historical recordings
Preserved audio documents
Historical recordings are audio or video documents from the past, preserved for their cultural, artistic, or documentary significance.
The term often refers to early phonograph recordings, vintage radio broadcasts, or archival footage: The library maintains a collection of historical recordings from the jazz age.
Quality limitations are expected and accepted as part of their documentary value.
- cassette tapesAnalog audio storage medium
- newsreelsFilmed news for cinemas
- fireside chatsInformal presidential broadcasts
- vinyl recordsAnalog audio discs
- film reelsCylinders holding motion pictures
digitization · Edison · oral histories · interviews · speeches · radio broadcasts · archiving · restoration · shellac · phonograph · gramophone · documentaries · field recordings · reel-to-reel tapes · museum exhibitions · time capsule · academic research · cataloging
- recordingsalbums, studio albums, live albums, CDs, live recordings
- media archivesnews archives, newspaper archives, music archives, newsreels, news footage
- radio archivesradio dramas, radio plays, radio shows, radio serials, radio documentaries
- vinyl recordsvinyl, vinyl records, LP, album cover, 78 RPM
- Japanese Musicgagaku, shamisen, koto, taiko, biwa
- patriotic musicnational anthem, patriotic songs, The Star-Spangled Banner, patriotic music, God Save the Queen
historical recordingslive performances
Unrecorded shows with audiences
live concerts · live music · live events · live shows · live broadcasts