[Cassette recording of television and lectures on Robert Henri, John Sloan, and architecture]

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Sound recording by Byrd Williams IV. The first track opens with the ending of a commercial for trolls toys and then picks up with a recorded lecture with a woman speaking. She is discussing artists and the circle of influence that is the focus of this class session. She also speaks about an exhibit students had the chance to see. There is white noise throughout the recording and also background noises like coughing. The recording becomes distorted around the 11:30 mark and continues to be wobbly until the end of the first track. During the distortion the content switches to … continued below

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1 sound cassette (30 min., 52 sec.) : analog ; 1 1/2 X 2 1/2 in.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951- [1980..].

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This audio recording is part of the collection entitled: Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 25 times. More information about this recording can be viewed below.

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Sound recording by Byrd Williams IV. The first track opens with the ending of a commercial for trolls toys and then picks up with a recorded lecture with a woman speaking. She is discussing artists and the circle of influence that is the focus of this class session. She also speaks about an exhibit students had the chance to see. There is white noise throughout the recording and also background noises like coughing. The recording becomes distorted around the 11:30 mark and continues to be wobbly until the end of the first track. During the distortion the content switches to what sounds like a show on television and the lesson is cut off. The second track begins with a man speaking though it is too muffled to distinguish clearly. He mentions "modern architecture" and the "history of architecture" at a point early on. It breaks at the 4:15 mark on track two and returns to the woman's lecture, this time focused on John Sloan.

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1 sound cassette (30 min., 52 sec.) : analog ; 1 1/2 X 2 1/2 in.

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This cassette is continued in the second track of a separate cassette recording by Byrd. It is titled "Dovie and Derrick Williams speaking; a lecture recording" in the database and a link is provided.

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  • Preferred Citation: Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection (AR0769), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection

Four generations of photographers, all named Byrd Williams, documented more than 100 years of North Texas history. These materials, selected from a larger collection of family items. are available in UNT Libraries' Special Collections.

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[Dovie and Derrick Williams speaking; a lecture recording] (Sound)

[Dovie and Derrick Williams speaking; a lecture recording]

Sound recording of Byrd Williams IV's son Derrick interacting with a woman, possibly his mother Dovie. There are background sounds and what could be a blender or other household item. Towards the end of the first track the sound begins to become distorted. The second track is from a professor's lecture about the realism artists of the early 1900s including John Sloan and George Bellows; the speaker focuses on societal progression and the history of social welfare projects through their art. At the 7:55 mark on track two Byrd gives a response to one of the professor's questions. Towards the end of the second track the sound becomes slightly distorted before cutting off.

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  • [1980..]

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  • Feb. 25, 2020, 9:21 p.m.

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  • April 22, 2021, 4:10 p.m.

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Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-. [Cassette recording of television and lectures on Robert Henri, John Sloan, and architecture], audio recording, [1980..]; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1614160/: accessed April 17, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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