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Southwest Folklore Center Pre-1980 Sound Disc Collection

1931 to 1964
MS 613
Collection Guide

Sound discs collected by the Center before 1980, consisting of commercial and noncommercial recordings of oral history interviews and examples of local, national and international folk music. The collection includes sound discs of field recordings made 1948-1956 by members of the University of Arizona Folklore Committee for class instruction. The commercial recordings date from 1931-1964.

This guide was previously titled SWF 007.

Included materials:
Audio Recordings
Subject Area:
Mexico
Folklore
Mexican
Collection Area:
Borderlands

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