOLDER 164Pinkham, T.S.
(Fort Kent, ME; AFS 25292)
FOLDER 165Pratt, F. [Frank Pratt].
(Old Saybrook, CT; AFS 24989, 24992, 24995)
BOX 22
FOLDER 166Raddin, J.B. [Joseph B. Raddin].
(Groton, MA; AFS 24760, 24762, 24763)
FOLDER 167Reinartz, J.L. [John L. Reinartz].
(Manchester, CT; AFS 24850)
FOLDER 168Richardson, Mrs. A.A. [Mrs. Arthur A. Richardson].
(Stockbridge, MA; AFS 24937)
FOLDER 169Robinson, G.A. [George A. Robinson].
(Bennington, VT; AFS 25510)
FOLDER 170Russell, T.M.
(Middletown, CT; AFS 25055, 25057, 25059, 25061 - 25064)
FOLDER 171Sanborn, J.H. [John Henry Sanborn].
(Acton Corner, ME; AFS 25305, 25307, 25309, 25311)
FOLDER 172Schofield, E.L. [Ethel L. Schofield].
(New Haven, CT; AFS 25085)
FOLDER 173Sennett, Mr.
(Bailey's Island, ME; AFS 25191, AFS 25193)
FOLDER 174Stevens, A.
See Giles, R.
FOLDER 175Stevens, E. [H. Emagene Stevens].
(Cummington, MA; AFS 24945, 24947, 24951)
FOLDER 176Stevens, N.D. [Nellie D. Stevens].
(Rockport, MA; AFS 24596, 24599, 24602)
FOLDER 177Stevens, L.A. [Leon A. Stevens].
(Cummington, MA; AFS 24939, 24941)
FOLDER 178Stilwell, M. [Margaret Stilwell].
(Providence, RI; AFS 24621, 24624)
FOLDER 179Stone, C.A. [Charles A. Stone].
(Andover, MA; AFS 24714)
FOLDER 180Stone, C. Jr. [Charles Stone Jr.].
(Andover, MA; AFS 24575)
FOLDER 181Stone, E. [Elizabeth Stone].
(Andover, MA; AFS 24573)
FOLDER 182Stone, R.L. [Robert L. Stone].
(Andover, MA; AFS 24521)
FOLDER 183Stowell, R. [Ralph Stowell].
(New Salem, MA; AFS 24922, 24925)
FOLDER 184Trefethen, F.E. [Fred Ervine Trefethen].
(Rye, NH; AFS 25116, 25118)
FOLDER 185Troop, S. [Sam Troop].
(Pittston, ME; AFS 25179, 25181)
FOLDER 186Tucker, H.G.
(Foster, RI; AFS 24776, 24779)
FOLDER 187Tucker, H.G.
(Foster, RI; AFS 24782, 24785, 24916)
FOLDER 188Tucker, W. [Wilson Tucker].
(Foster, RI; AFS 24788)
FOLDER 189Tupper, Wm. [William Tupper].
(Burlington, VT; AFS 25551, 25553)
FOLDER 190Tutt, H. [Hannah Tutt].
(Marblehead, MA; AFS 24866, 24869, 24872)
BOX 23
FOLDER 191Warner, H.E. [Herbert E. Warner].
(Granby, MA; AFS 24895, 24898, 24900
FOLDER 192Warren, Mr. and Mrs. [Harry and Mrs. Harry Warren].
(Weston, MA; AFS 24543, 24545, 24547, 24548)
FOLDER 193Washburn, R.E. [Ruth Ella Washburn].
(Plymouth, MA; AFS 24696)
FOLDER 194Weathern, B.F. [B.F. and Edna Jennie Weathern].
(Farmington, ME; AFS 25369, 25371, 25371, 25375)
FOLDER 195Weeden, Mrs. A.P. [Mrs. Arthur P. Weeden].
(Providence, RI; AFS 24626, 24628, 24630)
FOLDER 196Whitehall, M.G. [Martin G. Whitehall].
(Ryegate, VT; AFS 25452, 25454, 25456)
FOLDER 197Williams, M.S. [Mary Snow Williams].
(Blue Hill, ME; AFS 25205, 25208)
FOLDER 198York, A. [Abbie York].
(Rockport, MA; AFS 24605, 24607, 24609)
FOLDER 199Young, G.W. [George William Young].
(Barrington, NH; AFS 25123, 25125)
Subject Cards
Headings are in original order, rather than alphabetical order. Abbreviations for words and names have been spelled out in full.
BOX 24
Headings: Topography, Weather, Farming, Implements, Vehicles, Butchering, Calls, Animals, Hunt-Fish, Trees-Flowers, Crops, Food, Cooking Utensils, Beverages, Dwellings, Buildings, Games, Amusements, Customs (Social), Olden Days, Fashions, Speech, Personalities, Lives, Illness and Medicine, Religion, Cemeteries, Education, Industries, Home Industries, Business Occupations
BOX 25
Headings: Occupations, Roads-Travel, Economics-Politics, Family History, Local History, Civil War, Population
Index Cards
BOX 26
2.5 linear inches of 3-inch x 5-inch index cards listing ADS Collection original numbers, informants' names, and quality of recordings.

