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AT#650 - Travel to Rajasthan, India transcript

AT#650 - Travel to Rajasthan, India

Audio recording of a podcast episode from Amateur Traveler. This episode contains a discussion of travel ito the northern India state of Rajasthan.
Date: March 30, 2019
Creator: Christensen, Chris & Jain, Pankaj
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James F. Sansom, October 8, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with James F. Sansom, October 8, 2004

Interview with James F. Sansom, an officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Sansom joined the Army in 1940 and began training on anti-aircraft guns in Florida. He was selected for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1942. He was assigned to the 843rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Air Warning Battalion, which made its way to India via the Panama Canal and Australia. Shortly after reaching Calcutta, the unit moved to Myitkyina, Burma. After the war, Sansom was assigned to Sagumo Prison outside Tokyo where Japanese war criminals were being held while on trial for war crimes. He describes some of the routines and residents in the prison. Sansom taught Hideki Tojo how to play card games like gin rummy. Sansom also describes the process of executing convicted prisoners as he carried out some sentences. In all, he executed nine convicted war criminals.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Sansom, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004

Interview with Alan W. "Buck" Saunders, a pilot during World War II. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps, becoming an airplane mechanic, and going to flight school for pilot training. He was stationed in India and flew supplies into China over the Himalayas (known by pilots as "the Hump"). In China, he traded items such as jewelry or opium for information on Japanese troop placements in Burma. He also discusses his meetings with native Burmese and talks about later experiences he had after the war and during the Vietnam War.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Saunders, Alan W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analytical discussion of positionals transcript

Analytical discussion of positionals

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 23, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. A. Henderson, September 20, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with W. A. Henderson, September 20, 2003

Interview with W. A. (Bill) Henderson, a pilot during World War II. He discusses his time as a bombardier and navigator on a B-24 in the China-Burma-India Theater. His crew hit the bridge over River Kwai (Mae Klong) while making bombing runs along the Burma Railway and also flew runs to supply gasoline to various bases in China, India and Burma. He relates anecdotes about the food and living quarters on the bases and the time he saved his co-pilot's life. He helped his co-pilot land the plane after a bullet tore through the plane's nose wheel and injured the man's leg.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Johnson, Kep & Henderson, W. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans transcript

Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans

Lamkang elders recite well-known traditional narratives (the origin of Lamkang clans, and a Benglam story) and associated songs, followed by discussion in English. Recorded at the 2nd NSF-funded Lamkang Orthography Workshop held at the Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about Rabha language documentation activities transcript

Discussion about Rabha language documentation activities

Group discussion about ongoing language documentation activities in the Rabha community.
Date: June 3, 2023
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 358c transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 358c

Recording of a discussion Totlang K'kam recording at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. Discussant are Tholung Swamy Ksen, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rengpu Rex Khullar, with David A. Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of postpositions transcript

Analytical discussion of postpositions

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 358d transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 358d

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of directionals, part 1 transcript

Analytical discussion of directionals, part 1

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. Lamkang discussant are Tholung Swamy Ksen, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rengpu Rex Khullar, and linguists are Shobhana Chelliah, David A. Peterson and Prafulla Basumatary.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of orthography, part 3 transcript

Analytical discussion of orthography, part 3

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 21, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 356e transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 356e

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. Donnu Sankhil, Swamy Tholung Ksen, Rengpu Rex Khullar and Sumshot Khular discussing the Lamkang verbs with Shobhana Chelliah and David A. Peterson.
Date: January 23, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of directionals, part 2 transcript

Analytical discussion of directionals, part 2

Recording of a discussion on directionals at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 21, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of orthography, part 4 transcript

Analytical discussion of orthography, part 4

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 359b transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 359b

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 23, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of orthography, part 2 transcript

Analytical discussion of orthography, part 2

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 21, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of Invading the Village Haika transcript

Analytical discussion of Invading the Village Haika

Recording of a discussion of "Invading the Village Haika" as told by Shetwor Dilbung at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the Pear Story: Harimohon transcript

Retelling of the Pear Story: Harimohon

The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation where speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe it. In the video, a young boy steals a basket of pears from a farmer, then shares the stolen pears with three boys. This is a recording of Harimohon Thounaojam’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of Useen and Uitxokpaa transcript

Analytical discussion of Useen and Uitxokpaa

Recording of a story of human and animals living together Useen and Uitxopaa narrated by Donnu Sankhil at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of a creation narrative transcript

Analytical discussion of a creation narrative

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. The story of earth creation and system of the world formation in the olden days narrated by Donnu Sankhil at DBI.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 356b transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 356b

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 23, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of aspect, part 2 transcript

Analytical discussion of aspect, part 2

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.Lamkang discussant are Tholung Swamy Ksen, Donnu Sankhil, Sumshot Khular, Rengpu Rex Khullar, and linguist in conversant are David A. Peterson, Shobhana Chelliah, Prafulla Basumatary.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 358e transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 358e

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library