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Oral history of American linguistics Raven I. McDavid tells the story of his life and his career in linguistics (1979)
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- archival Tape X: McDavid speaks to O'Cain's class Contents: Side A: McDavid begins to tell a class taught by O'Cain about how he got into linguistics and how he worked with H.L. Mencken. Side B: McDavid concludes his remarks.
- archival [07] Tape 7, parts 13 and 14 Contents: Side A: "Part XIII" (1/19/79?) Side B: "Part XIV" (1/19/79?)
- archival [08] Tape 8, parts 15 and 16 Contents: Side A: Tape XV (1/26/79) Side A: Tape XVI (1/26/79)
- archival [01] Tape 1, parts 1 and 2 Contents: Side A: Part I Side B: Part II
- archival [02] Tape 2, parts 3 and 4 Contents: Side A: Part III Side B: Part IV
- archival [03] Tape 3, parts 5 and 6 Contents: Side A: Part V (1/12/79 and 1/13/79 (?)) Side B: Part VI (1/13/79)
- archival [06] Tape 6, parts 11 and 12 Contents: Side A: Part XI (1/14/79) Side B: Part XII (Baton Rouge, 1/16/79)
- archival [04] Tape 4, parts 7 and 8 Contents: Side A: Part VII (1/13/79) Side B: Part VIII (1/13/79)
- archival [05] Tape 5, parts 9 and 10 Contents: Side A: Part IX (1/14/79) Side B: Part X (1/14/79)
- archival [14] Tape 14, parts 27 and 28 Contents (The following numbers do not appear on the cassette but arbitrarily continue the previous numbering): Side A: [Part XXVII] (made in Chicago) Side B: [Part XXVIII] (made mostly in South Carolina) [Note: The recording session for 7 October 1979 evidently begins about 4.25 mins, into this track, concluding on Tape 16.]
- archival [09] Tape 9, parts 17 and 18 Contents: Side A: Part XVII Side B: Part XVIII
- archival [10] Tape 10, parts 19 and 20 Contents: Side A: Part XIX (1/26/79) Side B: Part XX (1/29/79 & 1/30/79)
- archival [11] Tape 11, parts 21 and 22 Contents: Side A: Part XXI (1/30/79 & 1/31/79) Side B: Part XXII (1/31/79 & 2/4/79)
- archival [12] Tape 12, parts 23 and 24 Contents: Side A: Part XXIII (2/4/79 & 2/14/79) Side B: Part XXIV (2/14/79 & 2/21/79)
- archival [13] Tape 13, parts 25 and 26 Contents: Side A: Part XXV (February 1979) Side B: Part XXVI (5/23/79)
- archival [15] Tape 15, parts 29 and 30 Contents (The following numbers do not appear on the cassette but arbitrarily continue the previous numbering): Side A: [Part XXIX] McDavid engages in a conversation with O'Cain about the development of Southern English from Colonial times. Side B: [Part XXX] McDavid concludes his remarks.
- archival [16] Tape 16, parts 31 and 32 Contents (The following numbers do not appear on the cassette but arbitrarily continue the previous numbering): Side A: [Part XXXI] McDavid reminisces about his days at the Citadel and talks about standards governing data collection in linguistics. Side B: [Part XXXII] McDavid concludes his remarks; at the end he tells two more stories about the Citadel.