8.25 linear inches of 5-inch x 8-inch index cards listing AFS numbers, ADS Collection original numbers, informants' names, occupations, ages, recording locations, subjects, and notes about recordings. The information has been included in the ADS Collection database.
Tape Contents, Publications, and Reports
BOX 27
FOLDER 200Tape Content Copies.
Photocopies of labels of AFS preservation reel-to-reel tapes.
FOLDER 201Obituaries.
Obituaries for Miles L. Hanley (1954) and Raven McDavid (1984-1985).
FOLDER 202Bibliography, 1939-1984.
Citations for related publications.
FOLDER 203Articles, Publications.
Publications about the ADS Collection.
FOLDER 204Report on Hanley Collection.
A scholarly paper by Burr Angle and Richard Venesky of the University of Wisconsin. Includes two copies.
FOLDER 205Library of Congress Publications.
Three copies of the Folklife Center News, Vol. 8, No. 2 (1985), and 3 copies of the Library of Congress Information Bulletin, Vol. 44, No. 1 (1985),. Both issues contain articles about the ADS Collection.
FOLDER 206"The Hanley Tapes" (1974)
Two copies of a scholarly paper by Margaret Waterman (associate editor of DARE), of the University of Wisconsin.
FOLDER 207"The Hanley Tapes" (1974), annotated.
One copy of a scholarly paper by Margaret Waterman (associate editor of DARE), of the University of Wisconsin. Annotated by "COL of KAL."
Presentation Events
BOX 28
FOLDER 208Presentation Session Tapes.
Manuscripts related to the presentation of the ADS Collection to the Library of Congress, December 28, 1984; see RWA 8547 for recording of Joe Hickerson's lecture.
FOLDER 209Demonstration Collection Information, 1984-1985.
Manuscripts related to the demonstration of selected discs from the collection at the Library of Congress presentation event.
FOLDER 210Correspondence: Presentation Event.
Correspondence related to the Library of Congress presentation event
FOLDER 211Lists by Hanley of Discs and Transcripts.
Inventories of ADS Collection discs and related transcriptions held by Miles L. Hanley.
FOLDER 212Presentation and Demo Tape Information.
Manuscripts related to the demonstration of selected discs from the collection, at the Library of Congress presentation.
FOLDER 213Presentation Planning.
Manuscripts related to planning the presentation of the ADS Collection to the Library of Congress, December 28, 1984.
FOLDER 214Presentation Events.
Manuscripts related to the presentation of the collection to the Library of Congress, December 28, 1984.
FOLDER 215Speeches.
Copies of two speeches given at the presentation event, and notes related to the collection and event, written by Joseph C. Hickerson
FOLDER 216Presentation Publicity.
Publications, press releases, and other manuscripts related to the presentation event.
FOLDER 217ADS Centennial Information on Commemorative Cassettes.
Manuscripts related to audiocassette commemorating the centennial of the American Dialect Society, 1889-1989, plus one copy of the audiocassette.
FOLDER 218Handouts/ARSC Meeting, 1990.
Manuscripts related to a discussion of the collection by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, February 26, 1990.

Series II: Sound Recordings

The American Dialect Society Collection's recordings consist of 891 aluminum, aluminum-based acetate, plastic, and shellac disc recordings. Also included are one 10-inch preservation reel containing 18 recordings, and one audiocassette of presentation event recordings. In addition, there are 78 10-inch preservation reels.

869 audio discs (most originals, and some copies that stand in for original recordings no longer with the collection) were digitized in 2003 and 2004. See Series IV (Electronic Media) for more details.

