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Archives of Traditional Music

Housed within the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, we offer access to rare and unique audiovisual collections in ethnomusicology.
A shot of the Archives of Traditional Music entrance
Contact info
atmusic@iu.edu
(812) 855-4679
Simon Music Library & Recital Center 260A
200 South Eagleson Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47405
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Plan Your Visit

The Archives of Traditional Music (ATM) is housed in the William and Gayle Cook Music Library. With over 120,000 recordings, including more than 4,000 field collections, it is one of the largest university-based ethnographic sound archives in the United States. Many of these recordings are unique and cannot be found in any other repository in the world.

The ATM collections were digitized as part of IU's recent Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, and the physical media on which they were recorded (tapes, wax cylinders, etc.) are preserved in the secure climate-controlled book and object repository operated by IU Libraries on the Bloomington campus. The ATM Research and Reading Room in the Music Library offers students and researchers a space to access materials from the ATM collection, as well as other library materials relevant to ethnomusicology and related fields of study.

 

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Location Guide

Location Guide

The ATM reading room is located on the second floor of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, which is at the Simon Music Library and Recital Center building located at 200 S. Eagleson Avenue.

All Simon building entrances have ADA push buttons. Call the Music Library circulation desk at 812-855-8541 to request immediate assistance navigating the entrances to the Simon Building, Music Library, and/or ATM. 

From the Eagleson Avenue entrance of the Simon building, take the lobby elevator to Floor 1F. Turn left; the Music Library is at the end of the hallway. Enter the library, walk straight ahead until you get to the stairwell, and turn right to find the elevator. Take the elevator for floor 2; the ATM entrance is just to the right.

From the western entrances of the Simon building, take the elevator up to Floor 1F. Turn left; the Music Library is at the end of the hallway.  Enter the library, walk straight ahead until you get to the stairwell, and turn right to find the elevator. Take the elevator for floor 2; the ATM entrance is just to the right.

The entrance door to ATM Reading Room is propped open.

Men's and Women's restrooms are located nearby on on the 2nd floor. There are no gender neutral or single-stall private restrooms. Far-end stalls have grab bars. All toilets auto-flush. Restroom doors do not have push buttons.

From the elevator, turn left, continue down hallway a few yards, turn left
 

  • Lot 480, located behind the Simon building, offers accessible parking to those who have an IU-issued D permit. This is the closest available parking for the ATM.
  • Hourly paid visitor parking is available on the second floor of the East parking garage at 150 N. Eagleson Avenue

  • One ADA metered visitor parking space is located behind Merrill Hall at 1201 E. Third Street. Nearby construction necessitates a longer route.

    Aerial map view and pathway for navigating to the Simon building

    A General Guide to the Music Library