Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival Recordings

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0868

Staff Only

Content Description

This collection consists of over 800 hours of analog and born digital audio captured at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival beginning in 1972. The extent of the coverage varies by year with as little as one hour of audio to as many as 28 hours. There is no audio from 1975 or 2013.

Dates

1972-1974; 1976-2012; 2014-2018

Conditions Governing Access

Digital access copies are available for research use. Please contact us for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to duplicate/publish/display/broadcast for commercial purposes must be secured from the copyright holders. The archives does not have contact information for the copyright holders.

Extent

76 Reels

660 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Audio from 1972 through 2018 was donated by Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music, Inc in August 2018, accession 2018-014.

Related Materials

Digital Exhibit: An Introduction to the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival Recordings

Processing Information

Audio editing and song and performer identification completed in June 2021 by digitization assistant James Edgar with funding from the National Recording Preservaton Foundation. Digitization of analog audio completed by John Fleenor in 2020.