There are also 22 discs that were not digitized, because they are duplicates of recordings in the collection that were digitized. The copies have been kept with the collection. Correspondence related to these discs is found in the case file. The discs are in the physical custody of M/B/RS.

The American Dialect Society centennial commemorative cassette is located in Box 28.

Series III: Graphic Images

FOLDER 13Photographic Items, n.d.
PH01. Miles Hanley (black-and-white). 1 photograph
PH02. Raven McDavid (black-and-white). 1 photograph
PH03. Professor Hanley's Photographic Equipment; this photocopy of a photograph shows disc-cutting equipment, a microphone stand, and a briefcase. 1 photocopy.

Series IV: Electronic Media

Only the audio discs from this collection have been digitized. For each digital transfer, the following formats have been created:
1) An uncompressed master recording (a WAV file, at 96/24)
2) A compressed derivative (a WAV file, at 44.1/16)
3) A compressed derivative (an mp3, at 256 kbps)
BOX 1
1 Zip disc labeled "American Dialect Society Collection Documents"; this includes the collection guide, worksheets from Cutting Corp. with information regarding digitization work, etc.

Appendix A: Audio Disc Recordings By Format

Note: The digital ID for each item is constructed from the collection number and the AFS number; e.g., AFS 25036 becomes afc1984011/25036, AFS 24469 becomes afc1984011/24469, etc.

Quantity Physical Extent Location Item Numbers
Audio discs (digitized)
67912-inch aluminum (originals)M/B/RSSee ADS Collection database for details.
4612-inch aluminum (duplicates)M/B/RSAFS 25036, 25038, 25091, 25618, 25619, 25620, 25642-25675, 25747, 25763-25767
112-inch aluminum (original and duplicate)M/B/RSAFS 25046 (Side A is a copy, Side B is original)
712-inch aluminum (version unknown)M/B/RSAFS 25551, 25553; others
1810-inch aluminum (originals)M/B/RSAFS 24469, 24470, 24472-24478, 24486, 24489, 24490, 24492, 24495, 24500, 24501, 24503, 24504
110-inch aluminum (version unknown)M/B/RSAFS 25624
348-inch aluminum (originals)M/B/RSAFS 24513, 24515, 24536, 24542, 24583, 24595, 24617, 24650, 24680, 24682, 24698, 24774, 24790, 24921, 24967, 24987, 25006, 25035, 25052, 25085, 25122, 25290, 25291, 25311, 25327, 25337, 25351, 25381, 25402, 25470-25472, 25607, 26003
18-inch aluminum (copy)M/B/RSAFS 24917
17-inch aluminum (original)M/B/RSAFS 24494
36-inch aluminum (originals)M/B/RSAFS 25994, 25995, 25996
4412-inch acetate (originals)M/B/RSAFS 25679-25722
912-inch acetate (duplicates)M/B/RSAFS 25730, 25732, 25736, 25737, 25744, 25751, 25754, 25757, 25761
210-inch acetate (originals)M/B/RSAFS 25723, 25993
16-inch acetate (original)M/B/RSAFS 26002
112-inch plastic (duplicate)M/B/RSAFS 25998
111-inch plastic (duplicate)M/B/RSAFS 25997
1310-inch shellac (duplicates)M/B/RSAFS 26004-26016
6unknown size/format (version unknown)M/B/RSSee ADS Collection database for details.
Audio discs (not digitized)
1912-inch aluminum (duplicates)M/B/RSAFS 24471, 24645, 24710, 24728, 24798, 24865, 24915, 25003, 25030, 25045, 25090, 25109, 25136, 25163, 25218, 25299, 25326, 25552, 25554
110-inch aluminum (duplicate)M/B/RSAFS 25625
110-inch shellac (duplicate)M/B/RSAFS 26008
18-inch aluminum (duplicate)M/B/RSAFS 24917

Appendix B: Locations

Appendix C: Informant Names

An asterisk indicates that the name is not in the LC Name Authority File.

