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Traditional story about Sumphaai and Rangleen, Part 1

Sumphai leh Rangleng [Sumphai and Rangleng] as told by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu of of Thamlakhuren, Part 1. Sumphai was a hardworking sister of Rangleng, but she was despised by the lazy wife of Rangleng, who nagged her husband into selling her off so that they could be alone. As the husband went to sell Sumphai, while they spent the night in a riverbank, the sister Sumphai had a dream in which their mother appeared. The mother was talking to the brother and asking him what on earth he was doing. The mother told him not sell his sister but to go back home. When Sumphai recalled her dream to her brother, he was even more furious and took a strong stand to sell her off.
Date: August 18, 2000
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the hospital in Chandel and preparing for the Totlang Kam festival

Recording of Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar discussing about preparing for the Totlang Kam festival. There are three tracks. The first is the voice of Harimohon Thounaojam encouraging the speakers to pick a topic of conversation. The back and forth is clearly produced for the sake of the recorder and often resembles an interview rather than conversation.
Date: May 18, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of Soombeel

Sumshot Khular translates a recording of the story of Soombeel as told by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu of Thamlakhuren village. Soombeel is known for her beauty and wit in the Lamkang traditional folk stories.
Date: August 18, 2000
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of the story of Smangyur

Sumshot Khular translates and helps analyze a recording of the story of Smangyur as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu.
Date: August 18, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Grounded Theory of Information Quality for Web Archives

Presentation for the dissertation defense of Brenda Reyes Ayala. This presentation builds a theory of information quality for web archives that is grounded in human-centered data.
Date: May 18, 2018
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bisombi (open access)

Bisombi

A memorial account of ABWWF/Odalguri AC as part of a souvenir of the 14th Annual conference of the ABWWF, Odalguri DC, Sonai (Goraibari), Odalguri.
Date: December 18, 2013
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member about how the nieces and children in the family are growing up.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Liandingi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. Teenage cousins are having informal conversation and joking.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. Other family members are talking in the background.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: work, school

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. This part includes updates on how difficult work and school are at the time.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: greetings

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. This part features the greetings and opening of the recorded letter.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: jokes

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling which includes jokes in the style of stories. One story is about a man selling his rice on the black market to secretly get money and buy alcohol, even though he lives by himself and doesn't need to hide his drinking from anybody.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Lalawia
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song by a Mizo child

Recording of a Mizo child, age 6, beating on drum and singing.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Lalruali
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Lalruanga leh Keichala

Recording a retelling of Lalruanga and Keichala, a traditional narrative about a being that is a tiger (keimi) that can take on human form. This story has several episodes involving magic and mythology.
Date: September 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Liandova and His Brother

Recording of a traditional story about two brothers who are both poor orphans. The story describes their struggles, and how they never had enough food to eat. Later on, they get lucky by finding the insides of a python that the villagers had skinned and cut up. The brothers take the insides to eat, but find valuable gems inside and become rich. The moral of the story is that you should never look down on the poor and the orphans.
Date: September 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of the song "Bless this House"

Recording of the hymn "Bless this house" (originally written in English) sung in Mizo.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a song about old Mizo life

Recording of a song performed by a group of family members about old Mizo village life. The song was written by Thangi's grandfather with parts for guitar and drum.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Biswajit Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired government worker who is 63 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 18, 2022
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Biswajit Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired government worker who is 63 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 18, 2022
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Sabita Barman describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a housewife who is 56 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 18, 2022
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Sabita Barman describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a housewife who is 56 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 18, 2022
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library