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two 33 1/3 rpm records on "Animal Sounds and Communication"

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two 33 1/3 rpm records on "Animal Sounds and Communication"

Date: 1958
Inventory Number: WJ1225
Classification: Records
Subject:
acoustics, psychology,
Maker: American Institute of Biological Science (founded 1947)
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Washington,
Dimensions:
box: 2.8 x 31 x 31 cm (1 1/8 x 12 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Material:
paper, cardboard, vinyl, glassine,
Description:
Two nearly untouched 33 1/3 RPM records, one packaged in a glassine sleeve and the other in tan paper. Both are stored inside a light blue and tan cardboard box. The box contains a card from the Library of the Psychological Laboratories, dated 3/16/64.
SignedOn label: Sponsored by the OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH. / Under the auspices of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE.
InscribedOn label: "Demonstration Record / To accompany Proceedings of the symposium on ANIMAL SOUNDS AND COMMUNICATIONS / Sponsored by the OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH. / Under the auspices of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE / Edited by P. P. Kellogg, Laboratory of Ornithology, / Cornell, Ithaca, N.Y. / on side 1: Band 1. INSECTS (Alexander) / Band 2. FISHES (Tavolga) / Band 3. FROGS.
on side 2: Band 1: BIRDS (Borror) / Band 2. BIRDS (Lanyon) / Band 3. BIRDS (Marler) / Band 4. CHICKENS (Colias)
on side 2: LIBRARY / PSYCHOLOGICAL LABORATORIES
hand-written on outside of box: to go with L142.1 LANYON
FunctionDocumentation of the proceedings of the 1958 Symposium on Animal Sounds at Indiana University.
Primary SourcesWesley E. Lanyon and W. N. Tavolga, eds., Animal Sounds and Communication (Washington: American Institute of Biological Sciences, [c1960]).
ProvenancePsychology Department, William James Hall, Harvard University.

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