Sound Recordings
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
Doris Duke American Indian oral history project audio recordings
Collection
Identifier: A0001
Abstract
The Doris Duke American Indian oral history project audio recordings (1949-1972) consist of interviews pertaining to the lives of Native Americans and their legends, customs, social and cultural beliefs, personal life experiences, and views on the urbanization of the Native American.
Dates:
1949-1972; Majority of material found within 1960-1972
Edna Clark Ericksen oral history audio recordings
Collection
Identifier: A0339
Abstract
The Edna Clark Ericksen oral history audio recordings (1972-1982) consist of extensive interviews with Ericksen about her life experiences. Ericksen served in the Utah State Legislature in the 1930s-1940s and on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Primary General Board.
Dates:
1972-1982
Ethnic archives oral histories audio recordings
Collection
Identifier: A0853
Abstract
The Ethnic Archives oral histories audio recordings (1966-1997) consists of interviews with individuals from various Utah communities. Groups represented include: Croatian, Greek, Spanish, Japanese, Mexican, Zuni, Paiute, other Native American communities, and women in Utah politics. The collection also features items about general Western history. The American West Center is dedicated to documenting the history of the intermountain region and surrounding areas.
Dates:
1966-1997
David C. Evans audio-visual collection
Collection
Identifier: A0159
Abstract
The David C. Evans audio-visual collection (1972-1987) consists of films and audio relating to Evans & Sutherland, a computer graphics company founded in Salt Lake City by David Evans and Ivan Sutherland. The films demonstrate computer modeling and animation made from the Picture System 1 and 2 including 3D microorganism models for scientists, flight simulators for pilot training, space simulations for NASA, and more.
Dates:
1972-1987
Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth audio collection
Collection
Identifier: A0382
Abstract
The Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth audio collection (1960-1978) contains audio recordings of Farnsworth speaking to audiences as well as recordings his wife, Elma G. "Pem" Farnsworth, made while researching a biography following his death in 1971. Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971) was a researcher, writer, and a pioneering developer of television, radar technology, peacetime applications of nuclear fusion, and the infant incubator.
Dates:
1960-1978
Keith B. Farr radio history audio collection
Collection
Identifier: A0917
Abstract
The Keith B. Farr radio history audio collection (1940s-2000s) consists of audiocassettes and compact discs of historic radio programs and radio history retrospectives from the 20th and 21st centuries, some of which feature Farr as an announcer or narrator. There are also recordings about Farr's life and his career as a radio announcer in Utah and California as well as his family's pioneer history.
Dates:
circa 1940-2000s
Edwin Brown Firmage audio-visual collection
Collection
Identifier: A0427
Abstract
The Edwin Brown Firmage audio-visual collection (1968-2001)contains audio recordings of interviews conducted by Edwin B. Firmage with his grandfather, Hugh B. Brown (1883-1975), a prominent member and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The collection also includes video materials dealing with the teaching career of Edwin Firmage, a renowned educator and expert on international and constitutional law.
Dates:
1968-1969; 1996-2001
French kayakers river running video collection
Collection
Identifier: A0534
Abstract
The French kayakers river running video collection (1938, 2011) consists of edited footage of a kayak trip down the Green and Colorado Rivers undertaken by French kayakers Antoine DeSeynes, Bernard DeColmont and Genevieve DeColmont in the autumn of 1938. A filmmaker, Bernard DeColmont made a color film on 16mm stock. Antoine DeSeynes made a black and white film on 8mm stock. The collection also contains audio recordings of an interview about the with Patrice DeColmont conducted in 2011.
Dates:
1938; 2011
Friends of Gilgal Garden audio-visual collection
Collection
Identifier: A0008
Abstract
The Friends of Gilgal Garden Audio-Visual Collection details the attempts to preserve and save Gilgal Garden by Friends of Gilgal Garden.
Dates:
undated
David Pierpont Gardner audio-visual collection
Collection
Identifier: A0024
Abstract
The David Pierpont Gardner audio-visual collection (1973-1983) consists of instructional videos hosted by Gardner detailing research and academic life at the University of Utah. The collection also contains audio recordings, including tapes of Gardner's inauguration as University of Utah president, a position he held from 1973-1982.
Dates:
1973-1983