American Dialect Society collection

LC control no.	2004659977
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Main title	American Dialect Society collection, 1931-1937.
Variant title	Former title: Hanley collection, 1931-1937
Related names	Ashton, Sally, interviewee. » More like this Boyd, Phoebe, interviewee. » More like this Brooks, Sarah Ashton, interviewee. » More like this Garner, Sarah, interviewee. » More like this Polite, Samuel, interviewee. » More like this Quall, Susan A., interviewee. » More like this Quarterman, Wallace, interviewee. » More like this Scott, Ann, interviewee. » More like this Thompson, Susanna Rebecca Wright, interviewee. » More like this White, Dave, interviewee. » More like this Bloch, Bernard, 1907-1965, interviewer. » More like this Hanley, Miles L., interviewer. » More like this Hill, Archibald A., 1902-1992, interviewer. » More like this Lowman, Guy Sumner, 1909-1941, interviewer. » More like this Turner, Lorenzo Dow, interviewer. » More like this Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948, speaker. » More like this American Dialect Society, collector. » More like this
Description	manuscripts.: 10 linear feet 891 sound discs : analog. 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 10 in. 1 sound cassette : analog. 2 photographic prints.
Organized/Arranged	Organized by format into the following series: I. Manuscript Materials; II. Sound Recordings; III. Graphic Images; IV. Electronic Media.
Rights advisory	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access advisory	The collection is open for research; access copies are available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress.
Summary	Sound recordings made between 1931-1937 to document American English dialects, mostly from New England and eastern Canada, for a proposed Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada. Most informants were elderly New Englanders, and included whalers, fisherman, farmers, and housewives. Among the well-known people who were recorded are Alistair Cooke, Charles H. Grandgent, John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax, Edward Sapir, and B. F. Skinner. Some recordings were made of Gullah dialects found on the Georgia and South Carolina coast and recordings include narratives of former slaves. Several recordings document other languages and regions. The collection includes project correspondence, transcriptions, and index cards.
Notes	Sound recordings:: in English, French, German, Gullah, Hebrew, Hidatsa, Passamaquoddy, and Zulu. Recordings were used in compiling the Dictionary of American Regional English, 1985.
Finding aids	Finding aid and database are available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress. Finding aid is also available online on the American Folklife Center website.
Cite as	American Dialect Society Collection (AFC 1984/011), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Acquisition source	American Dialect Society; Donation; 1984.
Additional formats	Approximately 870 sound recordings are available in the Folklife Reading Room as digital sound files, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit).
Subjects	English language--Dialects--New England. » More like this English language--Dialects--United States. » More like this English language--Dialects--Maritime Provinces. » More like this English language--Dialects--Canada. » More like this English language--Dialects--Sea Islands. » More like this English language--Provincialisms--North America. » More like this Sea Islands Creole dialect. » More like this Tales--United States. » More like this Storytelling--United States. » More like this Folk songs, English--New England. » More like this Fiddle tunes--New England. » More like this Fishing--New England. » More like this Fowling--United States. » More like this Farm life--United States. » More like this Hunting--United States. » More like this Slave narratives--Southern States. » More like this Slavery--Southern States--Anecdotes. » More like this Freedmen--United States--Interviews. » More like this Songs, Zulu. » More like this Traditional farming--United States. » More like this United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Anecdotes. » More like this
Form/Genre	Interviews. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Photographic prints. » More like this Manuscripts. » More like this Correspondence. » More like this Transcripts. » More like this Field recordings. » More like this
Local shelving no.	LWO 25028 AFS 24468-25767; 25982-26016 AFC 1984/011
Language code	eng eng mul
Geographic area code	n-us--- n-cnm-- n-usn---
Repository	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af006002> Selected interviews in Voices from the days of slavery, former slaves' narratives: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000006>