Alexander, Melvin L.
Allen, Romeo E.
Alley, Joshua
Alley, Mrs. M. R.
Anderson, Virginia Asbury Gill, Mrs.
Andrews, Emma, Mrs.
Andrews, James
Andrews, Maria
Arendale, Mary
Arthur, Susan
Ashby, Mrs.
Ashton, Sally
Atkins, Elizabeth
Atkinson, Everett C.
Aydelotte, Charles
Aydelotte, Nellie Rich
Baker, Bessie
Baker, Harriet C. C., Mrs.
Baker, Henry
Baldwin, Mr.
Ball, Emma (Falls), Mrs.
Ball, Norman
Barbar, Clarence
Barrows, Edward, Mr.
Barrows, Grace Kilpatrick, Mrs.
Barton, Frank
Bates, Edwin
Baxter, William
Beaumont, George
Bedell, Lee Berton, Mr.
Belknap, Leverett
Bemis, A. A., Dr.
Bennet, Georgiana
Billings, Mr.
Blakeslee, John
Blanchard, Mr.
Blaylock, Mary Frances
Bloch, Bernard, 1907-1965.
Blood, Lawrence
Boardman, Anna, Mrs.
Bostwick, Leonard
Bowen, Otis J.
Boyd, Phoebe (Aunt)
Boynton, William
Brainerd, William H.
Branch, Percy
Branch, Sam
Brandenburg, Edith
Brewer, Frank
Brewster, Ellis W.
Brewster, Lois
Brewster, Spencer H.
Bronson, Joe, Mrs.
Brooks, Muscoe, Mr.
Brooks, Sarah Ashton
Brooks, William Wilson
Brown, Charlie
Brown, Diana
Brown, Frank
Brown, George M.
Brown, George P.
Brown, Katy
Brown, Kenneth
Buford, Cleaton
Buford, Florence
Capers, Lucy
Capers, Paris
Carlton, Elijah B.
Carr, Emily, Mrs.
Carter, J. M., Mr.
Carter, J. M., Mrs.
Carter, James
Carter, John C. C.
Cawley, Frank
Champlin, John R.
Champlin, Sarah, Mrs.
Chapallaz, Marguerite
Chase, Margaret T.
Chesnut, George L.
Clark, Annetta, Miss
Clark, Frank
Clark, Henry
Clark, Ruth
Clarke, S. H.
Coe, Olive
Coffin, Edward F.
Comins, Danforth
Cooke, Alistair, 1908-[2004]
Corn, Ella May
Covell, William King
Covell, William King, Mrs.
Cox, Katherine
Cox, Russell
Crandall, Edward Jarvis
Craw, Rebecca Ellen, Miss
Crawford, A. D.
Crawford, Hattie Blanche, Miss
Crawford, Orlando W.
Crosby, Anne
Crosby, George
Curren, Mary Young, Mrs.
Curtis, Otis
Daddow, Jane E.
Dammell, Ellen, Mrs.
Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881-1950
Davis, Frederick
Dean, E. K.
Demtos, M.
Denham, Grace
Denny, A. I.
Denwaldie, Miss
Desale, Grey
Dodd, Artie Lou
Donelson, William H.
Dorsey, Frank
Dowse, Charles H.
Dudley, Gustavus Garnett
Dwinell, Clarence R.
Dwinell, J. W.
Eastman, Mr.
Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy, 1865-1946
Elwell, Oscar E.
Elwell, Verder Oscar
Emerton, Ephraim
Erving, Henry W.
Fennelly, Isabelle, Mrs.
Fiske, Arthur W.
Fitzherbert, Martha Lunday, Mrs.
Fletcher, Donald
Fletcher, John Gilman
Fletcher, Lucy Rebecca
Folger, Sidney B.
Fox, Lyttleton Jr.
Fraser, D.
French, Batterson
Friesman, Ed
Froback, Wilbur
Fuller, Virginia Van Heusen, Mrs.
Gage, Thomas Hovey
Gaines, David A.
Gaines, David N.
Gardner, Ben
Gardner, Elizabeth F.
Gardner, Ensign
Gardner, Henry
Garland, Mary
Garner, Elrue
Garner, Sarah
George, Lizzie Evelyn E., Mrs.
Gerow, Charles F.
Gibbs, James H.
