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2. Charlotte Shedd Papers
- Description:
- Charlotte Shedd was born in Austria in 1913 as Charlotte Kraus, and became a student of the performing arts. In 1938, she was denied the right to appear on stage because of the Nazi occupation of Austria, the Nuremberg Laws, and her father's Jewish background. On Christmas Eve 1938, she escaped to America with a nearly expired Austrian passport and began her singing career. Shortly thereafter, she met Eleanor Roosevelt's bodyguard, who introduced her to the First Lady, beginning a close friendship that lasted until Mrs. Roosevelt's death in 1962.
- Content types:
- Performed music and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Text document and Open reel tape (unknown material)
- Extent:
- Approximately 120 recordings, microfilm, 4.6 feet, paper copies
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.udel.edu
3. Donald Callender Papers
- Description:
- This collection documents the for-profit and nonprofit work of Donald W. Callender, Jr., an industrial archaeologist whose career in the greater Delaware-Pennsylvania-New Jersey area has involved maintenance and restoration of railroads and rail cars. In addition, Callender was involved in the establishment of a regional living history museum, the leadership of historic preservation organizations, and efforts to restore the Wilmington Waterfront and increase tourism to the city. The collection also documents his personal interest in sailing and tall ships and his involvement in the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation.
- Content types:
- Text and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Text document, Analog audiocassette, and Microfilm
- Extent:
- 2 recordings, microfilm, 24 feet, 5 oversized items, 24 boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.udel.edu
4. Dreamstreets
- Description:
- Based in Newark, Delaware, Dreamstreets is a magazine featuring local poetry and writing with an irregular but persistent publishing history since 1977. After appearing once a year, and then in several issues per year, in 1984 the magazine began using radio station WXDR to broadcast performances of its poetry and fiction. Contributors to Dreamstreets also performed at various literary events and poetry readings. Steven Leech is the editor and publisher, with regular contributors such as e. jean lanyon, Douglas Morea, and Phillip Bannowsky.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Two-dimensional moving image, Text, and Still image
- Formats:
- Text document, Open reel tape (unknown material), Analog audiocassette, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Photographic print, and Microfilm
- Extent:
- Approximately 23 recordings, microfilm, 7 feet
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.udel.edu
5. Frank E. and Anna Haynes Owens Papers
- Description:
- The Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers comprises 14.3 linear feet of materials, spanning the dates between 1900 and 2011, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, travel brochures, reel-to-reel tapes, magazines, fanzines, and other materials documenting intergenerational American family life in Delaware.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Notated music, Text, and Still image
- Formats:
- Text document, Open reel tape (unknown material), and Photographic print
- Extent:
- Approximately 25 recordings, 14.3 linear feet and 1 oversize box (17 boxes)
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.udel.edu
6. Ishmael Reed Papers
- Description:
- Ishmael Reed, African-American novelist, poet, and publisher, was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on February 22, 1938. Reed moved with his mother to Buffalo, New York in 1942. His mother worked in various wartime industries and Reed attended public schools, graduating in 1956. He also played violin and trombone and began writing a newspaper column on jazz for the Empire Star Weekly when he was thirteen. He enrolled as an evening student at Millard Fillmore College, the night school division of the University of Buffalo, and worked as a clerk at the Buffalo public library during the day. His writing ability was quickly recognized, and he moved into the bachelor of arts program at the University of Buffalo. He withdrew in 1960 because of a "dire shortage of funds" (Gates) and a "wide gap between social classes" (Gates). To escape "the artificial social and class distinctions that he associated with American university education," (Gates) he moved to Buffalo's Talbert Mall Project. Daily exposure to systematic poverty cycles in the projects led him to political activism in the civil rights and Black Power movements.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Two-dimensional moving image, Text, and Still image
- Formats:
- Pressed LP disc, LaserDisc, Open reel tape (unknown material), Analog audiocassette, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Betamax, Text document, Photographic print, and Microfilm
- Extent:
- Approximately 20 recordings, microfilm, 65 feet
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.udel.edu
7. Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers
- Description:
- J. Allen Frear, Jr. (1903-1993) was a politician from Dover, Delaware (Kent County). A member of the Democratic Party, Frear served two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware. The Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers are primarily those of his congressional career, when he represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1949 to 1960, though the collection also includes personal material from pre- and post-Congressional periods. The collection dates from 1917 to 1963, with bulk of the material dating from 1949 to 1961. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, legislation, speeches, clippings, photographs, and audio-visual material. Personal material includes correspondence, class notes, travel brochures and post cards, and memorabilia.
- Content types:
- Spoken word, Text, Still image, and Two-dimensional moving image
- Formats:
- Text document, Open reel tape (unknown material), Analog audiocassette, Motion picture film, and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 192 recordings, 80 feet, 75 boxes and 2 oversized boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.udel.edu
8. Senator John J. Williams Papers
- Description:
- The papers of Senator John J. Williams span the dates 1946- 1988, with the bulk of the collection representing the years of his career in the U.S. Senate, 1947-1970. The collection consists of nearly 150 linear feet of papers and also includes scrapbooks, books, photographs, and film and sound recordings. For the most part, the arrangement of the collection reflects the original filing series of Senator Williams's office. The collection is divided into 25 series which are organized under four record subgroups. The first three subgroups--Legislative Staff/Office Files, Constituent Correspondence and Cases, and Administrative and Personal Office Files--consist of series that document the work performed in office by Senator Williams and his staff. The subgroups reflect the functions of the Senator's work and include series typical of a congressional collection. Duties reflected in the Legislative Staff/Office Files include committee, legislative, and investigative work. The Constituent Correspondence and Cases subgroup includes materials created in response to the concerns and interests of constituents, and those filed on receipt of issue-related opinions from the general public. The Administrative and Personal Office Files reflect the management of the office and the Senator's personal schedule. The fourth subgroup, Personal, includes series of files and other formats that document the personal activities and opinions of Senator Williams. The material in these files supplements information about his Senate career in the first three subgroups. There is also material from the 1970s and about Mrs. Williams and Senator Williams's family life.
