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2. Historical Music Recordings Collection
- Description:
- With over 300,000 recordings on tape, disc, cylinder, and piano roll, the Historical Music Recordings Collection is both the depository for University of Texas at Austin recordings and those of select orchestras, radio stations, national and international arts organizations. Named collections within the HMRC include: Irving Feld Radio Dramas; UT Radio House Transcription Discs; Mary Henrietta Chase Collection of Bing Crosby Lacquer Discs; KUT open-reel tape; Longhorn Radio Network open-reel tape; KMFA "20th century Romantics"; Austin Symphony Orchestra; Houston Symphony Orchestra; HMRC-CDs; 16-inch transcription discs (general collection).
- Content types:
- Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Lacquer disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Metal disc, LaserDisc, Cylinder, Analog audiocassette, Digital compact cassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Motion picture film, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Betamax, U-matic (including U-matic S), Text document, and Piano rolls
- Extent:
- 300,000 items
- Repository/Collector:
- The University of Texas at Austin, Fine Arts Library
3. Willis Conover Collection
- Description:
- Papers, sound recordings, video recordings, and realia from broadcaster Willis Conover, including interviews with major jazz artists.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, Text, and Three-dimensional moving image
- Formats:
- Lacquer disc, Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Motion picture film, U-matic (including U-matic S), Photographic print, Photographic negative, and Text document
- Extent:
- 279 boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- University of North Texas Music Library
- Online finding aid:
- View on findingaids.library.unt.edu
4. Michael P. Romano, Sr. Collection
- Description:
- Reel-to-reel and cassette tapes, with performances by numerous Swing-Era bands including Artie Shaw, Count Basie, and many others. The principal focus of the collection, however, is Benny Goodman, with live performances, airchecks, and electrical transcriptions.
- Content types:
- Performed music
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, and Acetate open reel tape
- Extent:
- 20 boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- University of North Texas Music Library
- Online finding aid:
- View on findingaids.library.unt.edu
5. Carol Cline Papers
- Description:
- The collection documents Carol Cline’s interest and acclaim in the Dayton, Ohio radio community and the public relations industry. Also included is documentation on Cline’s international travels and civic commitment. The bulk of materials date from 1939-1966 and include correspondence, notes, news clippings, photographs, public relations materials, audio reels of "Carol’s Corner" radio broadcast interviews of famous and accomplished individuals, and a scrapbook. Cline interviewed high profile individuals from Miami Beach, Florida in 1963, including Mayor Kenneth Oka, and Marshal Wise, Director of the Cuban Refugee Center. Cline also interviewed professors and students from Cornell University, her alma mater. Cline’s interview subjects included several political figures, such as Congressman Robert Taft, Jr., Senator Paul Douglass, and Frances Perkins (former Secretary of Labor from 1934-1945). Entertainers interviewed by Cline included Bob Newhart, Roberta Peters, Helen Hayes, Peter Nero, Alan King, Jimmy Durante, and Liberace. Authors Abigail VanBuren, and Amy Vandervilt were a few of the authors interviewed. Among the Dayton Personalities were Roz Young, S.C. Allyn, Allan Eckert, Si Burick, Phil Donahue, and Dayton Philharmonic founder and director, Paul Katz.
- Content types:
- Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Acetate open reel tape and Open reel tape (unknown material)
- Extent:
- 2.5 linear feet. 155 ¼" reel to reel audio tapes, the majority of which are 3" reels, however 5" and 7" tapes are also present.
- Repository/Collector:
- Wright State University, Special Collections & Archives Department
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.libraries.wright.edu
6. Dore Schary Papers, circa 1920-1980
- Description:
- Papers of Dore Schary, a playwright, motion picture executive, and activist in Jewish and liberal political causes documenting both his personal and professional life. Included are general correspondence; microfilmed scrapbooks; scripts and production material for plays and motion pictures; records pertaining to MGM; non-dramatic writings, speeches (many in recorded form), and an autobiography and a family memoir; home movies and photographs; correspondence, reports, lists, financial records, and speeches from his tenure as national chairman of the Anti-Defamation League and subject files on other organizations with which he was involved such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Jewish Committee, and the Democratic Party; and personal and biographical information. Documentation in the production files varies but may include correspondence, notes, variant drafts of scripts, clippings, financial records, publicity, stills, designs, and casting information. Records of Schary's years as executive producer, studio head, and vice-president at MGM include reports of executive meetings, correspondence and memoranda, and scattered financial reports. Also present are papers pertaining to the career of Schary's wife Miriam, painter M. Svet. The collection is arranged in four parts: the Original Collection, the 1968 Additions, the 1977 Additions, and the 1981 Additions. The Original Collection dates 1923-1962 and is organized in these categories: Biographical and Personal Material, General Files, General Writings, and Production Files. The 1968 Additions date 1933-1952 and consist of Production Files only. The 1977 Additions date circa 1920-1980 (though primarily 1956-1977) and again contain Biographical and Personal Material, General Files, General Writings, and Production Files, as well as a new category, Anti-Defamation League Files. Finally, the 1981 Additions date 1924-1980 (primarily 1974-1980) and include the same categories as the 1977 Additions plus a separate category for Disc Recordings. The Original Collection includes other disc recordings, and tape recordings are present in all but the 1968 additions. Some records are present only in microfilm format.
