Marr Sound Archives
Audiovisual archive in Missouri, United States
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The Marr Sound Archives is an audiovisual archive, affiliated with the University of Missouri-Kansas City.[1] The Marr Sound Archives is one of four departments comprising the Special Collections and Archives division[2] housed at the Miller Nichols Library.
| Marr Sound Archives | |
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| 39°2′6.1″N 94°34′35.5″W | |
| Location | 800 E 51st Street, Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Established | 1987 |
| Affiliation | Miller Nichols Library |
| Website | library |
The collection includes extensive holdings of jazz, blues, country and popular music; historic voices and authors reading their own works; vintage radio programs; classical and opera. The Marr Sound Archives holds a wide range of historic formats including LPs, 78s, 45s, cylinders, transcription discs, instantaneous-cut discs, compact cassette tapes, and open-reel audiotapes. The archives maintain audiovisual materials for a number of archival collections shared with LaBudde Special Collections [1][3] and The UMKC University Archives.[2]
The archives were created from a donation of 42,000 items by Olga and Gaylord Marr in 1987.[1] As of 2023, the archives hold over 400,000 recordings.[4]