Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Graduate Artist Certificate in Music Performance.

Elicitation of words from the LLEC word list with Sumshot Khular.

Interview with Jean Mathis Lidiak, a former middle school secretary from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lidiak talks about growing up in Kerrville, her family, and her work at various businesses and the Veterans Administration hospital. She also discusses her husband's education, his service in World War II, and the auto companies he worked at.

Recording of the first part of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.

Recording of the second part of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.

Podcast from the University of North Texas Music Library highlighting materials from their collections. This episode describes five major collections of materials related to Duke Ellington, including multiple sound recordings which are unreleased according to available discographical information: Ellington at the Paramount Theater, April 30, 1947; Ellington on WWDC radio, April 21, 1946; Ellington interviewed by Willis Conover, March 27, 1948; Ellington interviewed by Willis Conover, September 5, 1973; Swedish telecast, February 7, 1963; Goteborg, Sweden, November 6, 1958; Milan, Italy, January 15, 1967.

Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in Beverly Hills, California for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. This recording includes the use of a racial slur by Gilliland.

Hoihte Saihriem, aged 64, is a female speaker from Bahbahar village of Cachar district of Assam. She tells the story of a wicked lady who killed the wife of Sapinthei and later married her father. This wicked lady had a daughter named Mairangkoh. Together, they tortured Sapinthei and managed to kill her after she was married to a king.

Chongpu Chongloi describes the marriage system of the Saihriem as practiced by their traditional forefathers. He is a native speaker of Saihriem from Noxa Tila, Cachar District, Assam, around 85 years old at the time of recording.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Kenneth Zartman. Zartman joined the Army in May of 1940. After basic training he was sent to Hawaii. He joined the Coast Artillery stationed at Fort Kamehameha, and worked with the 3-inch guns. Zartman was stationed in Hawaii during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He provides vivid details of his experiences through that fateful day, including someone in their outfit shooting down a Japanese plane. In early 1942 Zartman was sent to an air base on Canton Island for nine months, where he worked as a stevedore. He then served on Makin Island, and joined the 6th Ranger Battalion. He participated in the Marianas Islands Campaign and the Battle of Saipan in 1944. Zartman was discharged in June of 1945.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Wayne Cripe. Cripe was born in Camden, Indiana 22 March 1926. Drafted into the US Marine Corps in June 1944 he went to boot camp at Parris Island. After twelve weeks he was sent to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He describes the training he underwent. During November 1944 he was sent to Camp Banyan, Hilo, Hawaii where he was assigned to the 5th Marine Division, 32nd Replacement Battalion. He tells of landing on Iwo Jima and seeing the American flag flying over Mount Suribachi as he was unloading supplies on the beach. He was on Iwo Jima seventeen days before he was severely wounded by fragments from a Japanese grenade. After being tended by a hospital corpsman he was evacuated to the US Samaritan (AH-10) and taken to Aiea Naval Hospital at Pearl Harbor. After spending six months at the hospital he was sent to San Diego where he received a physical evaluation and was discharged 5 May 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Morris. Morris joined the Army in 1939. He served with the 369th Infantry Division, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters, consisting mainly of African Americans. He served in the motor pool, during the European and Pacific Theaters. In May of 1942, Morris and his united worked in labor and security operations in the Southwest Pacific Area. He returned to the U.S. and was discharged in 1945.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Irvin Long. Long joined the Navy in August of 1943. In early 1944 he served aboard the USS Tabberer (DE-418) as a signalman, using flashing lights, semaphore flags, and Morse Code. In September of 1944 they traveled to Pearl Harbor to practice shooting and work with sonar. They left Pearl Harbor and joined Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet in October of 1944, conducting anti-submarine sweeps of the Philippine Sea. He describes his experience through a typhoon in December of 1944. They later traveled to Iwo Jima, shooting down enemy aircraft during the bombing of Iwo. From there they traveled around Okinawa and Japan, doing submarine patrols. After August 1945 they were assigned to escort big supply ships into the Korea Bay in the Yellow Sea. He was discharged in January of 1946.