Guides
Wayfinders for our collections, tools, and servicesArchival sound recordings online and tools to find them: Stanford only streaming sound recordings (Available with SUNet ID login or by contacting the Archive of Recorded Sound if you don't have a SUNet)
Strategies for finding archival recordings that are available online
Select Stanford only streaming sound recordings (Available with SUNet ID login or by contacting the Archive of Recorded Sound)
- The Chuck Black Collection for Early Jazz and BluesPrimarily commercial Jazz and Blues recordings dating from 1950 and before.
- Digitized recordings from the Archive of Recorded Sound commercial 78 rpm collectionDigitized commercial 78 rpm recordings generally not available via reissues.
- Digitized recordings from the Archive of Recorded Sound LP collectionDigitized commercial LP's that have are generally not available via reissues.
- Gerhard Samuel CollectionThere are over 200 digitized sound recordings from Gerhard Samuel featuring performances from the Oakland Symphony and the Cabrillo Music Festival.
- History MakersA subscription database of video oral history interviews with Black Americans.
- The Standard Hour Broadcast CollectionThe Archive of Recorded Sounds Standard Hour recordings feature mid-20th century radio broadcasts. The recordings feature soloists such Lily Pons and Pierre Fournier and ensembles such as the San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and San Fransisco Opera
- Women's Philharmonic CollectionArchival non-commercial recordings featuring the Womens Philharmonic conducted by Victoria Bond.