- Content types:
- Spoken word, Text, Still image, and Two-dimensional moving image
- Formats:
- Disc (unknown material), Edison dictation disc, Open reel tape (unknown material), Analog audiocassette, Motion picture film, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Text document, and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 149 boxes (149 linear ft.), 4 oversize boxes, 45 volumes of scrapbooks, 11 reels of microfilm, 6 films, 4 videotapes, 15 audio-recordings, 15 audiocassettes
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.udel.edu
9. University of Delaware Recordings of Poetry Readings
- Description:
- This collection features audiotape recordings of poetry readings and performances by American poets and University of Delaware professors. The collection contains poetry readings dating from 1953 to 1960 by Robert Hillyer, an influential poet and professor at the University of Delaware. There are also recordings of poetry readings, some broadcast by Delaware radio stations, by Wilbur Owen Sypherd, professor and administrator at the University of Delaware. The collection also features a reading by English actor Claude Rains and readings at the University of Delaware by American poets Robert Lowell and Robert Frost.
- Content types:
- Spoken word
- Formats:
- Open reel tape (unknown material)
- Extent:
- 39 1/4" open reel(s)
- Repository/Collector:
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.udel.edu
10. 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
11. 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
12. Glass Radio Transcription Discs
- Description:
- Over 250 16-inch broadcast transcriptions dated from July of 1941 through February of 1950, divided more or less evenly between news material (principally from the NBC "Blue" network) and "classical" music: largely orchestral music, with some opera selections.
- Content types:
- Notated music, Performed music, and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Lacquer disc
- Extent:
- 10 boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- University of North Texas Music Library
- Online finding aid:
- View on findingaids.library.unt.edu
13. Bruce Tater Collection
- Description:
- Papers, recordings of radio interviews, and other sound recordings, mostly in connection with Tater's career as host of jazz radio shows, principally at KJZY (Sonoma County, CA), and KETR (Commerce, TX).
- 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, Photographic print, and Text document
- Extent:
- 15 boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- University of North Texas Music Library
- Online finding aid:
- View on findingaids.library.unt.edu
14. Gordon Tracie Music Library
- Description:
- Swedish Broadcast Corp programs titled: 'Stockholmer's Diary', 'Sweden Today', 'Swedish Spectrum'. Recording sent to subscribers. Mailing address was Burlington, Vermont in 1962, subsequent return address is NYC. 7" reels, not digitized.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Open reel tape (unknown material)
- Extent:
- 100 reels
- Repository/Collector:
- Nordic Heritage Museum
15. 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
16. Old Time Radio Library and Database
- Description:
- Over 70,000 Old Time Radio Episodes freely available through our Library as well as an online Encyclopedia containing print and graphical resources and links to other sites for research.
- Content types:
- Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
- Repository/Collector:
- Old Time Radio Researchers
17. 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
18. Mexican American Program Collection of the Longhorn Radio Network
- Description:
- Produced by the Longhorn Radio Network and the Center for Mexican American Studies for KUT, the "Mexican American Experience" (and its brief successor, "A esta hora conversamos") archive contains interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns. Topics covered on these programs include political activities of Mexican Americans, Mexican American folklore and folk medicine, corridos, Tejano music, Mexican American musicians, voting rights, education, health, farm workers' unions and working conditions, and some Mexican and Central American topics. "The Mexican American Experience" was first produced by Alejandro Saenz; writers include Andres Tijerina and Santos Reyes. Subsequent moderators and producers include Armando Gutierrez and Linda Fregoso. Linda Fregoso was also the producer and interviewer for "A esta hora conversamos."
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, and Sounds (Other than music & language)
- Formats:
- Open reel tape (unknown material) and Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD)
- Extent:
- 201 reel tapes, 219 compact discs
- Repository/Collector:
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.utexas.edu
19. Latin American Radio Programs of the Longhorn Radio Network
- Description:
- Created by the Institute of Latin American Studies and KUT, the "Latin American Review" radio program was broadcast as part of the Longhorn Radio Network. Covering all of Latin America and the Caribbean, the program aired from 1973 to 1984. The program was primarily divided into two segments, a news segment, dealing with reports from different parts of Latin America, and an interview segment, in which an individual or small group was interviewed. A diverse number of topics were covered including human rights abuses, economic conditions, music, popular culture, and the history and politics of the region. Originally airing as the "Latin American Press Review" the program had its title changed in 1976 to "Latin American Review."
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, and Sounds (Other than music & language)
- Formats:
- Open reel tape (unknown material), Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), and Text document
- Extent:
- 472 Reel-to-reel audio tapes (+253 duplicates), 91 compact audio cassettes, and scripts-3.5 linear feet.
- Repository/Collector:
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.utexas.edu
20. Latino USA Records
- Description:
- Radio program Latino USA began production by KUT and the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. In 2010 production moved to the Futuro Media Group. Still produced by Maria Hinojosa and aired on NPR today, Latino USA presents stories on Latina/o history, culture, and current affairs.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, and Sounds (Other than music & language)
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), and Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
- Extent:
- 410 audio cassettes, 331 compact discs, and 133 Audio Files, plus unprocessed materials.
- Repository/Collector:
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Online finding aid:
- View on www.lib.utexas.edu