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Contact Information
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Name:
International Library of African Music, Rhodes University -
Postal Address:
6140 Grahamstown
South Africa -
Telephone:
+27 046 6038557 -
Facsimile:
+27 046 6224411 -
E-mail:
A.Tracey@ru.ac.za -
URL:
http://ilam.ru.ac.za -
Director:
Dr.Andrew Tracey -
Year founded:
1954
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Collections
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Type of repository:
Library -
Types of source material:
Archival records
Artifacts
Electronic archives
Music
Oral histories
Personal papers
Photographs
Sound recordings
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Holdings:
Sound archive: Primarily of Hugh Tracey's recordings, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa, from 1929 to date, augumented by others (Andrew Tracey, John Blacking, Thomas Johnston, Gerhard Kubitz etc.)<br> Small book collection focused on African music and ethnology, periodicals.<br> Some 300 musical instruments.<br> Uncatalogued (for now) photographs.<br>
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Receiving new material?
No -
Languages:
Some 80 languages of Central, Eastern and Southern Africa
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Access Conditions
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Access conditions:
Academic/student use largely free. Commercial use paid
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Access restrictions:
none
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Finding tools:
Card catalogs
Electronic catalogs
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Catalog URL:
<a href="http://archive.ilam.ru.ac.za/search.asp">archive.ilam.ru.ac.za/search.asp</a> -
Copier available?:
No
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Repository publications:
- African Music. 1954-, annual journal
- Music of Africa. Audio recording series, mixed media
- Sound of Africa. Audio recording series, mixed media