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Sound Recording CollectionAbout the CollectionThe sound recording collection at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center comprises a variety of audio resources from spoken word to musical recordings. Although the Dodd Center has been slowly growing its sound archive as a result of the increasing presence of these modern record containers in manuscript collections, the Center expanded the archive significantly in 2000 with the donation of the Samuel and Ann Charters Archives of Blues and Vernacular African American Musical Culture (794 KB PDF Adobe Reader required). The Charters Archives includes commercial recordings of African American music from African, gospel and the blues in all its forms, to cajun and zydeco, early New Orleans jazz, ragtime, Caribbean, reggae and rap and hip hop music. Other sound recordings in the sound recording collection include oral history interviews, readings by literary figures and audio sources created by businesses. How to Find Sound RecordingsSound recordings held by Archives & Special Collections are part of archives and manuscript collections. To determine if sound recording material is available for a given collection, consult the finding aid. Contact the Curator Kristin EshelmanCurator for Multimedia Collections and Coordinator for Reader Services Archives & Special Collections Thomas J. Dodd Research Center University of Connecticut Libraries 405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205 Storrs, CT 06269-1205 Phone: 860.486.4506 Fax: 860.486.4521 Email: kristin.eshelman@uconn.edu Sound Recording Collection
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