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Reel tape recordings

Catalogue reference: POAAAM/3/1

What’s it about?

This record is about the Reel tape recordings dating from c1950s-1970s.

Is it available online?

Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections.

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Full description and record details

Reference

POAAAM/3/1

Title

Reel tape recordings

Date

c1950s-1970s

Description

Reel tape recordings of interviews, music performances, and copies of radio shows and commercial material recorded or collected by Paul Oliver. Many of these tapes were sent to him by other collectors and collaborators, notably Mack McCormick.

Note that all of these tapes have been digitised and are available to researchers in MP3 format.

Arrangement

The tapes have been grouped in sub-series which broadly follow Oliver's own original order (see catalogue records for each sub-series for more details). Tapes which were not part of any obvious thematic series have mostly been grouped under 'Blues miscellanies' and 'Single artist recordings'.

Held by
Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections
Physical description

231 items

Access conditions

All users external to the University are required to register before using the collections. Collections must be viewed in the Special Collections Reading Room and users must abide by the Reading Room regulations.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ba7321b5-c15e-4048-a835-3bb0283aba05/

Series information

POAAAM/3

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Catalogue hierarchy

2,677 records
1,827 records

Within the fonds: POAAAM

Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music

250 records

Within the series: POAAAM/3

Audio and video material

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Reel tape recordings