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The collection includes extensive holdings of [[jazz]], [[blues]], [[Country music|country]] and [[popular music]]; historic voices and authors reading their own works; vintage radio programs; [[Classical music|classical]] and [[opera]]. The Marr holds a wide range of historic formats including [[LP record|LPs]], [[Gramophone record#78 rpm disc size|78s]], [[Gramophone record|45s]], [[wax cylinders|cylinders]], transcription discs, instantaneous-cut discs and open-reel tapes. The archives maintain [[sound recordings]] for a number of archival for collections shared with [[LaBudde Special Collections]].<ref name="Komara Lee 2004 p. 605" /><ref name="Sturman 2019 p. 4170">{{cite book | last=Sturman | first=J. | title=The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture | publisher=SAGE Publications | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-5063-5337-1 | url=https://books.google.ch/books?id=L0OKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT4170 | access-date=19 January 2024 | page=4170}}</ref>
The collection includes extensive holdings of [[jazz]], [[blues]], [[Country music|country]] and [[popular music]]; historic voices and authors reading their own works; vintage radio programs; [[Classical music|classical]] and [[opera]]. The Marr holds a wide range of historic formats including [[LP record|LPs]], [[Gramophone record#78 rpm disc size|78s]], [[Gramophone record|45s]], [[wax cylinders|cylinders]], transcription discs, instantaneous-cut discs and open-reel tapes. The archives maintain [[sound recordings]] for a number of archival for collections shared with [[LaBudde Special Collections]].<ref name="Komara Lee 2004 p. 605" /><ref name="Sturman 2019 p. 4170">{{cite book | last=Sturman | first=J. | title=The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture | publisher=SAGE Publications | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-5063-5337-1 | url=https://books.google.ch/books?id=L0OKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT4170 | access-date=19 January 2024 | page=4170}}</ref>


The archives were created from a donation of 42,000 items by Olga and Gaylor Marr in 1987.<ref name="Komara Lee 2004 p. 605" /> As of 2023, the archives hold over 400,000 items.<ref name="UMKC University Libraries 2023 k555">{{cite web | title=Marr Sound Archives | website=UMKC University Libraries | date=10 November 2023 | url=https://library.umkc.edu/sca/marr/ | access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
The archives were created from a donation of 42,000 items by Olga and Gaylor Marr in 1987.<ref name="Komara Lee 2004 p. 605" /> As of 2023, the archives hold over 400,000 recordings.<ref name="UMKC University Libraries 2023 k555">{{cite web | title=Marr Sound Archives | website=UMKC University Libraries | date=10 November 2023 | url=https://library.umkc.edu/sca/marr/ | access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 08:24, 19 January 2024

The Marr Sound Archives is an audiovisual archive, a part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Miller Nichols Library.[1]

The collection includes extensive holdings of jazz, blues, country and popular music; historic voices and authors reading their own works; vintage radio programs; classical and opera. The Marr holds a wide range of historic formats including LPs, 78s, 45s, cylinders, transcription discs, instantaneous-cut discs and open-reel tapes. The archives maintain sound recordings for a number of archival for collections shared with LaBudde Special Collections.[1][2]

The archives were created from a donation of 42,000 items by Olga and Gaylor Marr in 1987.[1] As of 2023, the archives hold over 400,000 recordings.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Komara, E.; Lee, P. (2004). The Blues Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 605. ISBN 978-1-135-95831-2. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ Sturman, J. (2019). The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. SAGE Publications. p. 4170. ISBN 978-1-5063-5337-1. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Marr Sound Archives". UMKC University Libraries. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

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