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Size | Linear Feet: 32.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately Items: 957 items) |
Abstract | Soundings was a half-hour, weekly radio program produced by the National Humanities Center, 1980-1996. Founded in 1978, the National Humanities Center is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities located on the campus of the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Soundings aired on more than 200 commercial and public radio stations in the United States and on Voice of America. It was also distributed for non-broadcast use to various organizations affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Soundings host Wayne Pond was the Director of Public Programs at the National Humanities Center, 1979-1997. The collection includes audio recordings and supplemental materials from most of the 862 Soundings programs. Programs consist of interviews and discussions with guests on a wide range of humanities-related topics. There is also non-program material, including demos, promos, special programs, music, edited and unedited interviews, and other items. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Soundings was a half-hour, weekly radio program produced by the National Humanities Center from 1980 to 1996. The program aired on more than 200 commercial and public radio stations in the United States and on Voice of America. It was also distributed for non-broadcast use to various organizations affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Soundings host Wayne Pond was the Director of Public Programs at the National Humanities Center from 1979 to 1997. Soundings guests included Fellows and visitors at the National Humanities Center, primarily humanities scholars and authors. Each program consists of interviews and discussions of a wide range of humanities-related topics. Sample program titles include "America's Penal System," "Edmund Burke and Modern Conservatism," "Sports and Social Values," "The Light Side of the Dark Ages," "Teachers and Teaching," "Fiction in Modern India," "Feminism in America Today," "The Art of Documentary Photography," and "Rethinking American Literature".
Founded in 1978, the National Humanities Center is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. Approximately 40 fellows are admitted per year, representing a broad range of liberal arts scholars. The Center is located on the campus of the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Note that most radio programs are available online as broadcast at the Soundings Project website .
Back to TopThe collection includes recordings of nearly all 862 Soundings programs in various formats, including LPs, CDs, audiocassettes, open reel tapes, DATs, and U-Matic tapes, with some overlap between formats. There is also non-program material, including demos, promos, special programs, music, edited and unedited interviews, and other items. Programs 41, 42, 43 and 44 are missing.
Back to TopEach audiodisc (LP) contains two programs; some also contain promos.
Each CD contains two programs; some also have short broadcast promos.
Each audiocassette contains one or two programs.
Each tape contain one to four programs. Formats include 1/4-inch and 1/2-inch open reel tape and 3/4-inch digital U-Matic tape. Items T-5382/1-136 are 1/4-inch tapes, items T-5382/137-261 are 1/2-inch tapes, and items T-5382/308-369 are digital U-Matic tapes. Items T-5382/262-307 contain non-program material and appear in Series 6, below.
Each DAT contains two programs.
Includes demos, promos, special programming, edited and unedited interviews, and other material in a variety of formats--audiocassettes, 1/4-inch tape, and DAT. Titles are transcribed from the media or packaging.