RG 37. Sound Recordings

Scope and Contents Oberlin College’s reel-to-reel tape recordings (179 reels) consist of events on campus, including speaker presentations, symposia, and musical and dramatic performances. Also included are a few radio broadcast recordings having to do with Oberlin College. RG 37/2 for Audio Recordings: Reel-to-reel Tapes was set up for recordings transferred from the Audio Visual Department in 2010 and a small number transferred from the Alumni Office in 1991. Additional recordings were transferred to the...

Scope and Contents The cassette tape recordings consist of approximately 550 separate recordings, primarily of campus events and productions. The earliest recordings on cassette tape in this collection are user copies from phonograph records and reel-to-reel tapes. Starting in 1980 the College consistently recorded campus events on cassette tape up until the dominance of digital media in the mid-2000s. The collection does not include any recordings from 2007 or 2009. Only three recordings represent 2013,...

Scope and Contents Oberlin College’s recordings on CD-ROM can be found within many record groups. RG 37/4 Audio Recordings: CD-ROMs was set up for recordings other than those transferred from other departments or in personal paper groups. Most of the CD-ROMs in this collection, arranged in two series, are recordings that date from the year 2000 and later. The first series comprises recordings of events or groups on campus, including speaker presentations, symposia, and musical and dramatic...