Reference code
ZA UCT BC1143_E
Title
Sound recordings
Date(s)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
Over 190 tapes of different formats housed in 7 trays, plus a few additional tapes.
Name of creator
(1919-1990)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Mainly recordings of informants speaking non-Bantu click languages, sometimes lumped together under a misleading cover term ‘Khoisan’ or 'KhoeSan' by other scholars. The Westphal sound files are precious because they include recordings of some languages, which are no longer spoken and of which there is no written record. A spreadsheet containing detailed metadata describing the individual soundings recordings is attached above as a digital object.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A spreadsheet containing detailed metadata describing the individual soundings recordings is available on request.
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
The sound recordings have been fully digitised and are accessible on-line in UCT Libraries' Digital Collections website. The digital files may browsed, searched and accessed at http://www.digitalcollections.lib.uct.ac.za/ernst-westphal-san-languages