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Sound recordings -- Catalogs British Library: Archival Sound Recordings 
 This site from the British Museum contains "over 1,500 recordings of UK dialects, British wildlife and ethnographic wax cylinders. ... The over 200 rare wax cylinder recordings from the World and Traditional Music collections ... [feature] music, songs and speech from around the world, captured on the first portable recording machines between 1898 and 1915." http://sounds.bl.uk/ Topics: Music, Musical Genres, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 16, 2009 The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Audio Archive
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987." This project "make[s] accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI." Participants include Upton Sinclair, Milton Friedman, Mortimer Adler, Cesar Chavez, and Aldous Huxley. From the Department of Special Collections, Donald C. Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/digital/csdi/ Topics: Politics, Social Issues Last updated Nov 25, 2008 Free Sound Effects
An annotated list of several sites that provide animal, nature, mechanical, and other sound effects in a variety of audio formats. From Videomaker Magazine. http://www.videomaker.com/downloads/free-sound-effects/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Media, Media, Music Last updated Jan 15, 2007 Ladyslipper Music: Recordings by Women
"Ladyslipper is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to heighten public awareness of the achievements of women artists and musicians, and to expand the scope and availability of recordings by women." The searchable, browsable database of over 15,000 artists and titles features female musicians, writers, performers, and composers. Includes many sound clips and links to artists' sites. http://www.ladyslipper.org/ Topics: Music, Musical Genres Last updated Mar 8, 2004 Sound Online Inventory and Catalog (SONIC)
Searchable by keyword, title, name, or subject, this Library of Congress catalog of sound recordings includes 45 and 78 rpm discs, radio broadcast transcriptions, NBC records from the 1930s-1960s, Marine Corps combat recordings, Meet the Press broadcasts, and many other special collections. This database of holdings does not contain the actual recordings. http://star1.loc.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=sonic.txt&id=webber&pass=webb1&OK=OK Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Music Last updated May 3, 2004 |
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