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Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Goronw Davies Interview Goronw Davies Interview
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 495Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Tape overlaps with CE 494. Davies, Chairman of the Welsh Language Society. Raised in nationalist tradition, and attended Welsh grammar schools. Topics include: Education, English migrants not assimilating to Welsh culture, community life in Wales before the English, Welsh economy and English influence, moral duty of English government to preserve Welsh language, agricultural employment decrease, Welsh nationalist, language and conceptions, his personal influence, University subsidies, and the charges brought against him. Additional topics include: Welsh poetry and literature, and how any good Welshman should not join the police force.
Goronw Davies Interview; Menna Elfyn Interview Goronw Davies Interview; Menna Elfyn Interview
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 496Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Last segment of Davies interview: Davies, Chairman of the Welsh Language Society. Raised in nationalist tradition, and attended Welsh grammar schools. Topics include: Education, English migrants not assimilating to Welsh culture, community life in Wales before the English, Welsh economy and English influence, moral duty of English government to preserve Welsh language, agricultural employment decrease, Welsh nationalist, language and conceptions, his personal influence, University subsidies, charges brought against him, Welsh poetry and literature, and how any good Welshman should not join the police force, Welsh Language Society's court disruptions/demonstrations, public reception of Welsh Language Society, women's participation in Society, and his philosophy on language. Menna Elfyn: Member of Welsh Nationalist Party. Speaks of her experience being imprisoned and explains that she is not an outlaw, but trying to display why certain laws are wrong.
Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 1 of 2 Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 1 of 2
Date: 5/15/1963Call Number: CE 645Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discusses how closely Californians of Mexican descent retain Mexican language and culture. Multiple interviews about the use of Spanish and English. The danger of the loss of cultural identity, assimilation, inferiority, and bilingualism.
Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 2 of 2 Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 2 of 2
Date: 5/18/1963Call Number: CE 646Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Various interviews conducted; discussion of the challenges of the acquisition/retention of Spanish with each generation of Mexican Americans, Spanglish or code switching, the role of communities in language usage; literacy, and the interest or lack thereof in Mexican and Spanish language literature.