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Sound Archives
Overview
FAU Libraries' Judaica Sound Archives collection includes 78 rpm phongraph recordings, LP albums, cassette tapes, 8-track tapes, 45 rpm recordings, and CDs. Taken together, this represents well over 70,000 sound tracks. The collection is continually growing as a result of material donations from institutions and individuals
JSA Collection Numbers
- 3,900:
Beginning with less than a thousand 78 rpm sound recordings in 2002, the JSA'a collection of 78s now numbers over 3,900 different records produced between 1901 and the mid-1950s (approximately 7,500 song tracks)
- 4,995: The Archives' LP collection includes over 4,995 different albums (approximately 60,000 song tracks).
- 729: The collection also contains 729 cassette tapes, 205 45 rpm records, 100 8-track tapes, and 55 CDs.
JSA Collection Composition
- Over 75% of the collection was produced in the United States.
- More than 50% of the collection can be categorized as Yiddish-language, humor and theater.
- About 30% of the recordings in the JSA collection are cantorial and/or litugical recordings.
Major Contributors of Recordings
The following institutions and individuals have each made significant donations of recordings to the JSA.
Institutions
Baltimore Hebrew University (Baltimore, MD) |
Jewish Museum of Maryland (Baltimore, MD) |
National Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA) |
Save The Music (San Deigo, CA) |
Temple Emanuel (Palm Beach, FL) |
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University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL) |
University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE) |
University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, TX) |
Individuals
Mrs. Rosalyn Kanas (FL) |
Leona & Aaron Krumbein (FL) |
Cantor William W. Lipson (FL) |
Etta Sheray (FL) |
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