Gifford, John I., Mrs.
Giles, Richard
Gold, Charles L.
Goodell, Fred H.
Gorden, Mr.
Goslee family
Goslee, Henry C.
Grandgent, C. H.
Grant, David A.
Gray, Tyler W.
Green, George
Gregory, John
Gregory, Leslie
Gregory, Ruth
Grub, Fanny, Mrs.
Guptill, Lutie Martha, Miss
Guptill, Marcus, Mr.
Haddocks, Price
Hagerman, Frank
Hall, Adgielon K., Mr.
Hall, Adgielon K., Mrs.
Hall, Shadrach
Hampden, Walter
Hamson, Jack
Hancock, Beverly
Hancock, Frankie, Miss
Hanley, Miles L.
Hanners, Anna
Hanners, John
Harding, Julia Virginia, Miss
Harlow, A. J., Mrs.
Harlow, Hiram
Harmon, Joe
Harris, Margaret
Harris, Newman
Harris, Newman, Mrs.
Harris, Peyton
Hart, Benjamin
Hastings, I. W., Mr
Hastings, I. W., Mrs.
Hatfield, Margaret
Hayes, Hiram
Hayward, Edwin D., Mr.
Hayward, Mary Ellen, Mrs.
Heath, Emily A., Mrs.
Hersey, Frederick A.
Hill, Allen, Mr.
Hill, Archibald A.
Hill, Clara A. W., Mrs.
Hill, Mr.
Hill, Mrs.
Hinckley, Benjamin
Hinckley, Benjamin Jr.
Hinckley, George
Hinckley, Will
Hobbs, Nelly A., Mrs.
Hock, Louis N.
Hodgdon, Captain
Holland, W. A.
Horton, Henry T.
House, Elmore, Mr.
Howard, Leslie
Howard, Ray, Mrs.
Howe, Charles Raymond
Hubbard, John T.
Hubbard, Richard E.
Humphrey, Chester W.
Johnson, Bob
Jones, Daniel
Jones, Elgin A.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941
Kamman, William F.
Kenyon, H. F., Mrs.
Ketchum, Louise, Miss
Kilpatrick, Sarah, Mrs.
Kimball, William H., Mr.
Kincaid, Julia B. (Nay)
King, Judson
Kroha, Lucy Hoyt
Kurath, Hans, 1891-
Lamb, Adella, Mrs.
Land, Ray, Miss
Lane, Frank (Francis Pie)
Lapham, Dana
Lapham, Harding
Lary, Austin L.
Lary, Austin L., Mrs.
Lathrop, Elisha
Lathrop, Elwood
Laughlin, Robina L., Miss
Lawrence, Andrew
Lawson, George
Leach, Casper L.
Lee, Charles
Lee, Logan
Lee, P., Mrs.
Lee, Robert
Libbey, Mr.
Lindstrom, Dorothea
Lomax, Alan, 1915-
Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948
Longueil, Ralph
Longworth, Roy
Lowman, Guy Sumner, 1909-1941
Lyford, Harry Lee
Mack, John Averil
Mack, Robert
Mack, Wallace Preston
MacKenzie, Elmer Duncan
Maddocks, Ella, Miss
Maddocks, Mrs.
Magruedan, Mrs.
Mahones, Rule
Marden, Bessie Webb
Marshall, Billy
Marshall, Gordon
Martin, James S.
Matthews, Zachariah Keodirelang
Mawney, John Gardner
McIlvin, Madison Preston
McIntosh, Bristow
McIntyre, Adelia Gindrel, Mrs.
McIntyre, Eldrige
McLean, James O.
Melvin, Howard
Merrill, Richard
Meserve, William H.
Millgate, Mr. M.(?)
Milligan, Hester
Mills, W. R. Jr.
Miner, Lawrence
Moissi, Alexander
Monson, Harry Edgar
Moore, Vernie Royce, Mrs.
Morehead, Addie Lamb, Mrs.
Morehead, Mildred, Mrs.
Morris, Tom
Morris, William
Morse, Elsie (Sargent), Mrs.
Morse, R. G.
Moulton, Ada May Glover, Mrs.
Murphy, John G.
Murray, Belle
Naddeau, Zeline Odibert, Mrs.
Neptune, Joseph
Nichols, Amos, Captain
Nickerson, Sam
Nightingale, Jimmy Percy
