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Celyn Harding Jones (2010); Chelsea Obodoechina (2020)

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University of Virginia

http://faulkner.lib.virginia.edu/

20202020/08/10

Lectures given by William Faulkner at Virginia University between 1957 and 1958 were recorded and have now been digitized and uploaded online. The archive provides the recordings, along with transcriptions, essays, context, and photographs.

Professor Stephen Railton, from the English department at Virginia University has digitzed the recordings and contextualized them, adding them to this online archive in hopes of sharing these valuable lectures. This archive was opened to the public in July of 2010.

"Stephen Railton, Professor of English, UVA, sfr@virginia.edu / Michael Plunkett, Co-conspirator
Fellow, Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture. "

Interesting search: you can search the tapes and transcripts for any keyword. So, if you're looking for Faulkner talking about the Sound and the Fury, every instance that those words are mentioned comes up on the search, but it also pulls up the part of the recording and the transcript of where it's mentioned. This would be very helpful for our archives.

The transcript is available below the recording. Both the recording and the text are separated into bite-sized sections. The audio is queued to the appropriate point in the recording. This would also work very well for our archive.

Date, occasion, tape archive #, length and title of recording are noted. Context is provided in another section, with a history of Faulkner's writing, his life and the contexts of these recordings. Note: the audio and transcript aren't time stamped, but divided into small sections.UPDATE (Chelsea Obodoechina): Mobile access is possible, but the website does not cater to mobile devices. Functionality may vary depending on the device.

Context, history and author bio can be found under the Context page. Information about the old reels and original recording practices can be found on the bottom of the Browsing page.

the file streams, using Quicktime.

There were no videos of Faulkner during the 50's, and photos are displayed in the Context and history section.

There are small play bars on the screen that play directly.

UPDATE (Chelsea Obodoechina): Mobile access is possible, but the website does not cater to mobile devices. Functionality may vary depending on the device.

Browsing is simple on this site, as there are only a handful of recordings, organized by date, each with a description of the recording.

No interactivity features available.

Notes on transcription and recording can be found in the context section.