The Gay Peoples Union Collection presents digital copies of primary source materials documenting GPU and Milwaukee’s gay liberation movement. Materials were selected from the following collections held by the Division of Archives and Special Collections of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries: the Gay Peoples Union Records, GPU News, and the Eldon Murray Papers.
Content types:
Spoken word and Text
Formats:
Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Open reel tape (unknown material), and Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.)
Evangelical sermons, prayers, and hymnal recordings mostly on compact disc, originally broadcast from 1937 to 1968 on the radio program Old Fashioned Revival Hour with radio host Charles Fuller (1887-1968). The collection includes original programs from the 1950s and rebroadcasts from 2002 to the present. More programs will be added as they become available. The music CDs and cassettes were were produced on the campus of Fuller Theological Seminary and were published between 1999 and 2004.
Since 1989, Riverwalk Jazz: Live At The Landing educates and entertains public radio listeners with a program devoted to celebrating traditional jazz and popular music of the pre-war era, featuring performances from the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and guests. This collection contains copies of all the finished programs, as well as elements, other source material, and files documenting every aspect of the show's production.
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, and Text
Formats:
Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, Digital Audio Tape (DAT), Polyester open reel tape, and Text document
Historic music and speech recordings, primarily on open reel tape, made on the campus of Stanford University. The collection also includes video formats, one 8 mm film and two audio cassettes.
Content types:
Performed music, Spoken word, and Two-dimensional moving image
Formats:
Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Polyester open reel tape, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), 8mm video (including Hi8), and Open reel video
The WJBC Radio Collection consists of eight boxes and 41 folders containing materials ranging from 1924 to 2000. Items in the collection include written histories of the station, audit reports, correspondence, memos, newspaper articles, magazine articles, newspaper ads, ad development materials, advertising rate cards, posters, flyers, pamphlets, program schedules, souvenir booklets, notes for radio announcements, catalogues, stationary, awards, notes for Don Munson’s book, reel-to-reel tapes, cassette tapes, microcassettes, CDs, radio show transcripts, and Steve Vogel’s daily planners.
Formats:
Open reel tape (unknown material), Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), and Analog audiocassette
Papers and recordings of radio personality and anchorman Mort Crim, known popularly as the inspiration for the Will Ferrell character in the Anchorman film. Crim was an alumnus of Anderson University and left his personal papers, recordings, and scripts to the University archives, where they are stored.
Content types:
Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, and Text
Formats:
Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, 8-track cassette, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Betamax, Betacam (including Betacam SP), U-matic (including U-matic S), Open reel video, Photographic print, and Text document
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.