Norton, E. R.
Noyes, Joe
Odiorner, William Wallace
Ogelvie, Liz
Orcutt, Charles, Mr.
Page, Arthur
Page, Charles P.
Paige, Alva
Paige, Alva, Mrs.
Paine, Sarah, Mrs.
Palmer, Benjamin F.
Parkhurst, John Henry
Parler, Mary Celestia
Parsons, Ida B., Mrs.
Partridge, Harvey W.
Payne, Alice
Pearson, Fred D.
Pearson, J. Lyman
Peck, Howard
Peck, Howard S.
Peck, Howard S., Mrs.
Perkins, Edwin R.
Perkins, James
Perkins, Katherine (Polly), Miss
Perry, Marion, Miss
Philbrook, Augustus E.
Philbrook, Elizabeth
Philbrook, Grenville
Philbrook, Helen
Philbrook, Lawrence
Pinkham, T. S., Mr.
Pitts, Mr.
Polite, Samuel
Pratt, Frank
Preston, Tom (Uncle)
Quall, Susan A., Mrs.
Quarterman, Wallace
Quinby, Ralph
Raddin, Joseph B.
Reinartz, John L.
Richardson, Grace Carter
Roberts, Mrs.
Robertson, Guy
Robinson, Angie Foster, Mrs.
Robinson, George A.
Robson, Bessie Marden
Rogers, James
Ross, Sarah, Mrs.
Russell, John, Mr.
Russell, T. M.
Sampson, Maggie, Mrs.
Sanborn, John Henry
Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939
Savage, Roswell E.
Schofield, Ethel Lord
Scott, Anne
Scott, C. T.
Sennett, Mr.
Seward, Elwood Harris
Short, Alberta Steele
Shurtleff, Clara, Miss
Singleton, Sancho
Sipes, Charlie
Skinner, B. F. (Burrhus Frederic), 1904-
Smith, Prince
Smith, Tom, Captain
Sperloff, Gary
Squires, Levi
Stafford, Dwight B.
Stairs, Allen, Reverend
Steele, Dorothy Elizabeth
Steele, Granville, Mrs.
Steele, Sarah Maria Gould
Stevens, Ashley
Stevens, H. Emagene, Mrs.
Stevens, Leon A.
Stevens, Nellie D.
Stewart, Mrs.
Stiles, Ray
Stillwell, Margaret
Stone, Charles A.
Stone, Charles Jr.
Stone, Elizabeth
Stone, Molly
Stone, Robert L.
Stowell, Ralph
Sturges, Wilbur
Sweetwine, Sackie, Mrs.
Taggett, Ada, Mrs.
Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981
Thompson, Lincoln
Thompson, Susanna Rebecca Wright
Treat, Clara
Treat, Lillian
Trefethen, Fred Ervine, Mr.
Troop, Sam
Tucker, Herman G.
Tucker, Wilson
Tutt, Hannah
Tuttle, Charles H.
Tyler, Miss
Tyson, Rosie Francis Wimstead, Mrs.
Vaughn, Morton D.
Vincent, Charles W.
Walker, Balaam
Walters, Margaret
Ware, John Faulconer, Mrs.
Warner, Herbert E.
Warren, Harry
Warren, Harry, Mrs.
Warwick, Gertie
Warwick, Jim
Warwick, Mary, Mrs.
Washburn, Edgar W.
Washburn, Ruth Ella (Blake)
Washington, Lawrence Augustine, Mr.
Washington, Scotia
Watts, Howard, Mr.
Weathern, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
Weathern, Edna Jennie
Weeden, Arthur, Mrs.
Wells, Floyd
Welsh, Frederick
White, Davy
Whitehill, Alexander J.
Whitehill, Martin G. W.
Wicker, Billy
Wiggin, James
Wigginton, James
Williams, Mary Snow, Mrs.
Williams, R. H. (Robert Haden)
Wilson, Ernest
Winn, Andrew
Wise, C. M.
Wise, Margaret Ruth
Wise, Mr.
Wise, Paul
Witt, J. S., Mr.
Witt, J. S., Mrs.
Witt, Ronald
Woodfin, Annie, Mrs.
York, Abbie
Young, George William

