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2. Milo Ryan KIRO-CBS Radio News Phonoarchive, 1935-1978
- Description:
- The Milo Ryan / CBS Radio News Phonoarchive is a unique audio time capsule that documents many historic 20th century events. It consists of sound recordings of CBS Radio News programs, public affairs shows, actualities, speeches, interviews, wartime dramas, daily World War II news updates. The recordings capture groundbreaking broadcasts by Edward R. Murrow and his "Boys": William L. Shirer, Eric Sevareid, Tom Grandin, Larry LeSueur, Charles Collingwood, Howard K. Smith, Winston Burdett, Bill Downs, Mary Marvin Breckinridge, Cecil Brown, and Richard C. Hottelet. The collection also includes recordings of programs and speeches made by public figures during and beyond WW II, including Churchill, Eisenhower, Einstein, Hitler, and JFK. As Dr. Donald Godfrey writes in his 1973 article "History Held a Microphone": "There are twenty-two hundred and twenty-seven newscasts. All but a handful originating from CBS. Their newscasts represent every weekday without a miss, from September 7, 1939, with the Germans entering Poland, to April 2, 1945, with the allies entering Germany.... Tapes contain examples of special events coverage: the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, the bombing of Japan, landings in North Africa, the 13 Normandy Invasion, the World Security Conference, April, 1945, the function of the American and Russian Armies, April, 1945, the death and funeral of FDR, and miles of tape on V. E. and V.J. days. Elmer Davis' daily five minute reports are represented in entirety from his debut, September 16, 1939, to February 13, 1941, and occasionally to July 9, 1943. H. V. Kaltenbom edits the news, complete from August 27, 1939, until January 26, 1940, and sporadically thereafter. Our library includes 21 speeches by Winston Churchill, representing 12 hours of this master of language. There are 51 talks by President Roosevelt totaling 24 continuous hours." A detailed description of most of the recordings in the Phonoarchive is available in Milo Ryan's book History in Sound (UW Press).
- Content types:
- Performed music and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Acetate open reel tape, Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), Photographic print, and Text document
- Extent:
- 2849 items
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Washington Libraries
- Online finding aid:
- View on archiveswest.orbiscascade.org
3. WILL Radio: Focus 580
- Description:
- Broadcast archives of the WILL Radio's Focus 580, a public radio call-in talk program featuring interviews with newsmakers, subject matter and policy experts, authors, artists, and others addressing topics of public interest including politics, science, health, race, gender, LGBTQ, environment, education, history, literature, culture and the arts, and community life.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, and Text
- Formats:
- Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), Data disk (floppy disk), and Text document
- Extent:
- 5,500 items
- Repository/Collector:
- Illinois Public Media, University of Illinois
- Online finding aid:
- View on aa.will.illinois.edu
4. American Folklife Center archive
- Content types:
- Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Lacquer disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Metal disc, MiniDisc, Cylinder, Sound wire reel, Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Paper open reel tape, Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), Motion picture film, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Betamax, 8mm video (including Hi8), DV (including MiniDV), Betacam (including Betacam SP), Digital Betacam (a.k.a. DigiBeta), U-matic (including U-matic S), DVCPro, Open reel video, DVCAM, HDCAM, Data disk (floppy disk), Photographic print, Photographic negative, and Text document
- Extent:
- 5.3 million items
- Repository/Collector:
- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
5. KBOO Community Radio Analog Archive
- Description:
- KBOO’s analog audio archive includes almost 7,500 items of radio programming in 5, 7, 10″ open reel, CDs, cassettes, DATs, and minidiscs format. KBOO Community Radio went on the air in June of 1968, and radio program recordings date from the late 1940s. This is a collection created from institutional records. This collection is unprocessed. Our archives include Oregon artists Ken Kesey, Ursula LeGuin, Gus Van Sant, political figures such as Kent Ford, and Winona LaDuke, as well as hundreds of poets, hundreds of artists, and hundreds of activists, both recorded lectures, panels, conferences, and street actions. We also have significant live music recordings from Doc Watson to Elliot Smith.
