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Sound Recordings

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Mountain Fuel Supply Company audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0314
Abstract

The Mountain Fuel Supply Company audio-visual collection (1968-1979) consists of films promoting the use of natural gas and documenting the production and transmission of natural gas and sound recordings of speeches and interviews relating to natural gas production. The collection also contains some employee training films. Mountain Fuel Supply was an oil and gas energy company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company was reoragnized in 1984 to form Questar Corporation.

Dates: 1968-1979

Charles James Nabors collection of George McGovern campaign audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A0304
Abstract

The Charles James Nabors collection of George McGovern campaign audio recordings are radio promotionals made by the George McGovern for President committee, which supported the South Dakota Senator as the Democratic candidate in the 1972 presidential election against incumbent Richard Nixon. The tapes were collected by Dr. Charles Nabors, a medical researcher and political activist who became the University of Utah's first African American faculty member in 1958.

Dates: circa 1972

Native American oral histories audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A0874
Abstract

The Native American oral histories audio recordings (1954-1993) consists of interviews with members of various Native American tribes who discuss subjects such as land use, land boundaries, tribal history, rituals, and tribal songs. Represented groups include: Nevada Intertribal Council, Hupa, various Ute groups, Tohono O'odham, Tesuqe and Santa Ana Pueblo. The American West Center is dedicated to documenting the history of the intermountain region and surrounding areas.

Dates: 1954-1993

Marie Barker Nelson music recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A0437
Abstract

The Marie Barker Nelson music recordings (1994-1996) consist of audio recordings of music written by Utah composer Marie Barker Nelson. A Salt Lake City native, Dr. Nelson studied at the Yale School of Music and earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Utah where she studied under Ramiro Cortés and Vladimir Ussachevsky.

Dates: 1994-1996

L. Jackson Newell audiovisual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0927
Abstract

This collection contains the professional and personal history of L. Jackson Newell. Many of these items contain interviews between Newell and his collegues at the University of Utah and Deep Spring Colleges.

Dates: 1964-2012

Ogden Writers Series audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0334
Abstract

The Ogden Writers Series audio collection (1985) consists of audio recordings of papers given at Weber State University in Ogden about native or resident Ogden authors.

Dates: 1985 September 12-November 21

Frank O'Rourke audio book

 Collection
Identifier: A0629
Abstract

The Frank O'Rourke audio book (1999) is an audio recording of Ellen and the Barber, a novel divided into three novellas set in the 1930s and published posthumously in 1997. Born in Denver, Colorado, Frank O'Rourke was a prolific author, many of whose stories were related to the American West.

Dates: 1999

Park City Mountain Resort audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0664
Abstract The Park City Mountain Resort audio-visual collection (1961-2002) contains film, video and audio recordings, almost all of which are directly related to Park City Mountain Resort's role in Utah's winter sports industry and international competative ski ciruit. The colleciton includes promotional materials for the ski area, Utah's ski industry at large and the United States Ski Team, footage of the World Cup and other competitions held at the resort, ski films by Stein Ericksen and Warren...
Dates: 1961-2002

Joseph S. Peery audio visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0935
Abstract

This collection provides a look into Dr. Joseph S. Peery's life through his home movies and speeches about his area of expertise, economics and finance.

Dates: 1949-1996

Gail Plummer collection of Maud May Babcock audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A0409
Abstract The Gail Plummer collection of Maud May Babcock audio recordings (1950) consists of 3 copies of a recording of a speech given by Dr. Maud May Babcock in 1950. Plummer, a Brigham Young University (BYU) and University of Utah educated speech instructor, was manager of Kingsbury Hall from 1933 to 1957. Babcock was a prominent figure in Utah theater and physical education who founded the University of Utah departments of speech and of physical education and personally produced more than 300...
Dates: 1950

Rick Reese mountaineering audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0151
Abstract

The Rick Reese mountaineering audio collection (1980-1996) consists of oral histories of mountaineers once active in Wyoming's Teton Range. An historian and former Grand Teton National Park climbing ranger, Reese himself conducts one of the interviews.

Dates: 1980-1996

Leroy J. Robertson music recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A0241
Abstract The Leroy J. Robertson music recordings (1920s-1970s) consist of audio recordings of pieces composed by Robertson as well as other music including hymns, carols, classical music and compositions by other American composers, some of which Robertson conducted or arranged. A respected composer of works for chamber music, orchestra, violin, cello, piano and voice, Leroy J. Robertson taught music at Brigham Young University (BYU), the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University...
Dates: 1920s-1970s

Joel Rosenberg audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0246
Abstract

The Joel Rosenberg audio collection (1982) consists of audio recordings of Mormon hymns arranged for viola and piano. The recordings feature Rosenberg on viola and were orchestrated by the pianist, David Bonham. Joel Rosenberg is the music director of the American West Symphony of Sandy City and the Paradigm Chamber Orchestra and has been viola soloist with numerous symphony orchestras and has conducted orchestras around the world, including the Utah Opera.

Dates: 1982

Ski Utah audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0590
Abstract

The Ski Utah audio-visual collection consists largely of promotional films, videos and compact discs designed to attract tourists to Utah on behalf of the ski and snowboard industry. The collection also includes a some news stories related to Utah's ski industry. Ski Utah, Inc. is a marketing firm represnting the state's resorts and related service industries.

Dates: undated

Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1056
Abstract The Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort audio-visual collection (1972-1987) consists of six commercial 16mm prints about skiing. One is a promotional film produced by Snowbird. The other films promote other American resorts and skiers competing on the World Cup circuit. Several of the films feature either Snowbird or its employees. This collection also contains a compact disc copy of a 33rpm phonodisc of yodeling music recorded by Arthur Brogli, Snowbird's first tram operator. Snowbird Ski and...
Dates: 1972-1987

Lennox Tierney interviews audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0489
Abstract

The Lennox Tierney interviews audio-visual collection (1994-1997) concern Tierney's experiences as an orientalist. Dr. Tierney is an emeritus professor in art history at the University of Utah and an expert in Asian art and culture who once served as Commissioner of Art and Monuments during the Allied occupation of Japan.

Dates: 1994-1997

University of Utah Department of Anthropology audio collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1085
Abstract

The University of Utah Department of Anthropology audio collection (circa 1960s-1970s) consists of commercially published audio recordings representing various cultures and ethnic groups. The recordings consist largely of musical traditions of Native American tribes and other cultures around the world. These materials were collected as teaching materials by the Univeristy of Utah Department of Anthropology.

Dates: circa 1960s-1970s

Utah labor archive audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0199
Abstract

The Utah labor archive audio-visual collection (1948-1961) consists of audio recordings of speeches and songs and informational films relating to labor unions in Utah and the United States at large.

Dates: 1948-1961

Utah Scottish Association audio-visual collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0032
Abstract

The Utah Scottish Association audio-visual collection (1971-1981) consists of audiocassette recordings taken from the lectures and interviews of Dr. Frederick S. Buchanan on Scottish culture and the experience of Scottish-American immigrants to the United States. An historian and educator, Buchanan emigrated from Scotland to Utah with his parents in 1949.

Dates: 1971-1981

Voices of American homemakers oral history project audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A0138
Abstract

The voices of American homemakers oral history project audio recordings (1977-1983) consist of interviews with 196 women throughout the United States about homemaking in the first half of the twentieth century. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a major grant to the National Extension Homemakers Council for a three-year nationwide project to collect, process, and disseminate representative oral histories from rural homemakers throughout the country.

Dates: 1977-1983