Appendix D: Glossary of Abbreviations, Selected Names, and Terms Found in the Collection

Interviewers and recordists were usually identified by initials or other abbreviations on the discs or disc sleeves. Persons writing comments on the disc sleeves also identified themselves with initials. Information about the recording situation written by the recordist was sometimes included in these notes, often in abbreviated form. The following list includes these abbreviations and their meaning when known. In addition, some abbreviations and terminology used in the collection materials and in articles about the collection are listed here.

Appendix E: Selected Bibliography

The following is a partial bibliography of references related to the Linguistic Atlas Project. A more extensive list of materials produced prior to 1939 appears in the Handbook of the Linguistic Geography of New England (Kurath, et al. 1939), including a "Bibliography of Linguistic Geography" (pages 54-61) and a "Bibliography of New England History" (pages 105-121).

Angle, Burr, and Richard Venezky. "A Report on the Materials in the Hanley English Language Collections at the University of Wisconsin." Unpublished manuscript, Department of English, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1968.
Blair, Walter, and Raven I. McDavid Jr., eds. The Mirth of a Nation: America's Great Dialect Humor. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1939.
Cassidy, Frederic Gomes. The ADS Dictionary – How Soon? University: University of Alabama Press, 1964.
Davis, Alva Leroy, Raven I. McDavid Jr. and Virginia G. McDavid, eds. A Compilation of the Work Sheets of the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada and Associated Projects. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969.
––– . A Compilation of the Work Sheets of the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada and Associated Projects. Second edition, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1969.
Davis, Lawrence M. ed. Studies in Linguistics in Honor of Raven I. McDavid Jr. University: University of Alabama Press, 1972.
"The Dialect Society and the Dialect Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 2 (1930): 65-78.
Duckert, Audrey R. The Linguistic Atlas of New England, Revisited. Publication of the American Dialect Society, no. 39 (1964).
Kurath, Hans. "Report of the Conference on a Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada." Linguistic Society of America Bulletin, no. 4 (September 1929): 20-47.
––– . A Word Geography of the Eastern United States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1949.
––– . Studies in Area Linguistics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1972.
Kurath, Hans, and Raven I. McDavid Jr. The Pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1961.
Kurath, Hans, with Miles L. Hanley, Bernard Bloch, Guy S. Lowman Jr. and Marcus L. Hansen. Linguistic Atlas of New England. 2 volumes, Providence, RI: Brown University, 1939-1941. Reprint edition, 3 volumes, New York: AMS Press, 1972.
Kurath, Hans, with Marcus L. Hansen, Bernard Bloch and Julia Bloch. Handbook of the Linguistic Geography of New England. Providence, RI: Brown University, 1939. Second edition with a new introduction, word-index, and inventory of LANE maps and worksheets by Audrey R. Duckert, and a reverse index of LANE maps to worksheets by Raven I. McDavid Jr. New York: AMS Press, 1973.
McDavid, Raven Ioor. Dialects in Culture: Essays in General Dialectology. Edited by William A. Kretzchmar Jr. with James B. McMillan, et al. University: University of Alabama Press, 1979.
––– . Folk Speech. Cassette recording of lecture. Deland, FL: Everett/Edwards, 1979.
––– . Varieties of American English: Essays by Raven I. McDavid Jr. Selected and introduced by Anwar S. Dil. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1980.
McDavid, Raven I., and Audrey R. Duckert, eds. Lexicography in English: International Conference on Lexicography in English, New York, 1972. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 211. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1973.
McDavid, Raven I., with Raymond K. O'Cain, George T. Dorrill, and Guy S. Lowman. Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States. Vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980.
"Per Aspera." Dialect Notes 6, part 18 (1939): 709-710.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 4 (1932): 235-236.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 5 (1932): 281-282.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 6 (1933): 335.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 7 (1933): 365-368.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 8 (1934): 391-392.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 10 (1935): 449-452.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 11 (1935): 481-485.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, parts 12-13 (1936): 513-516.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, part 15 (1937): 622-624.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas." Dialect Notes 6, parts 16-17 (1938): 625-627.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas and Plans for the Future Work of the Dialect Society." Dialect Notes 6, part 3 (1931): 91-98.
"Progress of the Linguistic Atlas and Proposals for the Continuation of the Work." Dialect Notes 6, part 9 (1934): 417-419.
"A Report on the Proposed Investigations of Southern Speech." Dialect Notes 6, part 9 (1934): 420-424.
"Seminar on the English Language in America." Dialect Notes 6, part 11 (1935): 486-487.
Turner, Lorenzo Dow. Notes on the Sounds and Vocabulary of Gullah. Publication of the American Dialect Society, no. 3, May 1945.
––– . Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1949. Reprint edition, New York, NY: Arno Press, 1969. Reprint edition with a new foreword by David DeCamp, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1974.
Waterman, Margaret. "The Hanley Tapes." Unpublished manuscript by the Associate Editor of the Dictionary of American Regional English. The University of Wisconsin, 1974.


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