Just in time for the Oberlin folk music exhibit, a large media collection that was transferred from Concert Sound to the Archives last fall is now available for research, listening and viewing in the College Archives, processed by intern Stephen Renko. Phyllis and Rebecca kindly provided background on the provenance of the Con’s Folk Music Archive. The Oberlin Folk Music and Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse Collection comprises original reel-to-reel tapes and duplicate CDs of both the Conservatory Library’s Folk Music Archive and Cat in the Cream coffeehouse recordings. Additional materials unique to the Archives’ collection include some early sound recordings, such as Pete Seeger and others in 1959. Later audio, video and photographs from 1997-2018 include roughly 51 videos of Spring Folkfest and Cat in the Cream performances.
This is excellent work! Thanks so much to Steve Renko and to Archives for arranging and describing these materials across a range of media.