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Speech given at LNBA Fellowship meeting

Recording of a speech by Joy Tholung at the LNBA Fellowship at Thamlapokpi Village in Chandel District.
Date: January 30, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Swamy Tholung Ksen, Sumshot Khular with David, A Peterson explaining Lamkang words during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop

Recording of discussion of Lamkang word ksin in the Lamkang Orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Assam.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytic discussion of Escape of the Younger Brother

Recording of analytical discussion of the story of Lamkang with Khungdon Donnu Sankhil and Rengpu Rex Khullar with Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of directionals and demonstratives

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah eliciting directional and demonstratives. With Donnu Sankhil, Tholung Swamy Ksen, and Sumshot Khular at Thamlakhuren village.
Date: January 21, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Story of school boy in Lamkang by Pengpu Rex Khular

Recording of a school boy story by Rengpu Rex Khullar narrated during the Lamkang Orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of orthography-1

Recording of participants at the 2016 Orthography workshop focusing on spelling preferences.
Date: January 21, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of verb paradigms, part 3

Recording of analytic discussion of verb paradigms at the 2016 Orthography workshop at the Don Bosco Workshop. The discussion was guided by David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah and included Swamy Tholung, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rex Rengpu Khullar.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of verb paradigms

Recording of analytic discussion of verb paradigms at the 2016 Orthography workshop held at Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Story of Rumnu and Theipa by Sumshot Khular

Recording of Sumshot narrating a Rumnu and Theipa story in Lamkang during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative on Donnu Sankhil's two aunts from Challong

Recording of a story by Donnu Sankhil about her two aunts from Challong during the Lamkang Orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of verb paradigms, part 2

Recording of analytic discussion of verb paradigms at the 2016 Orthography workshop at the Don Bosco Workshop. The discussion was guided by David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah and included Swamy Tholung, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rex Rengpu Khullar.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Narration of a traditional narrative

Recording of a telling of a traditional narrative at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Swamy Tholung Ksen sharing a Lamkang love story in the Lamkang Orthography Workshop

Recording of Lamkang love story narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about aspect

Recording of David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah discussing verbal aspect with Sumshot Khular, Swamy Tholung Ksen, Donnu Sankhil and Rengpu Rex Khullar.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion on Lamkang verb "duul" at Don Bosco Institute with Lamkang speakers

Recording of Lamkang verb "duul" with Lamkang speakers, Sankhil Donnu, Sumshot Khular, Rengpu Rex Khullar and Swamy Tholung Ksen at Don Bosco Institute. Shobhana Chelliah, David Peterson and Prafulla Basumatary as linguist discussants.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion on verb "duul" at Don Bosco Institute with Lamkang speakers

Recording of verb duul discussion with speakers Sankhil Donnu, Rengpu Rex Khullar, Swamy Tholung Ksen, Sumshot Khular with David, A Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about Sumphaai and Raangleen

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah discussing the Story of Sumphaai and Raangleen with Sumshot Khular and a group of Lamkang speakers.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Swamy Tholung Ksen sharing a story about Sraa Nao and Chuva and Khavah during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop

Recording of story of a poor boy, and the second story of Chuva and Khava by Swamy Tholung Ksen during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco Institute.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about directionals

Recording of a discussion of Lamkang directionals with Donnu Sankhil, Sumshot Khular with Shobhana Chelliah during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Goldie Conley, January 8, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Goldie Conley, January 8, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Goldie Conley. Conley was born in San Saba County, Texas in 1922. She describes living conditions in the small town of Cherokee during the Depression years. She married Wilbur Conley in May 1942, one month after he was inducted into the Army Air Forces. In October 1942, Wilbur was sent overseas and she briefly discusses his various assignments. She went to work as a welder with the Bethlehem Pennsylvania Shipyards in Beaumont, Texas and describes some of the hazards of the job. She also reflects upon the loneliness of being separated from her husband for over three years and the elation felt upon his return in 1945.
Date: January 8, 2016
Creator: Conley, Goldie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Wray, January 6, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Charles Wray, January 6, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Wray. Wray entered the Navy in 1942. He completed flight training in Kansas, California, and Texas. He was commissioned in August 1943 and sent to Opa-Locka, Florida to fly a Brewster Buffalo and completed various gunnery missions and field carrier landings. He joined the Composite Squadron 75 (VC-75) flying the FM2 and the F4F. His squadron was sent to Kaneohe, Hawaii and boarded the USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79). They worked with Thomas Kincaid’s fleet, escorting troops up to Palau. They also supported troops in the Solomon Islands. He was in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, escorting troops. He was aboard the Ommaney Bay when it was struck by a kamikaze. He abandoned ship and was picked up by the USS Patterson (DD-392), then transferred to the USS New Mexico (BB-40) and was aboard during the invasion of Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. He was transported back to California in 1945. The Navy then sent him to Daytona Beach Naval Air Station as an instructor. He was discharged in 1946 and joined the Naval Reserves.
Date: January 6, 2016
Creator: Wray, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Nemec, January 12, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Frank Nemec, January 12, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Nemec. Nemec joined the Marine Corps in December, 1942 and trained at San Diego. He arrived overseas in time to join B Company, 1st Tank Battalion in the First Marine Division when they invaded New Britain. Nemec describes going ashore and the conditions of battle at Peleliu. He also was on Okinawa and shares stories. Nemec served as maintenance man for tanks. He also relates several anecdotes from his time in China after the war on occupation duty. He returned from China in December and was discharged in July 1946.
Date: January 12, 2016
Creator: Nemec, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Francis Sitar, January 11, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Francis Sitar, January 11, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Francis J. Sitar. Sitar joined the Navy in early 1941. He completed training in Newport, Rhode Island. In mid-1941, he served aboard USS Mizar (AF-12), and traveled with Task Force 16 to Reykjavík, Iceland. For the next year the Mizar operated in the western Atlantic from a number of East Coast ports supplying bases and ships from Iceland to the Virgin Islands. In July of 1942 they transported a parachute battalion to New Zealand, then traveled to Australian ports to support Army forces engaged in the New Guinea campaign. Around 1943, Sitar transferred to USS Gold Star (AK-12) and served as Second Class Boatswain Mate and later as Chief Warrant Officer, and traveled to Perth and New Guinea. He later served as second in command aboard a tugboat. He received an honorable discharge around January of 1945.
Date: January 11, 2016
Creator: Sitar, Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eugene Volcik, January 23, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Eugene Volcik, January 23, 2016

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Eugene Volcik. Volcik grew up on a farm in Texas and was 13 when the war started. Volcik’s brothers served and urged him not to join the service too quickly as their mother needed help at home. Volcik was 17 when the war ended. After the war, he joined the Navy in February 1946 and recalls several experiences from his time in the post-war Navy aboard USS Huntington (CL-107).
Date: January 23, 2016
Creator: Volcik, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History