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Speech about workshop goals

Description: This is a talk on the purpose of a formal meeting and contains a background of teachers' training workshop by Bathou Educational Foundation.
Date: July 29, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Announcement of workshop schedule

Description: Formal announcement of schedule and logistical information about a teachers' workshop.
Date: July 27, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Formal introduction of a guest

Description: This is a formal introduction of an invited guest.
Date: July 28, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Formal introduction of a meeting

Description: This is an address by the chairperson in the beginning of a formal meeting. It gives participants an idea what the meeting is about.
Date: July 29, 2019
Duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about Boro educational material

Description: This is a conversation about newly published Boro primers. The teachers are sharing their feedback on the primers published by the Bathou Educational Foundation.
Date: July 28, 2019
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Speech concluding a workshop

Description: Formal speech concluding a teachers' workshop expressing gratitude to the participants and organizers.
Date: July 29, 2019
Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Sartaj Bibi

Description: Recording of a personal narrative of Sartaj Bibi (23-year old housewife). In this narrative, Sartaj Bibi gives an account of her routine work schedule on a typical day as a housewife.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Speech about workshop goals

Description: This is a brief talk about the goals of the workshop.
Date: July 27, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Speech about the activities of Bathou Educational Foundation

Description: This is a talk on the various activities of Bathou Educational Foundation. He discusses textbooks, cultural calendar and value education for Bathou Ashram schools.
Date: July 29, 2019
Duration: 30 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about high school memories, part 1

Description: Recording of a conversation between Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38 year old male shop owner) in which Aurangzeb talks to Gohar about their memories in high school. Aurangzeb recalls a student who once brought apricot fruits to the class and threw them on the floor. When the teacher entered the class, he slipped on one of the apricots and consequently punished the student. The speakers also recall several other stories/events in this session.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about high school memories, part 2

Description: This is a conversation between Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 37-year old male) and Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male). In this conversation, Gohar-ur Rehman talks about his memories in high school. He recalls an incident when a student was punished by a teacher on the road. The speakers also recall several other events in this session.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 6 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about life in village Danna in the olden days

Description: This is a conversation between Abdul Haq (a 29-year old male teacher) and Abdul Qayum (a 60-year old male) about life in village Danna in the olden days.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 11 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about childhood activities

Description: Recording of a conversation about some childhood activities in Danna. The speakers recount their memories about playing, going to school, and other activities. Muhammad Rafiq is a male teacher who is 29 years old at the time of recording. Abdul Haq is a male factory worker who is 28 years old at the time of recording.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Sultan Khan

Description: In this monologue Sultan Khan (a 54-year old male driver) recollects his childhood memories when he was studying in class 8th. He narrates how he once fled from home to Sargodha and then to Lahore with a friend, and about the subsequent events. The other speakers in this recording are Muhammad Rafiq (a 28-year old male) and Muhammad Mushtaq (a 25-year old male).
Date: July 15, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional Story about the saying "Unity is Strength"

Description: This is a traditional story about a king who teaches his sons that unity is strength. He explains that one person by himself, just like one stick, can be broken easily, but many people together, like many sticks, cannot be so easily broken. Aurangzeb (born 1985) told the story while Gohar Rehman, born 1981, listened.
Date: July 14, 2019
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about travel to Chitral

Description: This is a monologue about a visit to Chitral district by Muhammad Suleman (a 36-year old male teacher). The speaker is telling that it was a surprise for him to travel by air for the first time and it was his first visit to Chitral. He was very excited about this trip.
Date: July 6, 2019
Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative by Muhammad Suleman

Description: In this conversation with Atta-Ur Rehman, Muhammad Suleman recounts the personal experiences of his first ever journey to the Chitral district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where he attended a workshop on orthography and conservation of regional languages of Pakistan organized by the Project Director, Dr. Sadaf Munshi, in collaboration with the Forum for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (Pakistan).
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of a woman's wisdom, 1

Description: This is a retelling of a story about an evil man (a king/prince) who used to get married and then kill his wives. Eventually, he married a very wise girl, and she used her wisdom to make him a gentle man. In this recording, the narrator Abdul Qayum (a 59-year old male factory worker) is addressing Alam Zeb (a 32-year old male teacher).
Date: July 13, 2019
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of a love story about Yusuf Khan and Sher Bano

Description: This is a retelling of a love story of Yousaf Khan and Sher Bano by Ghulam Sarvar (a 70-year old male). Abdul Qayoum (a 60-year old male) is the listener in this recording. Native speakers Naik Muhammad and Aurangzeb are also present.
Date: July 13, 2019
Duration: 17 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem about the Judgement Day

Description: This is a performance of a poem that warns about the brevity of life and the imminent arrival of the Judgement Day. Existence, including life, is ephemeral, so we would do better to prepare for the grave than pile up riches and seek pleasure in this life. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a poem about a religious missionary group

Description: Recording of a performance of a poem about a religious missionary group who pray often and teach people about the benefits of religious practices. The contributor Muhammad Aslam is a 36-year old male teacher.
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue on getting water from the tap

Description: This monologue by Muhammad Aslam (a 36-year old male teacher) is about a story of a man who was visiting a village and saw people getting water from a tap in the wall. He returned to his own village and eagerly explained that he discovered a new way to get water that was much easier than their traditional way. He bought the supplies and installed the tap in the wall, but no water came out. One of his fellow villagers explained to him that, in order for the tap to work, one must install a pipe f… more
Date: July 12, 2019
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of a king and his two sons

Description: This is a retelling of the story of a king and his two sons by Ghulam Sarvar (a 70-year old male). Abdul Qayoum (a 60-year old male) is the listener. In this story, there was a king in Iran who had two sons. The sons get separated from each other. After a long time, there is a battle between the two sons, and one defeats the other. Eventually, they find out that they are brothers and regret that they were fighting.
Date: July 13, 2019
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Partner: UNT College of Information
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[Oral history interview with Martha and Doug Puryear, part 1]

Description: Oral history interview with Martha and Doug Puryear, parents of Duane Puryear, who died from complications of AIDS. Topics covered include: the couple's childhoods, how they met, and their careers and family life. The majority of the interview concerns Duane Puryear's life and legacy.
Date: July 30, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Testa, Nino
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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