- Content types:
- Text, Spoken word, Performed music, and Sounds
- Formats:
- Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), MiniDisc, Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape, Open reel tape (unknown material), Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), and Text document
- Extent:
- Numbers are estimates, as some labeled items are bundled and dates were not recorded for all items. 7600 individual items: 1,361 10" open reel (1947-2001), 1,865 7" open reel (1948-1969), 99 5" open reel, 1,500 cassettes (1948-2008), 112 digital audio tapes (1969-2004), 217 minidiscs (1969-2004), 2,433 optical discs (1967-2013).
- Repository/Collector:
- KBOO Community Radio Analog Archive
6. Soundchecks, newsletters, and other materials
- Description:
- Recordings include soundchecks, live remotes, and live studio recordings. Other materials include newsletters and posters.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Open reel tape (unknown material), Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Photographic print, Photographic negative, and Text document
- Repository/Collector:
- WORT-FM
7. Leo and Mary Sarkisian Collection
- Description:
- The vast majority of the collection is the full contents of the Leo Sarkisian Music Library transferred from the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. to the University of Michigan for preservation, teaching, and research use. The media library supported Sarkisian’s research and recording career at VOA (1963-2012) and served as the principal analog audio resources for the production of the Music Time in Africa radio show. The collection also includes personal papers and memorabilia from Leo Sarkisian and his wife Mary. New materials in digital form are added to the collection as tape recordings and personal papers are digitized.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Pressed LP disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), Photographic negative, and Text document
- Extent:
- 8,500 reels; 550 audiocassettes; 75 artifacts; 4 scrapbooks; 1200 LPs; 450 45 rpm; 9 cubic feet documents. 1300 digitized audio recordings. 360 unique field recordings
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Michigan
8. KEXP Archive
- Description:
- KEXP and KCMU live performance recordings, radio programming, on-demand content and related materials (1972-present).
- Content types:
- Performed music, Still image, Text, Two-dimensional moving image, and Sounds
- Formats:
- Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Data cartridge, and Text document
- Repository/Collector:
- KEXP
9. KRAB Archive
- Description:
- K-R-A-B were once the call letters of a non-commercial, educational FM radio station (107.7mhz) in Seattle, Washington. Going on the air in 1962, it was the fourth listener-supported station in the country. The KRAB Archive is the only authoritative online source of information documenting the history, philosophy and accomplishments of the station. The online collection contains digitized audio, text publications such as program guides, flyers and posters, photographs, correspondence, FCC filings, and short articles about the station. The collection also contains some ephemera and audio of other KRAB Nebula stations, as well as a listing of online archival resources of other "community" radio stations.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Pressed LP disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Open reel tape (unknown material), Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), Photographic print, and Text document
- Extent:
- Online: >600 hours of digitized audio; >1,000 program units; >320 digitized program guide pamphlets or tabloids; comprising >30gb of online disk storage. Physical: >1,200 7" reels of audiotape; >500 cassette tapes; >300 8x5" 12 page program guides; >400 8x11" multifold tabloid program guides; Misc news clippings, posters, flyers, brochures, and Board of Director minutes.
- Repository/Collector:
- Charles Reinsch
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.krabarchive.com
10. KUOW audio archives
- Description:
- Primarily interviews and live musical performances featuring international newsmakers to local musicians. Includes nearly complete (app. 450 hours) archive of live-performance show, "Sandy Bradley's POTLUCK," aired on KUOW in Seattle and about 50 non-commercial US stations between 1984-1995. Also hundreds of hours of live folk, classical and world-music concerts from Puget Sound region. A large portion of this material has been archived in digital (.wav/44.1/16) format (done in 2008).
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, and Still image
- Formats:
- Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), MiniDisc, Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), Betamax, Text document, and PDFs
- Extent:
- > 1000 reel-to-reel analogue tapes, several hundred DATs, small number of cassettes, MDs, CDs
- Repository/Collector:
- KUOW-FM / Puget Sound Public Radio / University of Washington