Format: Acetate open reel tape and Polyester open reel tape - RPTF/ARSC Sound Collections Database Search Results

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

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

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

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

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

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