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On 24-25 October 2026, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive celebrated its 65^th anniversary.  Officially established in 1961, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is a world-renowned research archive dedicated to the study of musical traditions from around the globe.  The Archive’s collection of nearly 200,000 audio, video, print, and photographi

The field of Jewish Music is gaining a valuable resource which will expand knowledge about the evolving nature of music of the American Jewish experience. 

The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is pleased to announce that 50 recordings from our collections have been accepted into the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP). 

ArchiveGrid is a collection of nearly two million archival material descriptions.  Archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives are represented in ArchiveGrid.  ArchiveGrid provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions, making information available about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, audiovi

The Sound and Moving Image Collections at the British Library (formerly the British Library Sound Archive) hold over 3.5 million audio recordings, including one of the world's largest collections of recordings variously described as traditional, folk or 'world' music.&

This column is inspired by a workshop we recently attended on Protecting Cultural Collections: Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, Response & Recovery sponsored by the California Preservation Program.

This week's guest columnist is Ethnomusicology's David Martinelli. --Maureen

This week's guest columnist is the Ethnomusicology Archive's own Aaron Bittel. --  Maureen

Saturday, October 27th, was the 7th-Annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar.  Organized by L.A.