The American Revolution collection includes hundreds of hours of recordings from WBCN during the period 1968-1974, along with posters, ephemera, videos, oral histories, and other associated materials. The audio and video content has been digitized by our partners, Lichtenstein Creative Media, and will be made available to the public through our digital repository. Materials are currently in the process of being transferred to UMass.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Extent:
Hundreds of hours
Repository/Collector:
UMass Amherst Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
The BCMP collection consists of many dozens of reel to reel audiotapes of radio broadcasts aired over WMUA during the 1970s and early 1980s by and for the universitys African American community. Included is a range of locally-produced public affairs, cultural, and music programming, with some content licensed from around the country. A few of the tapes are associated with the Five Colleges National Public Radio affiliate, WFCR.
Content types:
Sounds and Other
Extent:
300 recordings
Repository/Collector:
UMass Amherst Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives