An interview with Mark Abrams (audio files)
[New page: 22 March 2012: last updated 7 March 2013]
Dr Mark Abrams (1906 - 1994)
Biographical details, obituaries, publications, background to interview and explanation of transcripts
An interview with Mark Abrams (transcripts)
List of, and links to, the transcripts (pdf format)
I have edited the audio files from the original tapes and extracted separate audio files corresponding to each section of the transcript.. The cutting points are difficult to locate with complete precision, but they are pretty close. The files were originally in *.wav format and were to servers in Florida (courtesy of my son Richard). I have now converted them to *.mp3 format at 160 kbps and uploaded them to this site. The links have been checked and they all work,
BUT: They can take several minutes to download
AND: They start to play automatically.
On my machine the files open in Quicktime on a new page and, once they start to play, you can move the slder forwards and backwards to pause and restart or to skip forwards and backwards within any single file as it is playing.
Dr Mark Abrams (1906 - 1994)
Biographical details, obituaries, publications, background to interview and explanation of transcripts
An interview with Mark Abrams (transcripts)
List of, and links to, the transcripts (pdf format)
I have edited the audio files from the original tapes and extracted separate audio files corresponding to each section of the transcript.. The cutting points are difficult to locate with complete precision, but they are pretty close. The files were originally in *.wav format and were to servers in Florida (courtesy of my son Richard). I have now converted them to *.mp3 format at 160 kbps and uploaded them to this site. The links have been checked and they all work,
BUT: They can take several minutes to download
AND: They start to play automatically.
On my machine the files open in Quicktime on a new page and, once they start to play, you can move the slder forwards and backwards to pause and restart or to skip forwards and backwards within any single file as it is playing.
They are very much a beta version and we are working on options for users to download the files without playing them and also investigating ways of speeding up the streaming. One possibility is to break the files into short video clips (about 2 minutes each) and post them to YouTube. In these the sound would be
accompanied by the relevant text and by associated photographs and other visual material. To see a test example, click on this link: http://youtu.be/5cbYSh8hLuw. The text is a bit blurred, but Terry Blom is experimenting with ways of improving this.
File Section Duration Size
(mins:secs) (mb)
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mark01 Family origins and early childhood 30:56 35.4
mark02 Latymer School, Edmonton 22:57 26.2
mark03 London School of Economics 20:54 23.9
mark04 First academic appointment: 7::27 8.5
Lecturer in Agricultural Economics
mark05 America (Brookings Institution) 13:48 15.7
mark06 Back in England: 25:24 29.0
Market Research and the London Press Exchange
mark07 Philip Abrams 1: birth and childhood 4:54 24.8
mark08 Wartime at the BBC 20:17 24.3
mark09 After the war 3:09 3.8
mark10 Philip Abrams 2: At school 2:59 3.6
mark11 Back to Research Services Ltd 15:34 17.8
mark12 Philip Abrams 3: At Cambridge 19.36 22.4
mark13 Research Services Ltd: part 2 7:19 8.4
mark14 The Labour Party 16:32 18.9
mark15 Social Science Research Council (SSRC) 5:18 6.1
mark16 SSRC Survey Unit 6:03 6.9
mark17 Research on Old Age (Age Concern) 11:55 13.6
mark18 Academic relationships: Mark and Philip 15:25 17.6
accompanied by the relevant text and by associated photographs and other visual material. To see a test example, click on this link: http://youtu.be/5cbYSh8hLuw. The text is a bit blurred, but Terry Blom is experimenting with ways of improving this.
File Section Duration Size
(mins:secs) (mb)
________________________________________________________________
mark01 Family origins and early childhood 30:56 35.4
mark02 Latymer School, Edmonton 22:57 26.2
mark03 London School of Economics 20:54 23.9
mark04 First academic appointment: 7::27 8.5
Lecturer in Agricultural Economics
mark05 America (Brookings Institution) 13:48 15.7
mark06 Back in England: 25:24 29.0
Market Research and the London Press Exchange
mark07 Philip Abrams 1: birth and childhood 4:54 24.8
mark08 Wartime at the BBC 20:17 24.3
mark09 After the war 3:09 3.8
mark10 Philip Abrams 2: At school 2:59 3.6
mark11 Back to Research Services Ltd 15:34 17.8
mark12 Philip Abrams 3: At Cambridge 19.36 22.4
mark13 Research Services Ltd: part 2 7:19 8.4
mark14 The Labour Party 16:32 18.9
mark15 Social Science Research Council (SSRC) 5:18 6.1
mark16 SSRC Survey Unit 6:03 6.9
mark17 Research on Old Age (Age Concern) 11:55 13.6
mark18 Academic relationships: Mark and Philip 15:25 17.6
