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Description:: Recordings of performances from the Walnut Valley Festivals of 1981 and 1982. The annual Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS features competitions and live performances of the world's foremost string instrumentalists and folk/bluegrass performers.
Content types:: Performed music
Formats:: Polyester open reel tape
Extent:: 26 reels
Repository/Collector:: Radio Kansas

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

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