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42. Black Radio : Telling It Like It Was
- Description:
- Production materials documenting Smithsonian's thirteen-part program on the role of radio in transforming the African American community in the twentieth century. The program was produced in 1996 by Jacquie Gales Webb for Smithsonian Productions, with assistance from the AAAMC. The collection contains over 400 hours of interviews and historical aircheck tapes in addition to articles, research files, program scripts, and transcripts. The audio interviews feature conversations with over 150 well-known disc jockeys, radio professionals, record company executives, journalists, and scholars. The historical airchecks include station identifications and jingles, radio interviews with prominent Black figures, coverage of historical events, and programs highlighting or influenced by the contributions of Black performers, disc jockeys, and other important persons in radio.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape, Data cartridge, Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Data disk (floppy disk)
- Extent:
- 4.3 linear feet (10 boxes) + 297 audiocassettes (DAT : digital, stereo), 168 audiocassettes (analog), 9 8mm data cartridges, 7 audio discs (CD-R), 3 data disks (1.44 MB floppies)
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
43. Highway reports (radio broadcast)
- Content types:
- Spoken word
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette
- Extent:
- 2 audiocassettes
- Repository/Collector:
- South Carolina Department of Archives & History
44. WFCR Radio Broadcast Collection
- Description:
- The first public radio station in western New England, WFCR Five College Radio has provided a mix of high quality, locally-produced and nationally syndicated programming since May 1961. In 2012, the station reached over 175,000 listeners per week, with a mix of classical and jazz music, news, and entertainment. The WFCR Collection contains nearly 4,500 reel to reel recordings of locally-produced radio programs, reflecting over fifty years of the cultural and intellectual life of western Massachusetts. Drawing upon the talents of the faculty and students of the Five Colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and UMass Amherst), the collection offers a remarkable breadth of content, ranging from public affairs to community and national news, cultural programming, children's programming, news and current events, scholarly lectures, classical music, and jazz.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette and Polyester open reel tape
- Extent:
- 462 linear feet
- Repository/Collector:
- UMass Amherst Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
- Online finding aid:
- View on scua.library.umass.edu
45. 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
46. James F. Byrnes Collection
- Description:
- Interviews and speeches by James F. Byrnes from the 1930s to 1970s.
- Content types:
- Spoken word
- Formats:
- Open reel tape (unknown material), Analog audiocassette, and Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD)
- Extent:
- 95 items
- Repository/Collector:
- McKissick Museum, South Carolina Broadcasters Association Archives
47. 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
48. Jazz City
- Description:
- Episodes of the radio program Jazz City, produced weekly at WRST-FM in Oshkosh, Wisconsin during the years 1966-2008.
- Content types:
- Performed music and Spoken word
- Formats:
- Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), and Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
- Extent:
- Eight episodes: two from 1981, three from 1991, one from 1996 and one from 1997
- Repository/Collector:
- WRST-FM
49. 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
50. 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