- Content types:
- Still image, Two-dimensional moving image, and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Acetate open reel tape, Lacquer disc, Pressed LP disc, Photographic print, and Microfilm
- Extent:
- 74.2 c.f. (203 archives boxes, 1 record center carton, and 1 flat box), 37 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 26 tape recordings, 231 disc recordings, 55 reels of film, and photographs
- Repository/Collector:
- Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
- Online finding aid:
- View on digicoll.library.wisc.edu
7. RadioGoldindex.com
- Description:
- A description of 110,000 recorded radio programs.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, Text, and Two-dimensional moving image
- Formats:
- Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Lacquer disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Metal disc, LaserDisc, MiniDisc, Cylinder, Sound wire reel, Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Paper open reel tape, and Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
- Repository/Collector:
- J. David Goldin
8. Clarence Manion Papers
- Description:
- Clarence Manion (1896-1979) was Dean of the Law School at the University of Notre Dame. He started the Manion Forum after his retirement from the University. The collection consists of reel-to-reel and cassette audio recordings (1954-1979) of the Manion Forum radio program (numbered 1-1294) and Manion Forum Footnotes (numbered 1-1850). It was a radio show with political comments on current events by Clarence Manion and / or his guests. Among the guests were Senator Joseph McCarthy, Strom Thurmond, Admiral John S. McCain, Sr., Barry Goldwater, Fred C. Koch, Eddie Rickenbacker, Craig Hosmer, Gerhart Niemeyer, Bonner Fellers, Daniel Lyons, SJ and others.
- Content types:
- Spoken word and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, and Text document
- Extent:
- 3.5 linear feet. 28 linear feet of audio tapes.
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Online finding aid:
- View on archives.nd.edu
9. 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
10. Audio recordings of Governors West and Edwards
- Content types:
- Spoken word
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette and Acetate open reel tape
- Extent:
- 55 audiocassettes; 21 acetate open reel tapes
- Repository/Collector:
- South Carolina Department of Archives & History
11. 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
12. Mykola Francuzenko papers
- Description:
- Mykola Francuzenko was a Ukrainian-American writer (under the pseudonym Mykola Virnyi), translator, theatrical director, radio journalist, and social activist. His literary output includes over 400 works, and he was a writer and broadcaster for the Ukrainian services of both Radio Liberty and the Voice of America during the Cold War. He was known for his speaking and recitation, and was considered a master of the art of the Ukrainian spoken word. His archives contain scripts, working notes, photo albums, and numerous audio tapes, some of which contain unique interview recordings, recordings of poets reading their own works, live recordings of events in the Ukrainian American community, and radio programming of the Ukrainian services of Radio Liberty and the Voice of America.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, Text, and Two-dimensional moving image
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Motion picture film, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Data disk (floppy disk), Photographic print, Text document, and Microcassette
- Extent:
- Approximately 130 open reel tapes and 200 analog audio cassettes, as well as radio scripts, photographs, and text documents
- Repository/Collector:
- Ukrainian Historical and Educational Center
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.ukrhec.org
13. WAMH/WAMF Records
- Description:
- Records of the Amherst College student radio station, WAMH (formerly WAMF). Records include audio recordings, publicity materials, program guides, correspondence, photographs, training materials, FCC materials and internal documentation of radio station operations. This collection recieves frequent additions.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, Acetate open reel tape, Digital audio file, Photographic print, and Text document
- Extent:
- 7 linear feet
- Repository/Collector:
- Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on asteria.fivecolleges.edu
14. Tape Collection
- Description:
- Recordings of broadcasts by local Buffalo musicians (ND) + interviews with Historical Society staff on WKBW program Panorama Spotlight (1965-67), plus recordings of 1960s broadcasts from WBEN, WBFO and WEBR, and miscellaneous radio recordings
- Content types:
- Spoken word
- Formats:
- Cylinder, Acetate open reel tape, and Analog audiocassette
- Extent:
- 114 recordings
- Repository/Collector:
- Buffalo History Museum
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. Sammy Jones Audio Collection
- Description:
- Transcription discs, tapes, and sound files spanning the Old Time Radio era.
- Content types:
- Sounds (Other than music & language) and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Lacquer disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Metal disc, 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.), and Microfilm
- Extent:
- 1000+ lacquer transcription discs, 100,000+ wav files
- Repository/Collector:
- Sammy Jones
20. Randolph S. Rothschild papers
- Description:
- Transcription discs of local radio broadcasts, 1946-1964, primarily of contemporary classical music performances and including some broadcasts of premieres (world premieres, first radio broadcasts, and first Washington performances), recorded by Rothschild, and some live recordings from Chamber Music Society of Baltimore concerts. Radio stations recorded include WBAL, WJZ, WCAO, WFBR, WITH, and WRC. The collection also includes several popular and jazz recordings, commercial releases, and some private home performances. Recordings of Chamber Music Society of Baltimore concerts and local radio broadcasts on reel-to-reel tapes, 1955-1991. The collection includes several world premieres from CMS concerts and other notable performances in broadcasts (first Washington performances, etc.). Radio recordings are concentrated in earlier recordings while CMS performances are concentrated later. The collection also includes a large subsection of recordings from Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz.
- Content types:
- Notated music, Performed music, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Lacquer disc, Analog audiocassette, Polyester open reel tape, and Acetate open reel tape
- Extent:
- 62 cubic feet
- Repository/Collector:
- Arthur Friedheim Library
- Online finding aid:
- View on aspace.library.jhu.edu
21. 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