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BlogHungary on Hoosier Airwaves: Echoes of Diasporic Community in Reverend Stephen J. Vrabely’s Radio Music Archives
By Adriane Pontecorvo In early 2022, Alan Burdette, former Director of the Archives of Traditional Music (ATM), drove four and a half hours from Bloomington into Kendall County…
NewsLibrary of Congress announces IU grant funds
On Jan. 17, 2024, the Library of Congress announced six awards for the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative. Indiana University was honored to receive funding for “Connecting Collections: Indigenous Identities in Edward Curtis and Joseph Dixon Materials," a collaborative project between Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and IU LIbraries' Archives of Traditional Music
BlogIndiana and Harvard scholars examine audiovisual preservation needs in Pakistan
In November 2022, Harvard ethnomusicologist, Dr. Richard K. Wolf invited IU Archives of Traditional Music Director Dr. Alan Burdette to travel to several institutions in Pakistan…
NewsExperiential Learning at the Archives
Ph.D. Amelia Lopez shares her experience of the Archives of Traditional Music.
News“Precious” 1940s recordings travel back to Brazil
Thanks to the work of scholars Xavier Vatin and Cassio Nobre, and funding from the Brazilian Ministry, 1,000 copies of a 2 CD-set and catalogue describing the recordings held at IU Libraries Archives of Traditional Music have been distributed to Afro-Brazilian religious communities. A second volume was released in October 2019, featuring 4 CDs, a catalog, and the new documentary film.