COMPLETE: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 53 - jo

[soupy]

ColleenMc wrote.

I have recently discovered the "free to view" archives of NYT where selected articles from early years are available as PDFs. Am I correct in assuming these are all PD to read for these NF collections? If so I plan to read an article from December of 1851 from the Times about a fire in the Bowery (first year of Times publication!) and hope to do more articles for future editions.

Are pre-1922 magazines also considered PD across the board? Thanks!

Do you have a link you can share with us?

Craig

[Sue Anderson]

I have recently discovered the "free to view" archives of NYT where selected articles from early years are available as PDFs. Am I correct in assuming these are all PD to read for these NF collections? If so I plan to read an article from December of 1851 from the Times about a fire in the Bowery (first year of Times publication!) and hope to do more articles for future editions.

Are pre-1922 magazines also considered PD across the board? Thanks!

Hi Colleen, Those sources should be ok. You might also enjoy the Chronicling America: Historic American Newspaper Collection from the Library of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

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Here is a link to the NYTimes archives: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser. You need to be a subscriber to the NYTimes to have full access to this feature.

[ColleenMc]

ColleenMc wrote.

I have recently discovered the "free to view" archives of NYT where selected articles from early years are available as PDFs. Am I correct in assuming these are all PD to read for these NF collections? If so I plan to read an article from December of 1851 from the Times about a fire in the Bowery (first year of Times publication!) and hope to do more articles for future editions.

Are pre-1922 magazines also considered PD across the board? Thanks!

Do you have a link you can share with us?

Craig

http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/

[ColleenMc]

Thanks Sue! I have poked around in the Chronicling America collection and probably will do more of it in the future but it’s a little overwhelming!

[MillionMoments]

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf053_nativebees_moisset_sa_128kb.mp3

"Native Bees," a selection from Bee Basics: An Introduction to Our Native Bees, pages 13-29,

by Beatriz Moisset and Stephen Buchmann,

published by the United States Department of Agriculture: Forest Service

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5306468.pdf

25:35

The illustrations are beautiful in the text!

Is anything by the USDA public domain then? Because there are loads I would love to read.

[Sue Anderson]

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf053_nativebees_moisset_sa_128kb.mp3

"Native Bees," a selection from Bee Basics: An Introduction to Our Native Bees, pages 13-29,

by Beatriz Moisset and Stephen Buchmann,

published by the United States Department of Agriculture: Forest Service

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5306468.pdf

25:35

The illustrations are beautiful in the text!

Is anything by the USDA public domain then? Because there are loads I would love to read.

The illustrations are indeed beautiful! Here is a link to the illustrator, Stephen Buchmann's web site http://stephenbuchmann.com/ The reason I read "Native Bees" was because I was out walking with my cell phone camera in hand, and our late blooming October dandelions were attracting myriads of native bees of various species, and I captured a photo of a gorgeous iridescent green sweat bee on a dandelion which is going to be the cover of vol. 53. Also saw a huge bumblebee sharing a dandelion with a tiny sweat bee, an act of neighborliness I hadn't imagined.

It's my personal take (but obviously just that, a personal take on the matter) that, USDA publications are ok, unless they specifically say something (like a photo)isn't. Here is the USDA's policy stated:

"Most information presented on the USDA Web site is considered public domain information. Public domain information may be freely distributed or copied, but use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested. Attribution may be cited as follows: "U.S. Department of Agriculture." [LibriVox catalog will reference USDA as source].

"Some materials on the USDA Web site are protected by copyright, trademark, or patent, and/or are provided for personal use only. Such materials are used by USDA with permission, and USDA has made every attempt to identify and clearly label them. You may need to obtain permission from the copyright, trademark, or patent holder to acquire, use, reproduce, or distribute these materials."
https://www.usda.gov/policies-and-links.

[Oxenhandler]

Hi Sue,

Please discard and disregard the file I just uploaded to knotyouraveragejo titled EP33.

I just realized it does not qualify as public domain. Please forgive me for the nuisance..

Thank you.

- Peter

[Sue Anderson]

Hi Peter, Thanks for letting us know.

[Lynnet]

Here is:
Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey

by J.M. Barrie 1860-1937

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf053_neitherdorkingnortheabbey_barrie_lt_128kb.mp3

7:09

Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40894/40894-h/40894-h.htm

[Sue Anderson]

Here is:
Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey

by J.M. Barrie 1860-1937

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf053_neitherdorkingnortheabbey_barrie_lt_128kb.mp3

7:09

Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40894/40894-h/40894-h.htm

Thank you, Lynne! What a moving tribute!

[soupy]

Thanks for the eulogy of George Meredith.
https://librivox.org/author/2015?primary_key=2015&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meredith

PLOK

Craig

[VfkaBT]

Critique of Mencken's The American Language, by 'F.H.' from The New Republic, May 31, 1919
http://www.unz.org/Pub/NewRepublic-1919may31

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf053_livingspeech_fh_mp_128kb.mp3
12.00

[Sue Anderson]

Critique of Mencken's The American Language, by 'F.H.' from The New Republic, May 31, 1919
http://www.unz.org/Pub/NewRepublic-1919may31

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf053_livingspeech_fh_mp_128kb.mp3
12.00

Hi BT, Thanks for this review of Mencken's The American Language.

I've provided link to the same article from The New Republic from Hathi Trust for use in our LibriVox catalog: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxqfni;view=1up;seq=169. Let's just say I am a bit "squiggly" about using unz.org as a source for a couple of reasons, the fact that the web site is controlled by one man (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Unz), and the disclaimer Unz runs on the bottom of the pages of his website: (Licensed to UNZ.org. Electronic Reproduction Prohibited)). The article itself, is, of course PD.

[soupy]

The Living Speech is PLOK

Except the title in the window might be wrong.

Thanks

Craig

[Sue Anderson]

The Living Speech is PLOK

Except the title in the window might be wrong.

Thanks

Craig

Titles for selections in the Nonfiction Collection can be treated a little differently from book titles. Since the Nonfiction Collection is dealing with selections, not complete books, the titles can be flexible. My opinion, as book coordinator, is that Nonfiction Collection titles are most useful when they indicate what the recording is about and should therefore, if possible, contain searchable terms. That is why I prefer "A Critique of Mencken's The American Language" to the original title of "The Living Language." [which makes no mention of the author or the name of the book being reviewed].

Regards,